BM dress shopping (very confused! need you girls help!)

GinaBambina08 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:26 PM

BM dress shopping (very confused! need you girls help!)

How does the whole process work? How far in advance should I have them try it on and place the order (I already picked the one)? Also, I notice that a lot of brides on here take pics of their BMs trying on their dresses, how do you find a store that has so many of the same exact dress in stock? I'm just confused! I am planning on ordering their dresses from netbride but at the same time I want them to get sized correctly so I know what size to order.... Please help a confused girl out!

ChristineAaron08 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:28 PM

Re: BM dress shopping (very confused! need you girls help!)

I would alow 4-6 months. I didn't go yet, but plan to within a month.

IDK about the sizes. Every place I went to had samples only..

ILOVEBRIAN2008 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:43 PM

Re: BM dress shopping (very confused! need you girls help!)

i took pics of my bm's trying on dresses, but i never saw more then one sample dress of each kind, and it was usually in just one color (and usually i snuck the pick in the dressing room lol)

about sizes... u can have your girls measured claiming that you are going to purchase the dresses there (but make up some excuse like 'oh can u measure these girls now while im here, but i dont want to place the order till i have all of my girls measured, and i have 2 others that need to still come in') and then write down these measurements or have them make a copy and claim to the people that u will be back lol i know its bad but what can u do? lol haha

MrsD71208 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:45 PM

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Another thing you can do is try on samples of all sizes, from 2-12 and see which one is the closest fit for each girl. They will order the one that fits perfectly or is slightly loose....only order it if it's kinda snug and the person plans on losing weight.

GinaBambina08 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:52 PM

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Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

i took pics of my bm's trying on dresses, but i never saw more then one sample dress of each kind, and it was usually in just one color (and usually i snuck the pick in the dressing room lol)

about sizes... u can have your girls measured claiming that you are going to purchase the dresses there (but make up some excuse like 'oh can u measure these girls now while im here, but i dont want to place the order till i have all of my girls measured, and i have 2 others that need to still come in') and then write down these measurements or have them make a copy and claim to the people that u will be back lol i know its bad but what can u do? lol haha

OMG, that's genius! I was trying to figure out a way to do this, lol!

GinaBambina08 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:54 PM

Re: BM dress shopping (very confused! need you girls help!)

so do you mean to have them try on other samples from the same designer? So in the case of my bms, I should have them try on any watters and watters dress just so I know the way the sizing runs?

ILOVEBRIAN2008 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 10:55 PM

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Posted by GinaBambina88

Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

i took pics of my bm's trying on dresses, but i never saw more then one sample dress of each kind, and it was usually in just one color (and usually i snuck the pick in the dressing room lol)

about sizes... u can have your girls measured claiming that you are going to purchase the dresses there (but make up some excuse like 'oh can u measure these girls now while im here, but i dont want to place the order till i have all of my girls measured, and i have 2 others that need to still come in') and then write down these measurements or have them make a copy and claim to the people that u will be back lol i know its bad but what can u do? lol haha

OMG, that's genius! I was trying to figure out a way to do this, lol!

yeah haha they dont know how many girls u have in your bridal party lol so just pretend u have more..but jsut say how u want to place the order together

GinaBambina08 Posted: Jul 20, 2007 11:05 PM

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Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

Posted by GinaBambina88

Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

i took pics of my bm's trying on dresses, but i never saw more then one sample dress of each kind, and it was usually in just one color (and usually i snuck the pick in the dressing room lol)

about sizes... u can have your girls measured claiming that you are going to purchase the dresses there (but make up some excuse like 'oh can u measure these girls now while im here, but i dont want to place the order till i have all of my girls measured, and i have 2 others that need to still come in') and then write down these measurements or have them make a copy and claim to the people that u will be back lol i know its bad but what can u do? lol haha

OMG, that's genius! I was trying to figure out a way to do this, lol!

yeah haha they dont know how many girls u have in your bridal party lol so just pretend u have more..but jsut say how u want to place the order together

exactly, lol!

ZCHM08 Posted: Jul 21, 2007 02:05 AM

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Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

Posted by GinaBambina88

Posted by ILOVEBRIAN2008

i took pics of my bm's trying on dresses, but i never saw more then one sample dress of each kind, and it was usually in just one color (and usually i snuck the pick in the dressing room lol)

about sizes... u can have your girls measured claiming that you are going to purchase the dresses there (but make up some excuse like 'oh can u measure these girls now while im here, but i dont want to place the order till i have all of my girls measured, and i have 2 others that need to still come in') and then write down these measurements or have them make a copy and claim to the people that u will be back lol i know its bad but what can u do? lol haha

OMG, that's genius! I was trying to figure out a way to do this, lol!

yeah haha they dont know how many girls u have in your bridal party lol so just pretend u have more..but jsut say how u want to place the order together

I was told that you have to order all BM dresses @ the same time to ensure that they are cut from the same bolt of fabric. there may be slight variations from bolt to bolt - so you can always back up your reason for wanting to wait to order by saying that.