Wedding Dress Shopping

I think that’s smart. She’s probably the opinion you value the most (other than your own!). I brought my bridesmaids the first time around, but went again with just my mom and grandma and ended up finding the one!

No! Do whatever you want, it’s your wedding. I was the opposite, I did not go with my mother nor did I go with my entire bridal party. I went with my MOH and another bridesmaid (FUture sister in law). It’s better to go with just one or two people, I couldn’t imagine trying to choose my dress with the opinions of like 6 or 7 people.

I took my mom and only my mom. I have zero regrets. I went into a bridal store which was already overwhelming. I tried on 3 dresses. Third dress was the one. Measuring, no nonsense. In and out in under 45 minutes. Huge parties all around us. In the time it took me to try on 3 dresses, get measured. And put money down, they hadn't finished with their first dress.

View Quoted Comment Yes! And trying to work with 7-8 peoples schedule would be hard too. I just don’t want that many opinions as I’m easily persuaded and would probably end up with a dress I did not like.

View Quoted Comment Yes! I have heard so many stories about it taking much longer if you have a bigger party!

I just took my mom and sister/MOH. I am very particular and my style is a bit different. I also really want my dress to be a surprise, which is why I didn’t bring my MIL (she can’t keep secrets lol). Everyone has different styles and I knew I would let opinions influence me even if I didnt agree. I am SO glad I didn’t bring anyone else. My dress isnt typical and I’m also wearing a cape instead of a veil (you can see it on my profile). I know if I invited other people they would’ve talked me out of it, but my sister and mom obviously know me best so they thought it was perfect. Also since I’m wearing a cape, if I did bring people I think they would’ve told everyone that because it’s unusual and I would’ve been unhappy. I did bring my Godmother back the next day to try it on because I was nervous about the cape and I knew she’d be 100% honest, but she also knows me and my style and she cried so that was fun lol.


Ultimately bring who you’re comfortable bringing and people that you think will be supportive and respectful of your decisions.

View Quoted Comment Omg! The cape is beautiful ♥️❤️❤️ I’m so glad that you got it! And yes, that’s why I’m bringing my mom and sisters bc they will let me know if it looks bad in the sense it’s not flattering for my body type but will encourage me to pick something that fits my personality!

Welll... I had 9 bridesmaids...can you imagine the chaos if I had gone wedding dress shopping with that many people...HELL N.O. :-), I wouldn’t want that. I just went with my mom. She was my maid of honor. And I didn’t want to be dressed out with so many people there. I wanted it intimate and my dress to be a surprise for EVERYONE. That is what I told my bridesmaids and they respected that :-). It worked out

View Quoted Comment Thank you!! I think it’s always better to go with less people that you really trust.

Go with your mom only. I got guilted into bringing my family (mom, sister, both grandmothers) and his (mom, sister, SIL) and it was a NIGHTMARE. The less opinions, the better.

I went with just my mom and me! I didn't want all the opinions.

Honestly the less people the better because then less opinions. I only had my mom and MOH with me and it was the best decision I made. Even just them 2 having opinions made it difficult lol so I can imagine having a whole wedding party.

I'm planning on just bringing my mom. She's the one I trust the most and who will be most supportive if I end up frustrated. I'm having my brother and my best friend (she lives overseas) stand up with me. Since my brother hates shopping and my friend isn't physically able to be there, I just want my mom.

I think you should bring who you want and it may be a better idea that you don't bring a lot of people or people you feel are too opinionated/have too diff of a style than you.

I brought my mom and my FMIL with me. It was just going to be my mom, but my FMIL only has boys, and her other DIL and her other son got married in a hurry (military) so she never got the wedding dress experience, so I invited her to go along with us. It was a lot of fun. I didn't have to worry about the wedding party issue, because my BM and my MOH both live about 3,000 miles away from me. They were fully supportive, however.

I just went with my mom! We traveled 2 hours to the dress shop so I would have felt bad asking any friends to spend their whole day that way. I invited my matron of honor to one of my dress fittings though!

I told my bridesmaids I felt the same way. I have 6 bridesmaids - I didn't want to pick and choose and to have them all there was FAR too many opinions. So I only went dress shopping with my mom and my sister who is also my MOH. It was the perfect moment!

I only took my mom with me and didn't think twice. I wouldn't have changed a thing! Do what you're comfortable with!