Fact: It is true that wedding dresses generally look awful on the hanger but incredibly different when you try them on – be brave!
Fact: The more dresses you try on the more time you will use, stressed you’ll become and the more choice and decision making you are giving yourself. If you are anything like me this is not a good thing. And it’s not as if you haven’t got enough else to be thinking about! Case point : The manager from my children’s nursery was at the shop at the same time as us. After this occasion I found out they visited another TEN shops before guess what . . . coming back and having her sister try and buy the very first dress she had liked! Take heed!
Fact: Models are usually skinny with very little to fill a wedding dress. Try on different styles but the likelyhood is that you’ll have an idea of the style that will suit you and that you’ll feel comfortable in. If you don’t feel comfortabel doing this then DO try on various styles and colours before you decide which you prefer.
Fact: Wedding dresses are generally worn only once. I spent far less than I’d budgetted on my dress but some dresses are very expensive. When owners of pricey dresses decide to sell you could be in for a bargain!
Fact: This is recycling! People selling their dresses on sites such as Ebay will often offer lots of pictures so you know exactly what the dress looks like in real life. Did your mum get rid of her dress or is it in a box somewhere. I’d love to have a go at my mum for getting rid of her dress before I got married but apart from the fact that she’d probably given up hope she did recycle her wedding dress anyway so good for her!
Over the coming posts we will look at a few sites specialising in buying and selling wedding dresses ( a great eco wedding dress resource) and checking out a few eco wedding dress designers.
