Wedding Dress and Weight Loss

Altering the dress before the weight loss is a major decision for the bridal shop to do for fitting. Its great to hear you have lost weight since the last dress fitting. It may possible to get another dress if the one you try on will be bigger on you. The bridal shop can let you know what can happen based on your choice.

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I've heard that most dresses can be taken in about 3-4 sizes without losing the shape and essence of the dress.
You should be fine, a talented seamstress can take it in and make it fit you like a glove. I would wait until a few months before the wedding in case you lose more weight since you don't want to re-alter it a second time.

I think youll be fine. youve probably lost weight all over your body and not all of it in one specific area. take the dress to an alterations place and just get it sized wont cost much

View quoted message That makes me feel better!! I’m going to call my seamstress. Thank you so much

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I think this is pretty common for brides lol but I think yours will be no problem at all. 15 lbs is about 1 size difference and I feel like I read somewhere that most dresses can be taken in up to a 4 size difference without effecting too much and letting it out by up to 2 sizes. So I think you'll be fine! But I'd definitely be talking to someone about it sooner rather than later just to make sure!

View quoted message Oh I’m glad I’m not the only one! I hope yours works out as well!

I would say that depends on the style of your dress and where you lose the weight. I would think that 15 lbs would be workable though for most dresses. My aunt had to get her dress taken in like 3 times because she kept losing weight, more to do with the stress of the wedding more than anything. Her dress had a lot of details in it too, but it still looked gorgeous after all the taking in. I'll have to get mine taken in too since I've lost about 40 lbs since I first bought it (which I did not think would happen!) so I'll be taking it in to see what the seamstress says in a couple weeks *fingers crossed*