My search for the dress spanned for many
months, through quite a few stores and a couple countries. This is what I
learned along the way… hope it helps!
DO
* Leave enough time to order the dress, some
stores don’t sell off the rack and will need to have the dress in your size
brought in.
* Listen but ignore: everyone has an opinion of
what you should look like and what suits you, but the only one that matters is
yours. So listen to their comments but don’t let them influence your choices,
or you might second-guess your dress down the line.
* Leave your comfort zone. You may have a set idea
of what you want but there is no harm trying on something different and you may
end up finding something even better than you imagined.
* If you’re having a destination
wedding, make sure you check with the airline if you can take your dress as
hand luggage. I made the mistake of not checking and was left with a last
minute struggle of deciding if I should risk putting it in checked baggage or
trying to squash it into a tiny hand luggage case.
* If the store will allow it, take
pictures of you wearing the dress so you can look back at your options when
dress shopping elsewhere, you can compare them better that way.
* Set a budget and stick to it. You
will try on many stunning dresses and some will be out of your price range, but
no matter how beautiful they are you have to try and stay within budget or you
will suffer later trying to make ends meet.
* When you find a dress you like, try
on a tiara and veil from the same store, it will help you get that bridal
feeling and you might get a good price if you buy all three from the same
place.
* Follow your instincts. If you can’t stop thinking
about a dress days after you left the store chances are that might be ‘the
one’.
DON’T
* Don’t buy in the first store, shop around a
little and see what is out there, if you like a dress from the first place, you
can always go back.
* Don’t always shop with the same person, chances
are your mom, sisters, bridesmaids and grannies will all want to share that
with you so try to go with a different person to each appointment, that way
everybody feels involved.
* Don’t let pushy sales people
intimidate you, it doesn’t matter if they say you look like the most beautiful
bride in the planet, if you’re not feeling it then you’re not feeling it! Next
please!
* Don’t settle for a dress you are not
100% sure about, when you try on the right dress you will know it.
* DO NOT buy your dress from an unknown
online retailer, if it’s cheap and it’s advertised as the kind of business
where you send them the picture of your favourite designer dress and they make
you the exact same one for a fraction of the price, DO NOT fall for it. There
are many horror stories about this sort of ‘company’.
All the best, Gaby xXx
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