Dress Hem/changing Shoes

Sorry the photo didn’t load but you get the idea that I had to lift my gown

View quoted message Happy to help. This is how I was walking everywhere

View quoted message Oh thank you! No, I dont care at all if it gets dirty. Luckily everything is indoors. I was just worried I'd be tripping in it, but again it poofs out a lot so I think I will be okay.

Hey!
I can speak on this because my dress and ball gown skirt were hemmed for 5” heels. I almost had to kick my ballgown as I walked down the aisle because it was so big. **kicking it while walking down the aisle helped A LOT**

Anyways, after the church, I changed into wedge sandals that were maybe 2”. The skirt dragged and I had to hold it up while I walked but it was worth it having comfortable shoes. The bottom of my dress and my skirt were filthy because we had an indoor/outdoor reception at a Golf and Country Club. Our photos were also taken at the botanical Gardens so I was essentially hiking in the forest.

So if you don’t mind a dirty dress bottom then you will be fine. Be careful though because my shoes were shorter, my dress and train dragged a lot and as a result, my dress got ripped... in five places. In hindsight, I should have asked my bridesmaids to help me more but I didn’t want to be demanding.

I would see if you could get it hemmed to fit both lengths. So just a tiny bit shorter when you are wearing your ceremony shoes.
I will most likely be changing into flip flops for the reception, and my dress just barely hits the ground once it is all bustled

I'm in 3 inch heels for ceremony/photos and then changing into 1 inch wedges for dinner/dancing. I'm having my seamstress hem it to the 1 inch shoes - mostly because I don't care if 2 inches of my shoes are seen lol.

I'd rather have my dress too long than be tripping over it the rest of the night.

I would maybe have it hemmed a half inch shorter to meet in the middle of the difference between the shoes. Not sure how else you could fix that other than to have it hemmed for the 3 inch heels. I think slightly too short would be better than too long especially since its poofy.

If it's a ballgown, and only 1" difference, it shouldn't be much of an issue, since it poofs out. You could always have it shortened a bit, but I'm not sure how much that will cost, or if it's worth it. For your next fitting, take both pairs to try on! Don't let it stress you out!