Post # 1
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Helper bee
So ladies, help me out here! I am a tall pear in shape (34-27-38, 5’11”) and was pretty sure I had settled on a dress (Enzoani Dakota). However now I’m starting to worry that it might make my butt and thighs look overly big and unbalanced, and frustratingly all the bridal stores that seem to stock it won’t let you take pictures before purchase. So I remember it looking great (and my mother really liked it too) but I keep on worrying that maybe I am just deluding myself and I have nothing to check on to remind myself about what it looked like on.
Anyone else with similar stats have pictures of themselves in trumpet dresses? Any thoughts about what might work best for my body type? This is the Dakota (although sadly not me in it):
Post # 3
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Sugar Beekeeper
I have pretty similar measurements, maybe an inch bigger all around and I’m 6’1″. My dress is a fit and flare and I love it! There are certain dresses in that shape group that work, and some dresses don’t. I think yours works and it’s beautiful!
Edit: Oops, didn’t realize the pic isn’t you. Yes, so annoying that some places don’t let you take pics! Go try it on again and that will ease your worries.
Post # 4
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Bumble bee
It drives me nuts that places won’t let you take a picture of the dress on before you purchase it 🙁 I get that they don’t want to u knock it off…but c’mon. We’re spending HOW much on a dress? the least they can do is let us get pictures to look at it. Ok, vent aside…I’ve seen a lot of posts where girls doubt themselves because of their shape, but the dresses always look amazing. I’m pear shape as well, so I know the feeling of being self consious, but I also know we are all our worst enemies. I’m sure the dress looks beauitful on you. Can you go try it on again? I know when I went to try my dress on the second time I fell in love with it all over again and knew it was the dress for me.
Post # 5
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Bumble bee
A lot of trumpets have a bodice that makes your bust look a little bigger so it can almost change your shape to an hourglass. It looks like that dress might just do that!
I think you will be fine!
Post # 6
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Helper bee
@Pinkmoon: Wow, that really helps, thanks – you look amazing!
@hazyleyedbeauty: Ha, I’ve actually gone back three times now, and leave satisfied but then start doubting again after a few weeks of mulling it over. 😛 At this stage I’m actually seriously considering getting a knock-off made just so if it does look terrible on my figure after purchase at least I won’t have sunk $2500 on it!!
Post # 7
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Helper bee
@skippydarling: That’s a good idea – I do have a stick-on bra that I was planning on wearing anyway which would probably add a couple of inches on to my bust to make me look more hourglass-like.
Post # 8
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Sugar Beekeeper
@Arrowchan: I was 34-26-39 and 5’7″ when this picture was taken! So DEFINITELY a pear, and I think I looked okay in it!
Post # 9
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Honey bee
My back end is like 4 sizes bigger. Yeah, I love my womanly hips though.
Post # 10
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Helper bee
@BrandNewBride: Ooh, pretty, thank you very much for posting that picture!
Post # 11
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Helper bee
@HappySky7: Gorgeous! This is me in another dress at a different store, in case anyone is wondering. Sadly, didn’t try any trumpets on there.
Post # 12
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Honey bee
@Arrowchan: My goodness. Your figure could get away with anything. I felt a bit strange emphasizing the back end… but that’s what mermaids do. Maybe it’s just that it feels different for you. I honestly don’t think you have a thing to worry about.
Also thanks 😛
Post # 13
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Busy bee
@Arrowchan: A trick I came across, find a salon that has mirrors in the room where you change. Keep your phone on you when you change and when your by yourself take a pic in the mirror. It wont be that grand fitting room picture with the mirrors and the train fanned out, but it might be enough to ease your mind. And you have a rockin’ bod, so I cant see anything looking bad..
Post # 14
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Sugar bee
I’m not pear shape, I’m pretty much hourglass (35, 27, 36), and I’m going for trumpet, by far the most flattering shape on me ! I thought I would go mermaid at first, but I didn’t like how it hugged my thighs and flared away from my body from the knee down : even though I’m tall and slim, I felt the whole focus was on the hips and I didn’t like that. It looked unbalanced. However, the slighty difference brought by the trumpet shape (flares away from the thigh, and not the knees) is a perfect balance. It flatters every aspect of my hourglass figure and I love it !
Post # 15
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Helper bee
@HappySky7: Thanks, that’s super kind of you to say!
@angelicd77: Wish I could, but in this store they actually help you change into the dress and don’t leave you alone with the dress for a second!! Totally bizarre but there you go.
@NauticalDisaster: Hmm, maybe I just need to wear some serious bust support so I look more hourglass. 🙂 I didn’t really like mermaid on me either, but I remember the Dakota being really flattering, which surprised me.
Post # 16
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Bee Keeper
It’s true that pear shapes will not look good in a lot of the trumpet/mermaid styles out there. But of everyone I know who’s gotten married, and all the pics I’ve seen on the Bee, I think I can say for absolute certain that there’s no one who will look bad in EVERY trumpet style. We pear shapes may just have to look a little harder for the right one.
I currently wear a size 8 top and a size 12 pants, and my runner up dress was a trumpet! The reason I didn’t choose it wasn’t because it wasn’t flattering–it was a home-run, make-your-momma-cry kind of beautiful on me. But in the end, I just couldn’t get past my little-girl dream of having the big, puffy ballgown.
I’m sure that if the Dakota doesn’t work, you will find one that will!