Weight gain and dress fitting 😰

Know that it is normal to struggle with weight- I am.
Also, they can fit you and if you loose a little weight, safety pin it. And if it’s a gain, they might be able to rush fit for a fee.
i bought my dress, stupidly, 2.5yrs into the relationship w/FH- 7yrs into it now. I was a size 6( so bought an 8) and am now in 8-10 dress size. So the fact is I HAVE to drop 20-40lbs ASAP.
I am dealing with multiple health issues/injuries and so exercise is challenging, and am now cutting out alcohol, carbs and sugars- plus taking the RX( Dr given) diet pills. Have a cheat day- and one meal is a cheat. Salads w/chicken, shrimp, salmon on the top and a balsamic on the side will help. As will lemon water and mints/g and frequent teeth brushing- ppl like the minty fresh clean feeling, so won’t eat- usually.

Best of Luck! I am sure you will be ok!

I would try to push your final fitting out. Mine wasn't until the week before my wedding, 9 days out.

If you’re getting wanting to try to get back to where you were, push the appointment off. Destress, get eating habits back on track. Give yourself a little more time before you go back in.
If you don’t want to worry about making any changes to your body, go in now, and then they can make the necessary changes for the fluctuation and your current body, and then you maintain. You have a nice amount of time both to sort out your habits or to fix the dress to suit you. Don’t try to make your final fitting this far out, especially if there is potential for changes in your body. Be open with your seamstress.

See if you can go again closer to your wedding. My final fitting is May 17th for my June 23rd wedding but then I go again abut a week before the wedding to pick it up and I will try it on again. If anything needs to be changed, she will rush it.

Thanks for all of your comments!



I just called my tailor to see if she can change the date but she refused to do that. She said that since I started working with her, I need to work with her based on her timeline, not mine. Not sure what to do from this point.

I hear ya I had weight loss surgery in January lost 35lbs so far, I plan on losing 130 more lbs by my wedding 12/12/20, I want to get measured by December this year but i know I will still lose a lot between then in the next year before the wedding, it's very stressful. I can tell you this if you quit carbs completely it will work wonders!! and just be aware of your weight so you dont lose too much after your last fitting.

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Maybe find a different tailor!!!

View Quoted Comment Yeah, I would find someone else to do a final fitting too. That was bad business on her part. Generally a seamstress will work on the bride's timeline. I know mine would have gone to the ends of the Earth to fit me in if I had any issues even up to the day before.

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Hi Min Jung!

How did your final fitting go? Did you get everything resolved with your dress?