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I LOVE it.... and I don't think I have seen it much. I remember thinking that if I had seen that dress at DB I probably would have bought it and not needed a second dress.
I feel that way about my new one....but I tell myself that 95% of the people at my wedding won't know anything about dresses.
I've seen that style a little bit, but only because I'm a future bride and am looking at this site all the time! You probably feel like you've seen it everywhere just because it's your dress and when you see it, you're like "that's my dress!" You are going to look stunning on your wedding day and the dress looks fantastic on you. No worries!
Just think of it as "your" dress and honestly, like the other poster said, no one else at your wedding would ever think, oh wow i've seen that dress already! Just in being on this site, even the same dress can look so completely different on two different people, and you will also make it more "your own" with your bridal shoes, jewelry, etc!
I've seen them on say yes to the dress, but never on a bride I knew. It seems like I see them a lot on TV, but that's what, 1 bride out of 2,000 that's on that show? I think you're safe =D It looks lovely on you :)
i think the thing to remember is that you are currently living breathing eating wedding but most guests dont - your dress will be unique so try not to fret
Dress regret is no fun, been there and done that. I'm a DB bride and the affordability makes their styles accessible to more brides, which is one reason you may see it pop up frequently. I agree with PPs that you can accessorize to make it your own. Just wondering if there another dress style you might prefer to wear instead?
I donno, unless your bff wore it, your cuz, or your FSIL than it shouldn't let you bother that much. I mean you did get it in DB, and you know at least 80% of US brides go there to try out dresses so if you really wanted to be the only one in a dress you probably didn't chose your vendor very well, but I don't think it mattes at all.
It looks fab on you and you have an amazing body so I can't see it looking better on anyone, really.
I totally get how you feel. When i got my lace dress with straps I felt really out there (heck, two years ago I probably was really out there)...but now...everywhere I look there are lace dresses with straps and people are saying things like "kates dress really made lace popular" or "straps must be in right now because the past three weddings had straps on the dress" Sigh. Ok. I give.
However, I know I'll rock my dress, it looks amazing and no other dress in the world would be right (trust me I looked).
I think (from reading your other posts) you're style is unique enough that with your personal flair you'll look like your own bride. Its the little details that make the bridal look, not just the dress. So, go rock your style and show all those "other" brides how this dress is really worn!
I think you look great in it, and I've personally never seen anyone in it in person, and I think that will be the case for everyone at your wedding as well! I wouldn't worry and if you love it, stick with your gut!
I think the dress looks incredible on YOU. Nothing you get is really ever going to be 100% original, someone else will always have it, it's how you make it your own that counts.
Also please remember, your wedding guests aren't in the "bridal bubble" that you are right now. They aren't going to be thinking "That dress is so trendy" they are going to be thinking "Wow, the bride looks beautiful."
Your dress is amazing--I absolutely love it! Even if it is popular in the wedding world, no one else is going to recognize it.
I really love that dress on you and I don't feel like I have seen it around much at all!
If it's any consolation, I am a Sottero and Midgley "Adorae" bride. I went dress shopping before I started posting here and in my area, adorae isn't that popular at all. The lady at the store said she rarely sells it, because the ball gowns are the most popular. But, I am almost embarassed to post that it is my dress here, because apparently everyone and the mother has it. I felt bad about it for awhile, but really, who cares? No Bees are invited to my wedding and 90% of the guests never have a thing to do with weddings, so it will be new to them!
It is unique because many brides who look like they'd look fabulous in any dress, would wear something more form fitting and va va voom. You look great in this dress - and I'm not just saying this to make you feel better.
Its a classic, and you will look back years to come and be so so happy you chose this dress.
I think everyone has dress 2nd guess at one point during the time from when they buy it until they wear it - even if its just for minutes. Just consider this your time you're doing this.
On another note, this dress I've seen by very expensive designers - one on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago in June.
Not everyone could wear this as well!
I've never seen your dress anywhere but the DB website & this photo, honestly. Didn't you see the reviews there before you bought it? My dress is super common & there are TONS of pics of other people in it online & honestly- I was happy to see other people loved it enough to choose it too & also to see it on several 'real' people before going to try it on. Your dress looks amazing on you- no worries girl!!
Two things --
I think you should manage your expectations. David's is a huge chain so of course tons of women are going to have the same dress. It's how they stay in business! But those tons of women are dispersed all around the country (world?) so it's not like they're all in your town or all among your friends and family.
However, just because you have seen it all over the place doesn't mean your guests will have! You look amazing in it, and you're going to glow on your wedding day. Seriously, unless you are a bride, you're oblivious to wedding trends. I doubt anyone at your wedding is going to be like "oh, that dress again?" Probably none of them will have seen it before!
I love that dress on you! I have seen it online during wedding planning, but I have never seen anybody in it at a wedding! Just remember that your guests will not be nearly as familiar with the dress as you are...and even if they've seen it, they've never seen it on you! do not even think of replacing that dress--it is way too beautiful
I feel you--we just went to 2 weddings and both brides had similar dresses--similar to mine!! Down to some of the little details! I was hoping FI wouldn't notice the dresses but he did comment that both dresses looked alike. At least he like them :/
I was really sad at first because I wanted to be the first to debut the style to him, but now I just keep telling myself that he has never seen ME in a wedding dress, and it will look totally different to him. Who cares if other people have the same/similar dresses? Make it yours with accessories and just feeling confident in it.
I love your dress and haven't seen anyone wear one like that in real life :)
Stop it! Your beautiful! Your gown is gorgeous! You look timeless! EMBRACE IT! =) And you got killer shoes! xo
If you bought it from the largest national chain of bridal dresses in the country, i'm not sure why you had the expectation of uniqueness?
It is beautiful, regardless. There are very few bridal gowns that are truly unique - the trends all bleed into one another and repeat themselves!
I wore, like, THE most popular dress from DB, and EVERYBODY asked me where I got such a beautiful gown.
ONE person had seen the dress before...because she's getting married in October and was actually aware of the current dresses there, but unless all your guests are planning a wedding right now, it will be original to them.
I have seen that dress a lot, but I feel like only 50% of people who wear it can actually pull it off -- and you are certainly one of those who can! Most people I've seen it on it hits them at weird places and the shoulder bits in the front make them look boxy and the ribbon is just randomly placed and nowhere near their natural waist and the neckline makes their boobs look weird. But you rock it on all counts, you really look gorgeous in it! Plus you have a slip with it which I haven't seen many people do (and it looks 100% more amazing with a slip IMO), PLUS it's a gorgeous dress regardless of how many people are wearing it. I would have gotten this dress in a heartbeat if it had looked right on me, but I am in the 50% who look boxy and weird in it /:
Plus, you have to remember, 99% of your guests aren't immersed in "wedding culture" like brides are :) To them, this dress is going to be totally unique and beautiful because it is a very unique dress, and I'm sure the majority of your guests won't have seen anything like it before.
It's a beautiful dress and you look beautiful in it. No one else is going to be at your wedding wearing that dress, and in 10, 20, 50 years when you look at your wedding photos, no one (not even you!) is going to remember how many times you'd seen it on other people the year you got married.
I agree with many pp's... how many people at your wedding will actually know where you got the dress or have even seen the dress? I have one of the Oleg Cassini dresses from DB and I see it everywhere too.. However, nobody that will be at my wedding has probably looked at a wedding dress in years. The only person who I expect to have seen my dress is one of my bridesmaids because she actually looked at it when she was choosing her wedding dress but she didnt pick it. I wouldnt worry about it, if you love the dress thats all the matters. It looks beautiful on you!
Definately overthingking it! Rest assured your guests have not seen as many wedding gowns as you have!
You have seen it a tone because you are on wedding sites a ton. They, however, are not. And even if they have seen the dress before, who the heck cares? You look gorgeous in it and that is all that matters! It is your wedding. Not theirs. So wear a dress YOU love no matter how many times anybody else has seen it! And Just for the record, I absolutely adore that dress on you.
If you buy a dress from davids bridal then the chance of many people having the same dress is very high. Having said that none of your guests are going to know or care about that, for most of them this will bet he 1st time they have ever seen this dress
You have to know the difference between real life and wedding blogland. Your family and friends are not looking at wedding websites all day like you are.
I swear I am sick of seeing photobooths in blogland, but I have never seen one in real life. I almost found myself making choices based on what's being seen in blogland and not in real life.
I am buying my dress from a national designer, but I haven't seen it online or in real life. I love your dress! Who cares if you keep seeing it around on the internet. I would be concerned only if every woman in your town was getting married in that dress.
I have not seen one like yours. It's beautiful! I doubt your guests will remember if they have seen a dress like yours before...they are going to be focused on you and how pretty it looks on you!
I think your dress is lovely and agree you might have seen it a few times but your guests wont have. Also, its looks great on you and thats what's important.
I have the opposite problem, I''ve not seen a single bride in my dress and am worried there is a reason no one else has picked the style : ( I love it though so I'm trying not to think about it too much.
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I actually have had a lot of trouble finding a wedding dress with this style of back. It is beautiful! If you are worried, find other ways to make your wedding day look unique (ie. hair, bouquet, sash).
I think it is unique- I'm actually considering going for lace myself because so many of my friends have gone with the shiny fabric - sateen finish with embellishments. If your friends haven't worn it, its unique on your wedding day lol. I mean, DB is a chain, others will have your dress, but if its unique to the people at your actual wedding, then its still unique. Does that make sense?
I think that is a BEAUTIFUL dress!
If you want to change it up a bit you can also change the sash out.
Thanks everyone for the support and positive words! you all made me feel a ton better! :)
I know that it's from a popular chain and all, but when I went in I wasn't even going in for this dress, I had already had one picked out and was ready for alterations but decided that I didn't like the way it fit me. My first dress was a simple sweetheart strapless a-line, but I ordered online and ended up not liking it.
So when we were in the store I decided to try this one on and my FMIL loved it and I really loved it too. I really wanted a tight fitting va va voom mermaid dress but they really just dont look good on me. But I know that with all of my accessories and everything, it will all vome together and I will look amazing Im sure. Its just hard to try and visualize it all but hopefully when I go for alterations I can see it all together. :)
Your dress is beautiful! Keep in mind that your guests don't frequent bridal shops or go to weddings every single weekend so they won't know what "everyone else is wearing", nor will it matter. You will look stunning to them and that is what matters.
Stop worrying about it.
Its not as if you're guests will have been prowling wedding boards like us.
I don't know that i've seen your dress, if so not very often. And you can always add a bit of flare to it, like change the ribbon around you waist. Besides you look beautiful, and I don't think anyone is going to care
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Hi bees..
so, I bought my dress, and I love it. But I am seeing it all over the place not only on here, but everyone and their freaking brother bought the dress from David's Bridal and posted a review on it on the site. I just feel like if I've seen it so many times, then other people, particularly the people who are going to see me in my dress, have already seen it a bunch. I just feel like the uniqueness isn't there anymore, and I feel like it's not going to be as special looking on me because it's seen everywhere else.
Maybe this is all just a "dress regret" sort of situation due to stress, that will go away and that is just normal but will pass. I'm hoping. I know that I can accessorize to make my gown look different, and that it's going to look different on me than the others who wear it, but it just has me thinking. I hope I'm not overreacting about all of this. =/
Here's my dress for reference, for those who havent seen it.