Bustle down the aisle?!

Ultimately if that's what you gotta do, I say go for it. There is no right or wrong way to wear your dress. And for a situation like this, if having the train isn't important to you, you already have your answer. Do what YOU feel more comfortable in. This won't impact your guests in any way, so this is one of those things where nothing else matters except how YOH, the bride, feels.

Did you have a pic of the dress on you, w train down? Also looks pretty, would love to see pic of front too! :+)

We just finished soaking an entire dress in biz and it worked wonders to get the stains out (60 year old dress with dirt at bottom and extremely yellowed). I thought the fabric was going to fall apart but surprisingly it didn't. We started by doing part of the underside to make sure it wouldn't fall apart. You could potentially try to do that with yours.

When we just did the bottom we hung it in the shower and soaked the bottom 8 inches in a new trashcan filled with biz. ETA: I don't think having the bustle up looks bad at all

I don't think it would be weird. I doubt your guests will even notice, honestly.

The dress looks great and I think if you have it bustled no one would notice. If you still want the illusion of a train you can always add a long veil

Honestly I would just have the train cut off. I can see the bottom of the train still in that picture. Or, as others suggested, try soaking it.

That looks beautiful just like that!

It does look lovely like that, it just looks like interesting draping rather than a bustle. Is the staining low enough on the train that you could have a seamstress take off an inch or two of the end, would that be enough to remove the staining? Does this bustle hide the stained part, because it looks pretty clean in the pic you've shared, are you sure the staining is noticeable when the train is let out?

It's a beautiful dress; (i'm thinking ombre dying, but i'm crazy today....) could you trim the train?

I think it looks just fine as is though...

How dirty is it?

I'm guessing no one would think twice- it's quiet common for people to do a first look and pictures in advance- I'd say get it as clean as you can and go for it- no one's going to care.

I don't see any dirt can you show a close up?

You can always have your dress bustled and buy a long veil for drama to make up for a short/lack of train !

It looks pretty bustled!! Others have given some good suggestions so possibly try one of those. But I'm 100% down with more pics of your dress! Please!

It looks beautiful bustled. I am curious about the dress too, it looks so beautiful. I want to see photos.

Thank you so much for all the responses! Mariah G, what is biz? I would totally soak the train in the tub if I knew what to use! I could definitely get it cut off, but I'm not quite sure how expensive or hard that would be. Since my dress has horsehair trim along the edges, it may be more complicated to remove the train. I will take some close-ups of the dirt later tonight. I'm probably just over-thinking this and maybe the stains are only super visible to me. Here is a picture of the front of my dress

I think it looks great bustled!

Stock photo of the train:

I might do the same because my wedding is outside. I don't think it's weird at all!

I think it looks amazing

I think it looks beautiful bustled!