Wedding dress

A year out is a good time to start looking. It can take 6-8 months for designer gowns to come in and you will need time for alterations.

I bought my wedding dress like 2 years out. I've been the same weight for years and I happened to find THE dress. Plus it was on clearance.

A year out is a good time line. Many bridal boutiques suggest ordering your dress 8-10 months before your wedding date. They also typically require you to pay 50% up front and 50% when you pick up the dress. So it sounds like this will work out perfectly with your plan!

I bought my dress a little over a year out. (Bought in January of this year and we're getting married in March)

I think starting to look at 1 year is great! If you find one that would give you a decent amount of time to do payment plans on it and get it paid off in smaller chunks at a time rather than having to pay for it all at once!

Hey there date twin xD. You can honestly go shopping for your dress whenever you want to. We have the same date, and I already have my dress. A year out is perfect if you want to wait to make sure you have the latest trends available to you, or if you aren't consistently the same size.

I started looking 15 months out and purchased 12 months out. If you're looking in July, I'd recommend looking for a boutique near you that participates in the National Bridal Sale Event. I ended up getting mine during that time and got my dress 85% off its original price. Each salon that participates does something different (mine was a sample that was severely marked down), but I know those that do participate in the event have some kind of discount happening (either sample dresses or % off new gowns).