When to start dress shopping...

I was worried about shopping too early for my Oct 2019 wedding. But honestly, I feel like the earlier the better. I just bought my dress a few weeks ago and was very lucky to find one the first day out shopping.
But they did say that it would take 4 months to come in. So this way if it is a little later, i do not have to panic as i will still have another year.

Also when it comes to alterations, where I live there are only 2 in the area that specialize in alterations, and the woman at the store told me the number 1 woman is booked months in advance. so I lucked out to have found my dress and gotten my name into the seamstress so I do not have to stress when it gets closer to the big day

I honestly turned down a bunch of dresses because I did not like the way my body looked in them (also looking to loose some weight before the big day) but once I found the right one, i knew it was going to be perfect no matter what

You are so welcome!

And thank you as well!

Congrats on your engagement!

I got engaged June 2017 and I went dress shopping in August 2017 and said yes to the dress at the end of October 2017. My wedding is September 1st 2018.

I think going in November is a good idea because you don't want to start too early.

Anytime under a year is normal to start dress shopping.

I think anytime around the 1 year mark is your safest bet! hopefully you find your dream dress right away, but just in case you don't on the first shopping trip, you want to make sure you leave yourself enough time to go out again. I bought my dress in Sept 2017 and am getting married in Sept 2018, they told me my dress would be in sometime in July...it still hasn't come in yet, but it makes me happy to think i got it so far in advance because I didn't realize it would take so long to come in!

I am getting married Jun 1, 2019 and I started dress shopping in Mar 2018. I think it doesn't hurt to start a little early because you really don't know what looks good on you until you try the dresses on. Also, I was also contemplating making a customized dress which needs to be done one year in advance. If you don't see anything you love out there, you might have to go for this alternative so it's better to plan early in case.

So..we like..got engaged on Christmas (gross, I know) and by mid Feb, I had purchased a dress. My wedding isn't until October 19, 2019. I'm going to start my dress alterations in January, and go from there.

So I think it just depends on how much you want to/can alter the dress you find, yanno? Live your best life!