Last minute second thoughts on wedding dress!!

I've gone through dress regret many many times so I feel your pain. The lighting/environment can make a huge difference in how I feel in the dress. Do you hair, makeup, and find some good lighting to try your dress on in.

UGH environment is so important!

Drink a lot of water the 2 days before you try your dress on again, do your make-up, put your hair up all nice, turn on some happy music in a well lit space. You will 100% feel better about it again.

It could be their mirrors. Sometimes I think wearing it and getting dolled up could change your view of it

Show us pictures so we can reassure you! There's so much pressure for brides to look "the best they've ever looked" on their wedding day and that really puts the dress on a pedestal! It doesn't need to be the most incredible dress ever. You will feel confident once you've got it on and have your hair/makeup/shoes, etc. I'm sure seeing it all together will help!

You could also be projecting your stress on the dress because your wedding is around the corner, it’s an easier thing to focus on than the whole craziness of wedding planning.
Wait to try on the dress after you’ve had a good night’s sleep, maybe even a relaxing spa day.

I’m sure you look beautiful in your dress but I understand how you feel. I’ve stored my dress away until alterations coming up because I tried on my dress after a bad day and felt ugly.

You can quickly buy another one online from preownedweddingdresses.com or stillwhite.com or any of the other similar sites.

It’s normal to have doubts about things like this. You want your day to be perfect. But you made a decision to get that dress already. You made it for a reason. Remember that. Allow yourself to love it again, and allow yourself to just relax. So much of the last month of planning is just accepting that things are how they are. You will have the most amazing day even if you wear a potato sack lol. Try to let yourself really believe that!

Its all a state of mine. Sounds like the energy was different at the alteration place as opposed to the bridal shop. You were trying on an picking out a dress to begin with, that is so fun and exciting. Now you have to get it shaped to fit your body, you may not be happy with were your body is right now so you feel its the dress. .Plus the environment is just different at the alteration place. Your future spouse sees you all the time. They know exactly what you look like. They will love you in your dress. You are going to look AMAZING. Trust it. Walk in it. Speak it. Own it

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So true! Great advise

Hello Brooke, I think it is very normal for the brides to have regrets about their wedding dress. It is okay though because like many people have said on here if you get a different environment, maybe do makeup, and some hair stuff then you will feel better! I know when I put on mine the other day at my house, I started to cry because I was not happy with how the dress looked. It's okay though! I also looked up the dress designer that you have on your profile and if you have any of Maggie Sottero dresses you are going to be absolutely bomb.com! Please take some pictures in it for us so we can help that way as well! You never know, it might be because you want a different hairpiece or shoe or adding something or change the look.

Brooke, I was having the same exact issue that you are last week! I had the same regret that I chose the wrong dress because I hated how I looked. As a previous poster said, if you're comfortable, post a picture. It made me feel better to have outside perspectives on it, even if family was saying the same things. Also know that you are probably just feeling the wedding stress, so after a while you might feel better. It's okay to have a moment like this- it's normal. Things are going to be okay!

Brooke. Speaking from someone who has a very difficult body shape, I too remember struggling with the perfect dress to buy for my first wedding. Judging from the pictures of wedding dresses you had posted earlier, you chose dresses that compliment your body type very well. There wasn't a single dress that didn't look good on you. Try different hair styles and make up, but it very well could have been the lighting or mirrors as the other girls stated earlier in their posts. There was something that intrigued you to buy the dress months ago. Also be optimistic and not so critical of yourself in the dress; just remember we are our own worse critic when it comes to how we look in our wedding dress on our special day.