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So I had the recurring nightmare again last night...It's the big day and the dress looks awful. With the the elongated torso and the short legs, I look like a "small person". Thankfully just a dream but I can't stop worrying. Didn't help that I saw a SYTTD episode recently where a short girl bought a Lazaro similar to mine and Randy said behind her back "she chose the worst dress for her body type". She was also a bit chubby but still.

To the other vertically challenged ladies out there, do you have any real life pics of trumpet dresses, in their altered, final state? Do you think it made your legs look even shorter than they are? I'm 5'3" and my dress has a structured bodice and flowy skirt. It looks ok in this pic but you can see I'm standing on like a 10 inch platform, you can see the corner of the platform covered by the skirt. Don't know how it'll look once it's hemmed. I asked them to shorten the bodice by 1.5" because of this concern, but now I feel like it won't be enough. I wish I'd asked for more like 3-4" to be chopped.

One final question to the alteration experts: Can a bodice like this be shortened after the fact, in alterations? With all the detail on it I'm not optimistic it would be possible, but wishing there's a way.

Girl - you look amazing in that dress!

I think it looks great on you!  I know you're standing on a platform, but your torso looks great, and if you're getting the dress shortened... even better!

I agree with july112010, wear some tall shoes!  I'm also 5'3" and I'm wearing 4" heels (the ones in my avatar).

Thanks ladies. This is all reassuring, good to know I'm not the only petite girl in a trumpet.

Unfortunately super high heels are a no-go for me. I got a wobbly ankle with a torn ligament that gives out on me frequently. Sprained it multiple times, first time being at a salsa class years ago, so I'm already worried about the first dance. Probably nothing ruins a wedding like a bride writhing on the floor in pain :) So I'll probably stick to about 2 inch, sturdy heels.

@msmojito - I love your dress, you look gorgeous!

@moderndaisy - I first saw your pics in another post and thought "she looks amazing in that silhouette, but of course she's tall", haha! You certainly look it. Your dress will probably stunning when finished, I sometimes wish I'd gone the custom dress route.

@marlie - Thank you for telling me that. that is very sweet and it makes me feel TONS better! You have no idea how much I second guess the dress. Guess we always long after what we potentially missed out on.

Still, would love to hear any opinions or experiences in altering/shortening the bodice, in case it's still too long when it arrives.

I know @dancer22, you're right...I've agonized way too much over this dress. Don't know why, I'm normally not a frantic person like this. All the other wedding decisions were super easy for me. With the dress I had something completely different in mind, didn't find it, got frustrated, I found this dress to be the prettiest of all the ones I tried but never quite fell in love with it like so many other girls do. I really envy girls who just absolutely love their dresses. Didn't have mom or any close friends with me when I was shopping either, and FI's family who saw the photos gave kind of lackluster reactions. So it's a combination of things...Not having my support system with me when I made the decision, not being able to let go of the all-lace princess ballgown image in my head, every dress I've tried on being 4 sizes too big for me so not really knowing how they're going to fit when it's the right size, and still being a little self-conscious with the trumpet silhoutte (never worn anything like this before so I felt awkward in it when I tried it on).

I'm more at peace with the decision now than I was a few weeks ago, and that's completely due to the support and encouragement the Bees have given me. Now I just want to make sure the dress will fit fine when it comes and if it doesn't I'll still have options to make alterations. Because I know nothing about sewing & alterations and I have a million questions like this and the Bees are ever so helpful!

Oh, and I wish I could try on the dress again. It was part of a trunk show and is not in the store anymore! And the sales staff there, well, let's just say they're not going to win the most friendly award anytime soon...I went to a dozen stores (mostly very nice people) and happened to find the dress in the one store that made me feel like crap thru the entire process.

Thanks july112010.  I figured I can't be the only one with a bad experience there. There's another trunk show coming up soon and I've thought of stopping by to see if my dress is there, but I'm honestly afraid someone's going to be nasty to me again. Isn't it awful that we're customers spending thousands of dollars and get treated like that? 

I'm 5'3" and mine is a trumpet. I love it to death and I know I look stunning in it, and you will in yours too. ;)

That's a very pretty dress for a prettylady :) Looks fantastic! I think yours is more of a dropped waist and hits you in the perfect spot. Mine is more mermaid-y, I'm hoping it'll look closer to the shape of your dress after alterations.

My Tivo recorded this SYTTD episode again last night (is it trying to tell me something??) so it made me think of this post I created a month ago. At the time I couldn't remember the original comment but this time I caught clearly Randy is saying to this poor girl who has her heart set on a Lazaro trumpet dress "this dress is made for someone MUCH taller than you, totally wrong for you". Oh Randy, I love you but why do you have to mess with my head like that? On the optimistic side it was one of his first episodes as a consultant so maybe he changed his mind in time. Maybe petite brides came along who proved him wrong!