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I just did it anyway in the dressing room, of course the attendant wasn't in there, just my mom & I had her take it w/o the flash so that you couldn't see anything.
Or you can try to use a camera phone since they make no sound at all on silent. We did that too :)
camera phone.... have a friend sit there texting someone and then press the button, pic taken :)
Definitely sneak it into the fitting room!! If it is a smaller salon, I would bring someone in to distract the employee and then have someone else to take the pictures haha!
Ha! I was wondering this same thing myself. I like the faux-texting idea. You could also go the myspace selfie route, but that might not give you the idea and perspective you want.
Faux-texting worked for me. Of course the pictures aren't great but they are still super helpful. Plus, it amuses me that I have shifty looking eyes in the pics.
btw, i think its riduclous that a shop wont let you take a pic of yourself in a dress and even if it was "the" dress i would be wondering if i could buy it at a different shop just because of this. not every bride wants the pic to get a copy dress made - they just want to know what they look like in it
just curious...have you asked if you could take photos? a very nice dress shop here in fort worth has "no photos" signs everywhere but my attendant allowed me to snap a few anyways. she said they honestly don't mind if you take a few snapshots before making that kind of investment. turns out, they only put the sign up after a father of the bride wanted to set up a friggin tripod and umbrella lighting on a busy saturday to photograph his daughter!!!
what if you asked the attendant to take the pictures and then delete them so you could see what they looked like on camera?
I don't know what store you went to, but I live in Lebanon, Pa and went to a bridal store called Enchanted Evenings to try on Maggie's. I love them! Anyway they told me I couldn't take pictures because Maggie's dresses have copy rights on them, so I could only take pictures if I bought the dress I wanted to take pictures of. And the store attendant is the one who helps you put the dress on in the this store, so there is no way I could sneak pictures unless, my mom, or my MOH, preteneded to be texting, and took one on their phone.
Def. go with the fake-texting on the camera phone haha.... that's how we did it!
Actually, I thought it was a big legal issue for designers that clothes *can't* be copyrighted. The salons don't want you to take pictures, because they're afraid of losing business. It's the same reason they hide the style numbers.
I 40th the fake texting, or maybe you could explain to the attendent why you want the picture. I can't imagine that if they really want your business and for you to buy the dress from them, they would say no. Of course, I haven't actually been dress shopping yet, so maybe I'm just being naive!
I just take a pic of myself in the mirror with my camera phone.
Thanks for all the great advice!!! I am definitely going to give one of my bridesmaids the task of pretending to text. I will also try to see if she will let me take the photo and let me delete. I have taken a couple pictures of dresses I really liked, only to go home, load it on my computer and gasp Eeek. The store is in Chicago on Rush and is one of the few that don't allow photographs. Wish me luck!!
It's so dumb though because can't you just take the photo from the website and ask someone to recreate it?? I'm sorry you couldn't take pictures. When I went to Priscilla in Boston they let me. I would totally try to sneak it.
We had a whole plan laid out.
Once in the dress my mother would be like... help me pick out a veil and drag the attendant along (I refuse to wear veils) so that took one out, and then the other my MoH was like I'm so sort, can you show me some short bridesmaid dresses and whisked her away then my bridesmaid would whip out her digital and GO. TO. TOWN!
That was when the dress shop didn't allow pictures.
Where I bought the dress, they acutally helped me set it all up so we could have the best shots. That was Way Cool.
We had the most fun decieving the attendants at the stuffy bridal boutiques to be fair. :P
we did iPhone photos in the dressing room at Kleinfeld. I asked her to go get me a veil. I think the no photos policy is ridiculous (although I get WHY they do it.) I wouldnt buy a dress until I knew how it looked in photographs...those last forever, and if it looks like crap Id be pissed.
@ ariellebride: I think the same shops that don't allow pictures for copying purposes are generally the same ones that (illegally) rip out the tags. They don't want you to know who makes it or its style number so you can't get it from the website either.
I think the whole thing is dumb and outdated now, though. It's way easier to sneak photos and find things online and everything now, so why even bother? The people who want to have a copy dress made will, and hose who will buy from a shop should go to ones that are more helpful and less stuffy anyway.
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I was hoping for some tips on getting a picture of myself wearing one of my favorite dresses. The only store that has it in my state doesn't allow me to take a picture of the San Patrick dress I really want (with me in it), as well as a Priscilla Boston one I want from that store. I really want to see what I look like photographed in the dress before I make my final decision and buy it. Anyone successfully get a picture when pictures were prohibited? Thanks!