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

[koshmom.livejournal.com]

If you're not all stuck on the white gown thing, you can wear whatever you want. But I tried David's Bridal just to see styles, etc. I went up to the Danvers area store. There were plenty of brides' gowns there you could buy off the rack, and many just fit me.

Be sure to go with a new, very supportive bra and if you already have the shoes, bring them too. It's hard to find white shoes this time of year.

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I figured I'd get a bra after choosing a dress, due to potential strap issues and all. But indeed, a good point!

(And wrt my other comment to you elsewhere, sure, Danver is fine, too. Natick just seemed closer. :)

[grapefruiteater.livejournal.com]

I think Danvers is closer, or at least it's quicker to get to. Speaking of Danvers, I had a good experience with a seamstress there—Christina's Pins & Needles; she's above the Lorraine Roy bridal store on Maple Street. It's about five minutes from 128. I've heard good things about Lorraine Roy but don't know if they have anything off the rack.