YOU LOOK STUNNING!!! I so can't wait to see your photography! Man, for $150? The Cinderella gown is just beautiful, and I love the belle bodice! Dress shopping is causing me panic!
Thank you! And yes, $150! It's amazing what kind of deals you can get on Ebay sometimes. There's just not a ton of selection and wiggle room on size (because it's all pretty much second-hand). I don't know how we lucked out on this one. The girl selling it, according to my mom, pretty much said that she wore it for a half hour for pictures. I'd think she would have had to have gotten a deal on the dress too, to sell it for $150.
Thanks f or the encouragement on the Belle bodice. Even looking at the pictures on this thread...they're bigger than on my laptop, for some reason. I can see all the little creases and puckers on the bodice, and it makes me sad.
Oh well though, it's partially my fault. I ordered the dress in a certain size, which ended up being too big by the time I had my first fitting. So, we took it in one size, when we really should have taken it in two sizes. The thought was, "Well...what if I gain weight in the four weeks before the wedding?" I've been fairly careful with what I've been eating though that I think we could have done two full sizes and been fine....so it doesn't look right.
That said, taking it in at all, I think is what has caused those puckers. The dress DID NOT look like that in its original size. Taking it in destroyed what it was... and it makes me sad.
The Belle dress looks fantastic!! I cannot believe that your mom found that Cinderella dress that cheaper. Did you need to get it altered at all, because it looks like a perfect fit in the picture and that is incredibly lucky and simply meant to be if it fit like that without any alterations. That dress will make for some really beautiful pictures!
Thank you!
The Cinderella dress size didn't need to be altered, but the person who originally owned it was apparently A LOT taller than me...because I would seriously just trip over the dress. It is SO long. So, we did get it altered for length, but size...fits perfectly (yay!). In fact, I SHOULD be getting the dress back today to make sure the length is good. I'll post pictures when I do!
Tiffiny