Post by missjenniebean on Apr 30, 2015 9:03:05 GMT -5
If we have discussed this then please feel free to highjack. I thought we did but I couldn't find anything.
So my best friend is getting married in September (yay!) and we have to order our dresses in the next week for them to be here on time. Now, obviously I am large with baby and my body will be less large after him/her arrival and change rapidly with BF. Now, I need to call David's Bridal and I will but was wondering what some of you have done if there has been a similar situation. I'm assuming I will alterations no matter what.
Post by mrsmonogrammed on Apr 30, 2015 9:21:24 GMT -5
I'm also in a wedding in Oct (10th to be exact). They made me get measured and we went off of my bust measurement. It ended up only being 1 size up from my wedding dress I wore last June and I have about and inch of room to "grow into" should my breastfeeding chest need it:) Depending on the style of dress, that would be the main measurement I would go off of. But my bride pick nice flatter dresses that are basically only tight until the bottom of the ribcage...could be a different story if your dresses will be more fitted!
We are in the same boat! I'm in a wedding in October. The consultant we dealt with said to order the dress a size or two up from what you were pre-pregnancy. This way if you haven't quite lost all the weight, the dress will fit. If you have lost all the weight, than they will just take the dress in. Remember, it's always easier to take a dress in than to let it out.
That's what I figured they would say! Congrats to your friend!
Post by missjenniebean on Apr 30, 2015 9:26:08 GMT -5
Thanks ladies! (Sorry on my moms tablet and still am trying to figure it out. They should have my measurements from the last two dresses I bought there.
The dresses she chose for us are tighter around the rib cage. I just have to go see which one will look better. Hehehe so exciting for our friends! Though this is my third wedding and you know what they say! lol the dresses look like the will look good with most body types. So that's good.
If we have discussed this then please feel free to highjack. I thought we did but I couldn't find anything.
So my best friend is getting married in September (yay!) and we have to order our dresses in the next week for them to be here on time. Now, obviously I am large with baby and my body will be less large after him/her arrival and change rapidly with BF. Now, I need to call David's Bridal and I will but was wondering what some of you have done if there has been a similar situation. I'm assuming I will alterations no matter what.
Thoughts? Thanks ladies!
I would double check if you really need to order your dress already. I got a bridesmaid dress from David's Bridal for a wedding in September 2012, ordered it online and it only took 2 weeks to come in. I know other bridal shops and designers take a lot longer but anyone I know who has ordered from David's Bridal got their dresses in fairly quickly.
They try to scare brides that dye lots will be different so all the dresses need to be ordered at the same time from the same store, but really, does this happen? Probably not.
They try to scare brides that dye lots will be different so all the dresses need to be ordered at the same time from the same store, but really, does this happen? Probably not.
Yeah, for the DB dress I was referring to in my last post, we all ordered our dresses online and they all looked exactly the same.
For my wedding, we got my sister's Alfred Sung dress off of ebay (so I could see it in person before having everyone else order because no shops had that color in an actual dress sample, just swatches) and then the rest ordered from shopjoielle.com--all looked exactly the same.
And for a wedding my sister was in last year she ordered her Donna Morgan dress on amazon because it was cheaper and the rest of the girls ordered from a bridal shop--again they all looked the same.
Post by missjenniebean on Apr 30, 2015 9:58:13 GMT -5
Yeah. DB makes me wonder sometimes. They told one bride that her dress was going to be discontinued so all us bridesmaids had to order that day or within a certain time frame. Looked it up when I was looking at these dresses and it is still a regular option and that was a year ago. Which reminds me that I somehow have to fit into that dress by August!
So, I'm in a wedding Aug 28 and we've already ordered our dresses. My SIL is wonderful and let me choose something I liked/was comfortable in/would be flattering and then had the girls choose from those. I ordered two sizes up as well.
I will say that the same SIL was in MY wedding 6 months (almost to the day) that my neice was born. She ordered her dress one size up and while she lost all the weight in her tummy by the time of the wedding, her ribcage had expanded permanently! She had to have extra material added in her ribcage because she wasnt expecting that. It got kind of expensive... so, if you're getting something tighter in the ribcage, make sure you order big!
Post by billyhorrible on Apr 30, 2015 10:03:58 GMT -5
Just a heads up - I gave birth to LBB in October. My brother got married in May. I had lost all the weight (and then some) by 2 weeks after giving birth and was in a smaller size than pre-pregnancy, but because I was breastfeeding my breasts were ginormous. My sweet SIL had got me a dress that was my pre-pregancy size, figuring I'd be back by 7 months post-partum. We had to take another dress to get enough fabric to create a new back to the dress so it would zip up. And my seamstress had to reshape and recreate the entire bodice. It was a total hassle. You guys are all talking about weddings that are 3-4 months after birth, so breasts are definitely going to be a consideration.
We are in the same boat! I'm in a wedding in October. The consultant we dealt with said to order the dress a size or two up from what you were pre-pregnancy. This way if you haven't quite lost all the weight, the dress will fit. If you have lost all the weight, than they will just take the dress in. Remember, it's always easier to take a dress in than to let it out.
I'm in a wedding in September and this is exactly what I did!
They try to scare brides that dye lots will be different so all the dresses need to be ordered at the same time from the same store, but really, does this happen? Probably not.
Yeah, for the DB dress I was referring to in my last post, we all ordered our dresses online and they all looked exactly the same.
For my wedding, we got my sister's Alfred Sung dress off of ebay (so I could see it in person before having everyone else order because no shops had that color in an actual dress sample, just swatches) and then the rest ordered from shopjoielle.com--all looked exactly the same.
And for a wedding my sister was in last year she ordered her Donna Morgan dress on amazon because it was cheaper and the rest of the girls ordered from a bridal shop--again they all looked the same.
Just a caution on the bolded above, when you order all the dresses from the same place they make sure the dresses come from the same material dye-lot and that they're exact. I'm really glad the ones above were all the same, but you CAN end up with a different shade of colour if you order elsewhere (different store etc.). We ordered all black BM dresses from the same place to be sure of this and when one came in a different shade of black, the bridal store sent it back before we even saw it to correct the problem.
Just a heads up - I gave birth to LBB in October. My brother got married in May. I had lost all the weight (and then some) by 2 weeks after giving birth and was in a smaller size than pre-pregnancy, but because I was breastfeeding my breasts were ginormous. My sweet SIL had got me a dress that was my pre-pregancy size, figuring I'd be back by 7 months post-partum. We had to take another dress to get enough fabric to create a new back to the dress so it would zip up. And my seamstress had to reshape and recreate the entire bodice. It was a total hassle. You guys are all talking about weddings that are 3-4 months after birth, so breasts are definitely going to be a consideration.
Yeah. I now have boobs and and idk what to do with them. Ha. I wanted to wait until after baby, but that probably won't be an option. I am hoping the wedding in August i can get down enough to where I might have to fix the part that is tight on the legs. When I tried that dress on in October (my boobs had grown) I could still fit in the top. Now I am scared! Lop as for thr one in September, idk what to expect. Boobs, thighs, pudge belly?! So many things to consider and I HATE trying on clothes in general, not to mention while pregnant. Lop!
Thanks ladies for all th3 things to consider. Ill make sure to mention these when I go in.
Not going to lie, i am very jealous of all of you ladies right now... I am in a wedding 3 weeks POST my due date... Thankfully the dress that the bride choose is made of jersey material and VERY flowy, but I wish I could get back to my pre-baby size within 3 weeks...Just dont see it happening!
Post by ThePalindromicOne on Apr 30, 2015 10:23:26 GMT -5
I'm in my sister's wedding August 15th, 11 weeks post due date. I was sized around 19 weeks, and I was definitely bigger than my baseline then, so we went with that size. We'll see how it works out. Fortunately, we each get to pick our own dress (with same fabric, color, designer line), so I picked one with a forgiving waist and flexibility in bust size. But might be more plungy that I should've done.... we shall see!
My bridesmaids dress from DB WAS discontinued before any of my bridesmaids ordered one - so I had to scramble and find new options to fit their body types within 6 weeks of my wedding. I finished making the last one two days before the wedding (as a bridesmaid didn't tell anyone she'd need help until 10 days before the wedding. The dresses in my wedding were a huge debacle. The seamstress actually LOST my dress.)
Not going to lie, i am very jealous of all of you ladies right now... I am in a wedding 3 weeks POST my due date... Thankfully the dress that the bride choose is made of jersey material and VERY flowy, but I wish I could get back to my pre-baby size within 3 weeks...Just dont see it happening!
You're brave, I would have declined being in that wedding! For some reason I feel certain that my baby is going to be late and there's no chance I'd be leaving my 2 week old at home to be gone at a wedding all day or even bringing her around so many people so early on.
On top of that, I'm worried about losing weight in time for my sister's wedding at the end of November as it is--only a few weeks and I'd probably have a meltdown about how I looked in the bridesmaid dress compared to everyone else! I'm normally very confident, but I definitely can't say that I love my pregnancy weight gain!
I am in a wedding NEXT weekend so at 35 weeks pregnant. The dress situation has been a disaster. The bride picked a fabric from Jcrew in Navy and said we could all pick the dress type we liked but to order quickly just in case they discontinued the color. I had ordered 2 dresses in September before I knew I was pregnant, so waited until after my 1st tri was over to return and re-order in a larger size. Well, low and behold they actually did discontinue the Navy color so there were like 2 dress options to choose from and they didn't have many size options. I ordered the biggest size they had left, and it still fit the bump 2 weeks ago but I could not for the life of me zip it over my chest. Needless to say I panicked and we had to find a new option for me. Luckily this is my best friend's wedding and she is just glad I am making the trip, so she doesn't care what dress I'm wearing. We found 2 dresses that work from Asos Maternity in Navy so I'm bringing both and she will decide day of what she wants me to wear.
Not going to lie, i am very jealous of all of you ladies right now... I am in a wedding 3 weeks POST my due date... Thankfully the dress that the bride choose is made of jersey material and VERY flowy, but I wish I could get back to my pre-baby size within 3 weeks...Just dont see it happening!
You're brave, I would have declined being in that wedding! For some reason I feel certain that my baby is going to be late and there's no chance I'd be leaving my 2 week old at home to be gone at a wedding all day or even bringing her around so many people so early on.
On top of that, I'm worried about losing weight in time for my sister's wedding at the end of November as it is--only a few weeks and I'd probably have a meltdown about how I looked in the bridesmaid dress compared to everyone else! I'm normally very confident, but I definitely can't say that I love my pregnancy weight gain!
Its my best friends wedding, wouldnt miss it for anything in the world. When she asked me to be a Bridesmaid I wasnt pregnant. I am also signing her Ketubah (Jewish Marriage Contract) which is a HUGE honor, she signed mine. She knows that I probably will not be up to staying all night long which she is fine with. DH is going to watch the baby during the day when we get ready and what not, and then One of our Moms will come to the wedding with him and hang out in the bridal suite with the baby while we are at the ceremony and the reception. I am not happy with how I look either, but like i said i wouldnt miss her wedding for anything. She flew in from AZ for my wedding, and signed my Ketubah. My doctor will only let me go a week late, but I have been having some pretty strong contractions already so the Doctor doesnt even think that I am going to make it to my due date.
Post by laurenlou83 on Apr 30, 2015 11:36:36 GMT -5
I'm in a wedding on September 12th. I got measured in March, I think I was about 28 weeks? I was measuring larger than pre-pregnancy (obviously), but only by 1 size. I ordered 2 sizes up just to be on the safe side. I've also never worn the designer of the dress, so I have NO Idea how the dress will fit. Luckily we got to pick our dress, just had to be the same color, fabric. There were about 25 to choose from, so I just chose one I knew I could wear a bra with and was forgiving in the waistline!
I just ordered my bridesmaid dress for a friend's wedding on Sept 12. The consultant at DB had me try the dress on two sizes too big. It came super close to zipping, so she said to order that size and that would leave me plenty of room to go down in size. I think it partially depends on what kind of bump you have too. Mine sticks straight out and my butt/boobs got bigger, but my rib cage and hips haven't expanded. So for me the main concerns were how it would fit at the bustline and making sure it would cover my now-giant butt lol.
My bridesmaids dress from DB WAS discontinued before any of my bridesmaids ordered one - so I had to scramble and find new options to fit their body types within 6 weeks of my wedding. I finished making the last one two days before the wedding (as a bridesmaid didn't tell anyone she'd need help until 10 days before the wedding. The dresses in my wedding were a huge debacle. The seamstress actually LOST my dress.)
Post by silv3rlining on Apr 30, 2015 13:32:58 GMT -5
DB you can typically border and it get in fairly quickly. However you always run the risk of them discontinuing the dress and struggling to find it. Even if they promise it isn't being discontinued...
As far as sizing goes I would definitely order bigger than you think you'll need (particularly if your BFing) and just plan to have it taken in. 4 months PP with DS I was wearing pre-preg bottoms, but boobs were HUGE.
Post by hannahl201477 on Apr 30, 2015 14:04:01 GMT -5
I am in a wedding in Sept also! I ordered my dress for size I am now while pregnant. I would much rather my dress be too big rather than too little. And it really only takes 2 or 3 weeks for them to come in. I guess I'm just not as confident as yall about losing my weight fast. My boobs were DD before pregnancy I'm 5 foot... We won't talk about how big they are now! Lol so who knows what size they will be while BFing
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