12 Wedding Dress Shopping Tips I Wish I Knew Beforehand
BuzzFeed
·7 min read
Warning: Some discussion of body image.
It was upon getting lunch with one of my editors, when I'd asked her to print out a return label for one of the many wedding dresses I'd returned, that I thought, "Hey, maybe this whole experience wasn't quite what I'd imagined" — i.e., the Say Yes to the Dress moment where my loved ones weep over my beauty in a well-lit room.
Natasha Jokic
I knew I wanted two things: a short, simple courthouse dress and a more traditional, sleeved ceremony dress. I had a pretty good idea about what I wanted for the latter, given that I have pics of wedding dresses on my phone dating back over a decade.
So, here's what I learned on my quest to say yes to...two dresses:
1.Sample sizes can be a struggle.
2.Some dress styles can go out of stock very quickly.
3.You (probably) need to make an appointment.
4.It's okay to be a lil' stressed.
5.It's good to try on a wide variety of dresses.
6.People will probably think you look good in a lot of things.
7.You can wear whatever you want.
8.The online wedding dress market is pretty amazing.
9.Return policies are your friend.
10.But being overwhelmed by choice is very real.
11.It's worth going to a tailor to get your measurements professionally taken.
12.I did have a moment where I tried on the dress that made me feel amazing — but it was in my room, shortly after an earthquake.
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty ImagesThe relationship between members of the royal family and their clothes designers reached its apogee in the bond between Queen Elizabeth and her dresser, Angela Kelly. Kelly was the gatekeeper through which even family members had to pass to see Her Majesty in her declining years. She spent much of the last two years of her life with her and was at her bedside in her last days in Scotland. Even Prince Harry’s relationship with his grandmother was soured at one stage b
Pippa Middleton looked stunning at the wedding of her sister Kate Middleton in 2011. The wife of James Matthews wore a green bridesmaid dress by Temperley London.
Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson was pictured at a wedding in 1990 in a mini dress alongside her two-year-old daughter and bridesmaid Princess Beatrice.
Princess Rajwa of Jordan displayed a blossoming baby bump in an unexpected denim jumpsuit while on a shopping trip in Amman without husband Prince Hussein
The Duchess of Edinburgh paid tribute to her shared passion with Lady Louise Windsor when she wore a bold wedding guest dress for a royal wedding in 2012.