Wedding Dress?

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Where are the best places around to shop for a wedding dress? (The relevant tag seems mostly concerned with alterations.)

Um, particularly if one is not of the type who has thought about such things all their life (or, y'know, ever) and thus had no idea how far in advance people expect you to plan and so the event is a little over a month away leaving no time for the apparently usual 2-3 month wait. (Speaking entirely theoretically, of course, because no reasonable person would be in such a situation, right?)

Even better would be great places to rent a dress, because it seems absurd to buy one when I'll only need it the once. (Why is it so much easier to rent a tuxedo, an item whose owner could reasonably wear it time and again?)

Comments

[mercurysparkle.livejournal.com]

I second David's Bridal if you want to go the traditional route. They did our entire wedding party. Turn-around time was definitely under 3 weeks if we didn't have to order the dress.

You can also check Vows - Bride Power on Galen St, in Watertown.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

This is definitely good to know. I guess they don't do rentals, though? I still find the idea of buying a wedding dress kind of insane.

[mercurysparkle.livejournal.com]

You can also check out the David's Bridals $199 sales - especially if your heart is not set on one particular style. Most dresses need a bit of alteration - either in the bust to make it more comfortable for you or in the length. I have no idea regrettably, where you'd rent a dress :(

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I will definitely check them out. Luckily, I do have the schedule flexibility to be able to do on a weekday, so maybe later this week.