wedding dress help!

[JelloShotGirl 0]

What in the world is up with all the off the shoulder/spaghetti strap/strapless dresses? Kudos to you ladies that can wear them..but I'm top heavy. SO and I are thinking an informal outdoor wedding in my backyard. I've been looking for a suitable dress for a month and nothing is making me happy. It either looks like it's for a granny(an old fashioned, blue haired, cane clutching granny) or doesn't have material on top to hide a decent bra strap. Admittedly I also want a long skirt as I have a rather massive scar down the front of one leg..but still. BLARGH!

Ok, rant done for now.

yeah, mee too ( a little top heavy) OMG I havent even attempted to try anything yet, I don;t know i think i can pull of the strapless, I am not sure,,,, have to ask an expert ....if i find anything i will let you know too, when is ur wedding, also I did check out "the knot" they have zillions of styles u can at least look at for now, thats what i am doing.......

[girlfrmoz 1]

I was going to do the beach wedding thing but now we are marrying in winter thanks to USCIS. Hair half up and half down with a few frangipani flowers is nice for a beach wedding that was what i was thinking...revising that for snow weatherand marriage in a court house!

I bought a simple halterneck wedding dress in white dull satin (the satin being fairly stiff holds me in, in all the right places) and was going to wear silver sandles once i got off the beach.

Like a few people said, Davids had some nice dresses and reasonable prices.

For those who got married in a court house...did you wear a wedding dress for that?

Good luck Jellyshot!

[Eli_y_Mauri 0]

I know you probably haven't thought about this but I found my dress at the Salvation Army Thrift Store, it's perfect, exactly what I wanted, it's a Vera Wang and it was under $50 dollars. You can usually find just about any style/size at any second hand shop. So it's not new but it was only worn once and if you don't tell anybody they won't know, lol.

[Cassie 8]

What in the world is up with all the off the shoulder/spaghetti strap/strapless dresses? Kudos to you ladies that can wear them..but I'm top heavy. SO and I are thinking an informal outdoor wedding in my backyard. I've been looking for a suitable dress for a month and nothing is making me happy. It either looks like it's for a granny(an old fashioned, blue haired, cane clutching granny) or doesn't have material on top to hide a decent bra strap. Admittedly I also want a long skirt as I have a rather massive scar down the front of one leg..but still. BLARGH!

Ok, rant done for now.

I humbly suggest Alfred Angelo's dresses, either in the regular or plus size collections. As a plus size girl with boobs , i was scared to go looking for a dress, because I was convinced I would end up with something that would make me look like a tent. I ended up looking fabulous, if I do say so myself! It was worth the money. I find there's a lot of variety, and maybe you'llfindsomething in the bridesmaid's dress section that might be moreinformal for you

[Thingee 0]

Thank you for the suggestions ladies. When I say informal I mean I'm most likely goign to be wearing a regular dress...something I'll definitely be able to wear again. Part of the frustration is that I'm not quite plus size..right at the end of the 'normal' wear spectrum. I suspect I'm going to end up buying something a tad too big and getting it altered, that way I'll have enough room in the bust and it'll fit the rest of me as well.

[ajames79 0]

What in the world is up with all the off the shoulder/spaghetti strap/strapless dresses? Kudos to you ladies that can wear them..but I'm top heavy. SO and I are thinking an informal outdoor wedding in my backyard. I've been looking for a suitable dress for a month and nothing is making me happy. It either looks like it's for a granny(an old fashioned, blue haired, cane clutching granny) or doesn't have material on top to hide a decent bra strap. Admittedly I also want a long skirt as I have a rather massive scar down the front of one leg..but still. BLARGH!

Ok, rant done for now.

I humbly suggest Alfred Angelo's dresses, either in the regular or plus size collections. As a plus size girl with boobs , i was scared to go looking for a dress, because I was convinced I would end up with something that would make me look like a tent. I ended up looking fabulous, if I do say so myself! It was worth the money. I find there's a lot of variety, and maybe you'llfindsomething in the bridesmaid's dress section that might be moreinformal for you

I so much agree Cassie...as I said my dress is Alfred, and I am a bit top heavy. I was scared to death of variety. But honestly everything looked so much better then I imagined! I am actually excited about my dress!

Thank you for the suggestions ladies. When I say informal I mean I'm most likely goign to be wearing a regular dress...something I'll definitely be able to wear again. Part of the frustration is that I'm not quite plus size..right at the end of the 'normal' wear spectrum. I suspect I'm going to end up buying something a tad too big and getting it altered, that way I'll have enough room in the bust and it'll fit the rest of me as well.

Having your dress altered is really smart anyway. Especially if you have a good seamstress. Mine is awesome!

It makes my dress really comfortable.

[MrMrsKnight 0]

I'd go to www.theknot.com

They have so many dresses to choose from. I love that place!

[Caladan 19]

My problem with wedding dresses is that I hate them all.

Okay, not quite.

I detest all pick-up skirts. I don't know what type of gown flatters my body type except that empire waists look like #######, as I don't often run around in ballgowns. I look like ####### in white.

[Moonie 0]

I have also been looking but, I am going to wait to buy one when we can actually set a date. I was thinking about marrying in Hawaii and having a beach wedding, the weather is always good there. But all that depends on MONEY. lol