How to choose your wedding dress

Have you reached that period in your life when you can shout out loud: “I’m engaged?” If so, congratulations and start enjoying this beautiful moment. After this party mood ends it’s time to start thinking about planning the wedding. As beautiful as it may be, it is also an extremely stressful period in which you try to please everyone, try to plan the perfect day, the one you’ve been dreaming all your life and make all the preparation necessary that will make you look absolutely divine.

The hard part comes when you have to choose your wedding dress and answer yourself a ton of questions: “Is this the right one?”, “Will he like it?”, “How much am I willing to pay for it?”, “Will this dress make me feel the prettiest of them all?”

Although choosing the perfect wedding dress is not brain surgery, it does require a lot of confidence, self control and a few tips to help you make the best decision:

1. Be positive and confident
Don’t start looking for your dress thinking you won’t find the perfect one for you. There are thousands of dresses and if you still have problems deciding, you can have your dress custom made.

2. Begin searching
Try going to a few wedding stores, watch some television programs about weddings, read magazines or search the Internet. There are a variety of things to do. If you happen to come across a dress you like, take a picture so you can show it to you bridal consultant.

3. Know what flatters you
If you are not the model type, that doesn’t mean you won’t find the perfect dress, it just means it won’t look the same as the model in the window shop. If you are a plus-size woman, there are some things to avoid, but other than that, you have a clear way to the perfect dress. You shouldn’t wear a mermaid dress and those extra fluffy ball gowns. Try on a A-line shape dress (it hides all the extras)
Never buy a dress that is a size smaller just because you think you will lose weight until that day; it can be easily modified from a bigger size to a smaller one but not vice-versa.

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4. Determine your budget
Try and come up with a reasonable budget that won’t lead you directly to starting your fresh new life in debt. Usually a wedding dress is somewhere between $1000 and $2000, but you are able to find them a lot cheaper or even a lot more expensive. You may find one that costs $100 or one that costs $15,000. It all depends on your budget. Never try out a dress that is way above your budget; it will break your heart.

5. Who’s coming along?
Be careful when deciding which people you take along to the dress fitting. You need someone that is honest, supportive and not afraid of telling what he thinks. Usually a group of 3-4 people is more than enough. Also if your bridal consultant is trying to sell you dresses you don’t like, tell her with all honesty; after all it’s your wedding and your money.

6. Positive thinking
As much as finding the perfect wedding dress counts, the most important thing is that new life you are about to start with that special one. Always have him in mind, it may sound stupid, but it will make you go through all this much easier.

If you will be able to follow these tips, I can assure you that you dress search will become more appealing and the entire experience less stressful.