Dress regret?

This is definitely what I'm worried about. I'm notorious for having buyer's remorse. Have you tried on dresses yet and/or bought one or are you still just looking?

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YES. i never thought i wanted a ballgown. i'm not very 'princessy'. i always liked the idea of a form fitting lacey dress with a twisted/ruched bodice. pretty specific in my head actually. my mom made me try on a ballgown because the bodice was beautiful...just to see...and i bought it then and there. i had 5 ladies with me and they all immediately were like umm yes. this one.

eta: sometimes i still wonder how i ended up with this dress...but then i remember how i felt in it, and how my mom's face looked when she saw me in it...so no regrets

No. I know what looks good on me and what doesn't. I had an idea in my head and thats what I ended up with and I couldn't be happier. I am an impulsive buyer, but I took my time with this one thing.

@Kristen Indecisiveness is a bride's curse. I've been to 5 stores and tried on maybe 20 gowns. My family has been nice enough to go with me near and far. I just was afraid of the princess dress because I thought it would make my rectangular plus size frame look wider. Too bad the Allure W320 looks the best on me out of everything I've tried! Even the Mori Lee 3143 which became my dream dress.. I think that's why I'm so torn.

I'll take some crinoline out either way lol.

Have you tried any dresses on yet?

Similar to what's going on with me Shannon! That's great! I guess we're all princesses at heart

Sort of. I'm designing and making my dress, and was having a hard time figuring out how i wanted the bodice neckline to look. I wanted to embelish it, but nothing seemed right.

I went to a place to window shop and found something that I had never even considered and loved it!

sorry I can't go into more detail as to what it was, but I'm keeping my dress design quiet until I post actual pictures of it all

but yes, I totally fell in love with something that I never would have imagined, and I"m thrilled.

@traeco i guess so! if there is one day to look like a princess, it's your wedding day! this is why i say you never know until you try. i am a size 4/6 and pretty fit. i wear form-fitting dresses all the time. somehow with every wedding dress i tried on that was form fitting past my natural waste it made me look much wider than usual. bizarre, right? then i was concerned that the dress would be too heavy to stay in all day, but it is actually very light!

I thought I knew what I wanted. I had in mind a very sleek, silky gown. I walked out with a sparkly ball gown. I have the worst buyers remorse too. The dress I chose was the first dress I tried on, i tried on 15 more dresses and while my bridesmaids tried on dresses I sat in the dress again for an hour to feel it out and see how I looked in it. I am extremely happy with the dress I picked. It is VERY princessy, which is not me in the slightest. But everyone who has seen a picture of me in it says the dress was made for me.

I have yet to buy my dress for that reason. I had a very similar vision going into it: lace, A-line, straps...I however fell in love with this allure dress after trying it on: http://www.allurebridals.com/products/2607

I never thought I would end up with a ball gown let alone one with so much tulle! I just loved it on though, and it was so comfortable, which I never thought I'd have with a wedding dress.

I still have some time before I need to order, but I'm also still confused on if I should go with what I always pictured or what I liked in the store.

Yes, I had one dress that I really did love but it wasn't what I wanted. It was a poofy ball grown and while I loved it and felt it was my dress I also felt I liked it because it hid what I wanted it to hide lol. But I hoped to find something that had a bit of fit to it but also a lil poof and 30 dresses I actually found it. It was funny too because as we were about to put on the dress I was telling the consultant that I think I was stuck in what I wanted in my head and what actually looks good. I told her how I might need to accept that ballgowns looked best. And then.... We put on the dress and it actually was what I wanted. However, even so I have a few moments here and there when I am like uh, is it right? Then I am like nah, I love it.

I found my dress the first time I went out dress shopping but didn't buy it. My strategy was to not look much at Pinterest or in magazines, I wanted to go in really blind so that I would be open to anything. I didn't like ball gowns and felt too constricted in a mermaid. Fell in love with my dress, cried when they put a veil on me but still walked away because I wanted to think about it. I went to two other stores and didn't come close to feeling the same way so two weeks later, I went back with my mom and bridesmaids. I went back to the store with my bridesmaids again this weekend to shop and they let me put on my dress again! So in love with it. Its a lace, trumpet style with an illusion panel in the back. Very vintage looking.

When I was browsing dresses online, I saw a picture of one that I really didn't care for AT ALL. I was against trying it on, too. My mom saw it in the catalog when I was in the dressing room and had the consultant pull it. I didn't even know it was that one, and I put it on, and I just KNEW. It was so comfortable and easy to wear. Looks nothing like the picture they have on the model. A month after I chose it I started having regrets again because I kept looking at the picture of the model, but I went back to try it on again to definitely confirm, and it was totally the one. No questions asked.

Also, no one cried when I put it on, so that didn't really help me. Party poopers!

I feel you girl! I have tried on about 25 dresses so far. Because I still have time I constantly have to remind myself of that instead of getting frusturated. I am currently torn between a mermaid style Justin Alexander dress and a Pronovias or Allure ballgown. I never felt "princessey" either but I am having a hard time. It is a very big decision so to minmize your chances of dress regret I say take a little more time and dont get discouraged, I have another appointment on 2/22 and I will just enjoy the experience but after this one I am done. My next appointment thereafter will be to make a decision.

I wanted a short, retro, fun dress, and walked out with a more typical strapless a-line. It doesn't keep me up at night, but if I had to do it all over again I would have gone with what I wanted and ignored the pressure to get something conventional.

I wanted light, flowy, chiffon that was super easy to wear, comfortable in heat and inexpensive. I ended up with a dress that has ZERO of those traits.

Whoops.

I initially thought I wanted tiers of lace or tulle - poofy at the bottom. When I tried gowns on...it looked like I was being swallowed by fabric. I am tall and thin and I looked like a stick inside a cloud. I found a dress that my tailor can make into a sheath/mermaid style.

I wanted a "pretty" lace dress. Something romantic and looking back, I realize is very in right now. I ended up with a completely different dress, satin with jewel embellishments., crumbcatcher top (wasn't even sure what that was back then). Not a piece of lace. I actually even bought it before I could even set a wedding date (though we knew our venue location). I wouldn't ever advise this of anyone else but it was off the rack and a great deal. Not once did I actually regret my choice and I had more comments on my dress the day of than I ever expected.

I tried on about 70 dresses. Bad idea. It just get confusing after a while. You're very smart to sleep on it! I wish I would have slept on it before I purchased my final gown. I only tried it on once and bought it right then and there. The WW ladies have really helped me. They made me realize that I chose the right dress and calmed my nerves.

The first two were my other choices and the third was the one I purchased. You will notice that they are all totally different styles.

I'm having major dress regrets. I LOVE the dress I purchased, but I keep stumbling upon this other dress on Pinterest. Darnit!! The new dress is only $350, so it's so hard to not just splurge and buy it. I just keep reminding myself-- it's only one day and you love the dress you already purchased Now if I can only keep telling myself that for the next 7 months.

I have to say I ended up in the dress I've been eyeing for 2 years (satin fitted/rouched dress with just a little bling- comfy and classic and looks awesome) but I did try on this massively poofy pink gown that my mom picked and it looked gorgeous on me! I didn't end up getting it because it's not how I wanted to FEEL on my wedding day and I think that's what's important.

I also had some buyers remorse with getting a bolero (I'm getting married outside November 1 and wanted some warmth) but they let me try everything on again when I brought my bridesmaids back to get their dresses and I loved it. So maybe try them on again and think about how you feel and how you want to feel on your big day!