Dress shopping - long sleeves

I tried on 2 white dresses and decided I hated dresses. I opted for a mother of the bride dress and I'm having sleeves made for it. I'm hoping it works out.

View Quoted Comment Oh cool that’s different, I’m sure it’ll be beautiful!!

I read somewhere it’s best to try on a variety of styles to see what works best for your body type- and makes you feel amazing. You can always customize your dress and add other elements. I’m not a fan of my arms either so I am adding sleeves to my low back sheath dress. Not sure if it will take away from the dress but I want to try it anyway. Here’s me in my dress without the sleeves. I will update you once the sleeves are ready next month.

As another arm-conscious person, I fully expected to get a dress with sleeves. I found that sleeves make it harder to try dresses on though - sample dresses that are too small to close can be held with clips to get a good idea, but sleeves that are too small can't really be adjusted. It's hard to judge a dress when you can only get the sleeves 3/4ths of the way up, since that impacts how the rest of it lays too.

Which, amusingly enough, directly led me to try on strapless dresses. The consultant tucked some ill-fitting sleeves into the dress while getting the 'this is what we can add in alterations' sleeves, and I was like hold on, this isn't terrible after all. Maybe because wedding dresses are generally so attention grabbing anyway that they drown out the arms? I don't know.

I did end up getting a dress with some sleeve. I have precisely zero decent pictures of me in it, because I apparently cannot stop fidgeting, but here's the model picture. They're not long, but they cover the worst parts for me, and they're not fitted, so they're very comfortable.

View Quoted Comment Oh wow your dress is gorgeous!! Thanks for sharing!

View Quoted Comment That’s so pretty I love it! Just the right amount of arm coverage. I didn’t even think about how much of a pain it’d be to try them on lol but that makes sense

I was the exact same way. I read all of the WW posts that say "go in with an open mind" and "you don't really know what you want until you put it on" and thought for sure that wasn't going to be me. I knew exactly what I wanted. An a-line with long illusion sleeves and tattoo lace. Turns out covering my chubby arms in lace just draws more attention to them. I wound up with a sleeveless dress and I love it!

I feel the same way about my arms. I ended up getting the dress I love and am working on toning up my arms so they look better. Here's my dress!

View Quoted Comment This is a gorgeous dress! Where is it from?

I am not self-conscious about my arms but I did always envision that I would have a dress with sleeves. It's just something that I always wanted. I pictured fitted lace long sleeves but that's definitely not what I ended up with! You should definitely go in with an open mind - and try on lots of styles whether they have sleeves or not. They could potentially add sleeves to ones that don't have them - or you may find that sleeves emphasize the parts you don't like. I have a half sleeve on my right arm and I found that illusion lace sleeves made it look strange like it was dirty because you couldn't quite make out the tattoo but it didn't just look like skin lol

This is the dress I ended up getting! It has dolman sleeves which when they put it on me I was convinced I would hate - but I ended up loving it. This sample was like 5 sizes too big so they are quite large still but they are not the fitted sleeves I had always dreamed about and thought I would want.

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So stunning Cortney!! I love your dress

View Quoted Comment I love your dress looks great on you!

View Quoted Comment Your dress is gorgeous!!

View Quoted Comment That’s exactly what I’ve had in mind, but I didn’t even think about the sleeves drawing more attention to my arms. That makes sense though. I’m just gonna have to get over it and try on different styles and hopefully it works out lol thanks for sharing!!

I was the same way. I said I was going to get a dress with straps and nothing tight fitting no matter what. However, when I began shopping I fell in love with strapless fit and flare dress with a sweetheart neckline that was tight around my stomach and hips where I'm the most self conscious. You might surprise yourself with what you like when you see it on! Even though you have your heart on one style try on various styles because that's what I did and my dream dress ended up being the complete opposite of what I thought!

Yes! I am the same way! A dress with sleeves was the BEST for me and I LOVE my dress.

View Quoted Comment Gorgeous!! That’s so true I can look at dresses all day online and fall in love with them but I won’t truly know what I want until I try on different styles and see how they look on me. I’m gonna try to go in not thinking about my arms and try on everything!

View Quoted Comment Good for you! You are beautiful and should get the dress that makes you feel your amazing self. Many bridal dresses can be customized. I’m confident you will find the “one”