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How many dresses did you try on before finding "The One"?

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    mrsleopard    November 22, 2008   Los Angeles

    Mine was the first out of 4!

     
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    chicagobride092010    January 2010   Canada

    I tried on the dress I thought I liked most, then tried on at least 20 more (including the first dress again at a different shop a different day).  A few weeks later I wound up buying the first dress at a sample sale.

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    Lillindy    September 2008   Bay Area, CA

    Um yeah I lost count, but it had to be more than 40, no joke!

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    august15bride    August 15, 2009   St. Petersburg, FL

    My dress is the first I tried on, but I probably tried on 20 after that - just to be sure!

     
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    Jessie516    May 16, 2009   Ann Arbor, MI

    I must have tried somewhere between 20-30 dresses before I decided on my dress.

     
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    brideebee       Newport

    Probably 30 or so.  I went to 4 different bridal salons, and then revisited two of them before making up my mind.

     
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    lemondrop    March 13, 2010   Arizona

    It was the first one I tried on- and not even the one I had in mind either.  I tried on about 5 others, then bought the first one.  I got lucky!

     
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    fontgoddess    August 8, 2009   British Columbia, Canada

    I tried on maybe a dozen, but ended up with the third one I had tried on. I knew it was the one immediately, but I was trying to be openminded. :-)

     
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    KellyV    September 12, 2009   New York, NY

    I tired on 20 or 25, the second I put mine on I knew

     
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    jesstagirl    February 20, 2010   Italy

    I think I tried on close to twenty and was getting discouraged. Then I narrowed it down to two that I LOVED. I went home, slept on it, and when I woke up in the morning I knew which one I would be mine.

     
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    BubblyBride    March 20, 2010  

    I have tried on 30+, and have one in mind.  I'm not sure if I should just order the one I like.  I don't *love* it, but I'm running out of energy for dress shopping.

     
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    catlady    June 26, 2010   Toronto

    Tried on 15 or so gowns.  When I put on my dress, the search was over, I didn't want to take it off nor try anything else.

     
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    Mrs. Moreno-To-Be    July 10th, 2010   Los Angeles California

    I trried on at least 7!

     
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    kazoochair       Kalamazoo, Mi

    My daughter and I went to at least 7 stores. She tried on over 20 dresses.  At the last store (and we weren't even planning on buying) we had 5 ready to try on. She tried on the first one and said "This is it". I knew it. She knew it. We were both crying.  The amazing thing is we hadn't looked at price tags at all and it turned out to be on sale..70% off!  God is amazing!

     
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    L breezy    10/03/09   Chicago

    i didn't try on too many.  only about 10..

     
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    2dBride    October 6, 2009   Washington, DC.

    I started out thinking that I was just going to get married in clothes I already owned.  Then my FI said she wanted a wedding dress, but just a simple one with no train.  I decided that my best bet was something like a MOB dress in a dark color, so we wouldn't have to worry about matching the colors.  My FI then found a gorgeous wedding dress with a train.  I took one look at it, and knew I needed to have my own wedding dress.  The one I bought was the first actual wedding dress I'd tried on, but I had tried on MOB dresses before that.

    For my first wedding, I also tried on exactly one dress.  I tend to know what I like quickly.

     
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    hhcheung2000       San Diego, CA

    Usually people end up picking up the first wedding dress they get.  I won't even go into how many I tried on before I found the one I got.  I think part of the reason was because I'm so petite, making everything super difficult to fit and see how it would look with 5 inches less fabric.

     
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    PurdueGrace    October 10, 2009   IN/PA

    I think at least 25-30, I stopped counting after awhile!

     
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    IA_Snowflake    August 29, 2009   Missouri Valley, IA

    I tried on like 40 dresses (or more).  I passed over my dress originally, but came back to it when I needed to narrow it down.

     
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    octopus    January 1, 2000  

    I've tried on about ten or twelve so far, and I haven't found the one yet!

     
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    Beav1279    December 27, 2009   Austin, TX

    My dress was the 6th one I tried on.. and it was one that I orginally dismissed because I didn't think it would look good on me, but my mom insisted that I try it on. I put it on and as soon as I saw myself in the mirror, I started crying, my mom was crying, my BM was crying - we all knew it was the one!

     
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    goldenbear    10/10/2009   Los Angeles

    None!  I saw mine in a magazine and knew I had to have it!  They didn't have one in the U.S. to try on so I had to have it special ordered and made for me! And they only had enough fabric to make just one more!  I tried on anther dress in the store that was kind of 'similar' but that's it!  I still haven't had my first fitting--I sure hope it's everything I've hoped for!!

     
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    Sulli301    June 26, 2010   Michigan

    I tried on 2 dresses before THE ONE...and about 10 after but none compared!

     
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    Soon2bMrsMcC    April 10th 2010   Derry, Northern Ireland

    18 total, but my dress was number 16!

     
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    stringerb3    April 24, 2010   Durham, NC

    I think it was the third dress I tried on. I tried on a few more after that, but I'd already decided :)

     

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