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Be open to try on stuff you might not like in pictures or online. Everything I loved looked terrible and everything I didn't like I loved when I put it on. I ended up with a dress that has everything I didn't want and I absolutely love it! Just be open to try things on you might not like, you might look fantastic in it!

@KeeKalena: No problem, you will know the right dress when you put it on.... I know it sounds crazy, it did to me too but guess what? I knew when I walked out in it, made me cry and all my BM and mom cried too! Have fun it's a blast!

@KeeKalena:  You should be excited, you will have tons of fun! I too loved two dresses but if that happens try them both on again and you will know which one feels right. Walk around for a few minutes with both of them on so you can feel how you move and the weight of the dress.

@KeeKalena: Yes I did narrow it down to two but I had tried so many on that the one I got was tried on like way before the second one so once I tried it on again I knew it was the one compared to the second one I had in mind. I'm so excited for you, let us know how it goes!

@KeeKalena: Don't worry about being almost naked. They are very professional and NEVER see you naked. The way they lift the dress on you is you put your arms straight up in the air and they have the dress up high on their arms covering their faces and drop it down onto you. Anyway that's how my lady did it and it was very professional. I hope your experience is the same so you don't have to worry about it.

I did this too, I got mine at Victoria Secret. I thought it was wonderful until my dress lady told me try the dress on with out. I looked better in the dress without the shapeware then I did with it.  Just my experince.

@KeeKalena: That's a good idea too. Just since I was dead set on wearing shapeware my advice is to try it without as well, you might be suprised like I was. My dress fits so good without shapeware or a bra! So panties and garter is all I am wearing under lol. I was so suprised!

1. Try different styles of dresses. You never know what will look good on you untill you try.

2. Take pictures and see them before you buy it! This is very important!! (I bought a dress I thought I liked, and when I got home and saw the pictures I realized that it was to white/bright to my liking! And that I really disliked it) This will also help you clear off whatever doubts you may have.

3. Please, oh please, do not buy the first dress you like! You may think, after trying a few bad dresses that you´ll never find a dress that looks good on you. And suddenly you try one that looks great and you think "this is the one!" but guess what? You´ll find a LOT of dresses that will look amazing on you, you just need to know what to look for. So don´t make your choice based on that "relieve" feeling. (yep, this happened to me! I tried some princess style dresses and didn´t like any of them (they kind of ate me, you know?) and then I tried a mermaid one and thought  "this looks great". Well, guess what? I ended up buying a second dress a month later! terrible, I know... but I really didn´t like my first white, bright  dress! So I ran to buy a lace romantic ivory one that I loved and that was everything I wanted in a dress, to beging with!

4. If you think you should stretch a bit your budget to achieve the style of dress you love, and you can afford it without further complications, I highly recommend you do it. This was one of the factors that made me make my first dress mistake.. I thought the price was really good and that it would be a terrible waste to spend more money on a dress, since that one looked good enough (even though I could afford a much more expensive dress. You see, I like to save money whenever possible!). Well, as it is I ended up spending twice as that in my second dress (belt and cathedral veil included lol), though my mom bought my second dress as a present (lol, I thank her soo much for that!!!)... But anyway it feels horrible to feel you wasted your money in a dress you didn´t like at the end!

5. What counts: a) that the dress looks good on you. b) that you actually love the style of the dress (it´s not enough that it "just" look good. because you might ending up regreting your choice as I did).

6. Even if everybody screams "omg that dress is gorgeous on you. That´s the one", you should go home, look at the pics and think about that "fabulous" dress. Then, if you are really sure, buy it. Again this happened to me. My sister and mom were "wowww that looks great".. And it sure did look great on me, and yes the dress was really beautiful. So I bought it. But it was not my style at all, and that was the big mistake.

I hope this helps you with your dress shopping! Hopefully you won´t make the same mistake I did (I still feel terrible about it)...

Hugs!

@KeeKalena: Yeah I know I was just as suprised. I don't have big boobs either. My dress is tight right under my boobs so total support and they look way bigger then they are lol. Most of the dresses I tried on were better without the bra then with.

@KeeKalena: Here's my dress (A-line gown with corset closure)

http://www.maggiesottero.com/dress.aspx?page=20&style=A3157

@KeeKalena: I'm not as small as the model but close to the same size as this bride in this pic wearing my same dress.

http://www.maggiesottero.com/viewBride.aspx?Id=12733&backUrl=%2fdress.aspx%3fpage%3d20%26style%3dA3157

@KeeKalena: no problem!  I really wouldn´t want anyone to have the "dress regret feeling" I got.. I always thought, whenever I read about it in the boards, "how can anyone buy a dress and then not like it?? why did they buy it then if they didn´t like it that much?" Well, I found out why! lol... Anyway I felt so depressed, that one of the first thoughts I had after I got my second dress was "I have to post this in WB", so to advice other girls!

Anyway, I hope you post the pics after your shopping day!

P.S: forgive my gammar! lol I´m usually careful when typing, but since my native language is spanish, and I´m writing really fast today, I´m probably making many mistakes...

@KeeKalena: Thank you. Send us some pics after your time out today! Have fun and enjoy!

@KeeKalena: Yay!!! I'm so excited to hear how it goes! Have fun!!!!