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Purchasing a Wedding Gowns and Dresses
Robbi Ernest: Great Wedding Tips from the Experts

When you shop for something to wear for your wedding, it’s not a dress, but a wedding gown. This is a special time, and you want to approach your shopping an orderly and calm fashion so that your final decision will be the gown that you are thrilled with. The gown should be a reflection of the formality of the event, and it should be comfortable as well as an image of beauty. Here are our suggestions: Begin your shopping at least six months to a year before your wedding date; tear out pictures from magazines that show the over all look you want; tear out other pictures and circle parts of the wedding gown that you like (i.e.the shape of the sleeves, the bodice, etc…). Write on the page number, date and the name of the magazine. Determine your gown budget that should include the headpiece, shoes and all accessories, as well as the alteration costs. Begin making a list of questions that you will need to have answers to at a later date.

Go to the gown salons/boutiques or gown designers in this online Wedding Guide and just “browse”. Pat attention to fabric, colors and styles. After you have done enough window shopping make an appointment. This is the time to bring out your folder of pictures and a list of questions. Wedding gowns are sized differently (i.e. larger) than rack gowns ordered for the biggest part of your wedding. Once you have decided on a gown, begin collecting the necessary undergarments and take these with you for all your fittings. Ask the sales person at the salon for advice on undergarments.

A 50% non-refundable deposit will require at time of ordering. The balance will be due when gown arrives. Try to get a “gusetimate” on what your alterations will costs. You’re “Receipt of Confirmation of Order” should have the gown’s number, color, description and the name of any lace, any costs for special ordering, date of arrival, shipping costs, tax and the refundable policy. Ask if there are any additional costs besides alteration. Salon owners will allow you to take pictures of the gown once the order is placed. Take close-ups and full shots.

Upon arrival compare the number on you receipt with the number on the wedding gown; if you have any doubts, compare the pictures that you took. Beginning alterations can take up to several hours, so make certain that you are fresh and rested. Ask them seamstress to save any fabric that is cut off, no matter how small. At the last fitting, take one or two of your attendants along with your mother so that all of them can learn to bustle the wedding gown. Also, take a sheet and spread it on the floor. Practice kneeling, bowing, hugging, bending, dancing and any other positions that you might find yourself in on your wedding day. Make sure the final alterations allow for comfort and this kind of activity.

Remember to ask the salon/boutique person how to care for your wedding gown for immediate situations (Make-up, wine, food and spillage).

Custom Wedding Gowns and Dresses
Robbi Ernest: Great Wedding Tips from the Experts

If you are of the mind that you want a “one of a kind gown, be realistic and get recommendations about specialty gown designs and dress makers. Some dress makers do not do the same kind of work as a gown designer; they usually work from pre-made patterns. Check with your Wedding Consultants or people who have actually had a gown made by a person.

How to choose bridesmaid dresses?

Whatever you do, don’t leave the choice of bridesmaids’ dresses as an afterthought to your wedding dress.

Choosing bridesmaids dresses is just as important as choosing the bride’s dress. Why?
Well, some people think that the because the bride is the most important female the bridesmaids should sink into the background and do as they are told and wear what they are told to wear. Wrong!

Firstly, your bridesmaids are your friends and relatives. They deserve some consideration. But, actually, they deserve a lot more than that. Bridesmaids and bridesmaids dresses should complement and enhance the bride and the whole occasion. Just because the bridesmaids look beautiful doesn’t detract from the bride. In fact, if your bridesmaids’ dresses are not up to scratch, it will spoil the whole effect.

So how do you go about making the right choice for a group of your friends and relatives who, traditionally, have to pay for their own dresses?

Price and who pays is the first thing you have to decide and only you will know the answer to that. It may be that you have decided that you will pay for the bridesmaids’ dresses. In that case don’t be a dictator. Sit down with your girls (or their mothers if you have very young bridesmaids) and look through some catalogues. Go out with your bridesmaids and look and feel, try on some styles. Try to make a joint decision so no-one feels left out.

The question of payment need not be a vexed one. But if your bridesmaids are paying for their own dresses you have to have the diplomatic skills of Condy Rice. If they are paying, they will naturally want to have a bigger say in the choice. This makes it even more important that you get together and discuss. Whatever the situation is regards who pays, you will all have to agree on the following factors:

Price; Color; Style.

Price
You must agree a price range first because whoever pays must be comfortable with the decision. Be sensitive to those who may feel they have to go along with the other bridesmaids but may be stretching their resources.
Price will determine what your range of options are and where you go to buy your dresses. You may be able to do a deal with the maker of your bride’s dress if you are also shopping for bridesmaids’ dresses. Shop around; maybe have the bridesmaids appoint a representative to go with you. Come back with some ideas of costs.

Color
You have a range of options: same color as bride; different but complimentary; contrasting. This is a matter of personal choice but unless you are having some New Age affair in the woods, it is recommended that all the bridesmaids are dressed in the same color. It is a good idea to take with a sample of the dressing dress and then try it with different colors. The bride should insist on the final color scheme but it is important to reach agreement. Depending on your bridesmaids and your relationship with them, it may be a good idea to have a firm opinion in advance about what you want. It is your wedding after all!

Before you decide on a different color to the bride you have to consider the overall look, and think of flowers, corsages or other accessories. Will I work? Get some advice. The best people are the ones with experience; dress shop owners, family and friends who have made their own weddings. Take advice and make a decision.