Show me your trains!

Lol forgot to attach.

I dont have many good pictures of the bustle on the wedding day, but these show the pinned up bustle and full train!

My dress had a 12-point French bustle.

This is my train, but, I don't go until next week to get the bustle.

I took my dress in for alterations Friday, so ignore the pins. This is how my bustle will look once it’s finished though. I think the most important thing is finding a height/position you feel good with. My fiancé is a “booty guy” so I purposefully asked to keep the bustle a little lower, while some people prefer it higher to add volume/etc. Just make sure to really express the look you’re wanting so they can make it a reality.

Our dresses bustled:

This is my train and pictures from my last alterations appointment. She just had the bustle pinned. Final appointment tomorrow

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Such a beautiful train Laura!! Have you discussed your bustle with your seamstress?

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I hope your appointment goes well today! I can't wait to hear about how your dress looks! It's so gorgeous!

View Quoted Comment Beautiful!! I love the train!

View Quoted Comment No, I don’t go for my first appointment for another 2 months.

I had a huge heavy train and opted not to bustle it and instead just draped it over my arm and it worked well. My alterations person said it would be a lot more money to bustle it without guaranteeing it wouldn’t break because of how heavy the train is. I also used the dress loop that was already sewn into the dress at time. I did have a few stumbles dancing but ended up getting fun pics out of it so it all worked out.

View Quoted Comment That’s so interesting! I don’t know if mine has a wrist loop. I also don’t think my train is that heavy (it’s mostly tulle). But again, I’ll have to see what my seamstress says when I go for my fitting in October. I’m just kind of nervous because I haven’t particularly liked the bustles on any of the dresses (not in a rude way- I just don’t think the bustles ladies have shown me would look good on me/my dress). I know there’s still tons of other ways. I’m also googling to see examples of bustles on a line dresses.

View Quoted Comment I was the same way about the look of bustles so when my seamstress told me about spending money and it potentially breaking I just opted to figure it out and it worked well. Hubby helped me and my girls at times to lift it when we were walking, otherwise I just draped it nicely over my arm - the pic with my mom was haphazard cause that was a moment just after we both tripped so it lifted higher than I had it before. But again it was no big deal to me.

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The wrist loop looks like it worked really well for you Samantha! Your dress was gorgeous!