When should you do your fittings?

Jna2010 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:29 PM

When should you do your fittings?

I was going to do my first one this novemeber (1 year away) and then schedule then next 1 or 2 closer to the wedding, i havent changed weight really since i was like 13 lol, but im getting nervous since i read that girl usually do it like 2-3 months before the wedding

thoughts?

mosh424 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:33 PM

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i always heard that they only start them a few months before the wedding, so for you I would assume July/August

Jna2010 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:34 PM

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Posted by mosh424

i always heard that they only start them a few months before the wedding, so for you I would assume July/August

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poo, i guess i have to wait

SummerBride10 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:38 PM

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I haven't even thought of that. 2-3 months seems to be cutting it close. Maybe 6-9 months instead.

Kiki1103 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:38 PM

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I know your anxious to try on your dress again! But id wait until a couple months before the wedding, this was something I was pretty surprised about too. I am in a wedding this July and I think she is going for her first fitting at the end of May.

MikesBride2B Posted: Apr 05, 2009 06:46 PM

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I think you should wait until 2 months before your wedding...stress can do crazy things to a body, you could lose or gain weight and you want to do it as close to the date as you can so you can be sure that it fits well...esp if you have a strapless dress, you don't want to have to be hiking it up all night!

MayBride2010 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 07:57 PM

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Where I got my dress (POB in Roslyn), they said that they won't start with the fittings til 5-6 months before the wedding and I will probably need about 3 fittings - so...I have to wait til November But, I am having some additional work done to my dress (added poofiness on the bottom, buttons all the way down the back of the dress, and added length) - so the first fitting will be all of that stuff...

Jenna_and_John Posted: Apr 05, 2009 08:00 PM

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Ya you'll prob have to wait but love the new pic! lol

Jna2010 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 08:07 PM

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Posted by MayBride2010

Where I got my dress (POB in Roslyn), they said that they won't start with the fittings til 5-6 months before the wedding and I will probably need about 3 fittings - so...I have to wait til November But, I am having some additional work done to my dress (added poofiness on the bottom, buttons all the way down the back of the dress, and added length) - so the first fitting will be all of that stuff...

ohhhhhh ok thats prob what i should do then, i have a pob as well and im getting a lottt of work done to it, so i guess thats a good timeline

little j Posted: Apr 05, 2009 08:52 PM

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Posted by Kiki1103

I know your anxious to try on your dress again! But id wait until a couple months before the wedding, this was something I was pretty surprised about too. I am in a wedding this July and I think she is going for her first fitting at the end of May.

agree. my friend is getting married in july. her dress came in in march. and first fitting is may.

Sandradv121 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 09:15 PM

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I just asked my mom b/c I get to see my dress in December. You start your fittings typically 6-9 months before the wedding depending on how detailed your dress is. Thats what the girl told her at the bridal salon. My dress is super form fitting, so I will need to start my fittings early to ensure a maximim fit! And than like the week before the wedding, I can't eat.

Espo22 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 10:08 PM

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ive never really heard of anyone going that early. Usually fittings start 6-8 weeks before the wedding. I personally wouldn't start it before that.

Espo22 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 10:11 PM

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Posted by Sandradv121

I just asked my mom b/c I get to see my dress in December. You start your fittings typically 6-9 months before the wedding depending on how detailed your dress is. Thats what the girl told her at the bridal salon. My dress is super form fitting, so I will need to start my fittings early to ensure a maximim fit! And than like the week before the wedding, I can't eat.

are you sure they didnt say 6-9 weeks before? bc to start alterations 6-9 months before is VERY VERY early, bridal salons want to wait closer to the wedding. Not only that but MOST girls dont have their dress come in that much ahead of time. I went in march of 07 to buy my dress so i went over a year before my wedding to buy my dress, and took a year to come in and came in 2 months before my wedding. I wouldve had to buy a dress in 06 to get it to come in and start alterations that much earlier. I mean most dresses take 6-9 months to make from scratch so alterations shouldn't take as long as it takes to make a dress, no matter how detailed it is.

All my beading was done by hand, when dress came in it was too long and had to be hemmed. Now problem was that i had beading on the bottom of my dress, in order to hem it they had to remove the whole beading on the bottom part and put it back on and it was done in just a few weeks, also with having to take it in. Nothing they can do will take months, someone can make a whole new dress during that time.

MrsC2010 Posted: Apr 05, 2009 11:25 PM

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I was told 2-3 mths before...

MirabellaNYC Posted: Apr 06, 2009 10:15 AM

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Posted by Espo22

ive never really heard of anyone going that early. Usually fittings start 6-8 weeks before the wedding. I personally wouldn't start it before that.

Agreed! I know it's so hard waiting though...my dress comes in about 15 weeks from now and the suspense is killing me!

KatieG2010 Posted: Apr 06, 2009 10:19 AM

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Agreed... I ordered my dress on Friday and they told me that it will arrive sometime in December and that for my April wedding, fitting will begin sometime in February.

Sandradv121 Posted: Apr 06, 2009 10:48 AM

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No, I could understand why they would start fittings early. Lets say you order your dress, and it comes in 6 months before...like my situation...if your dress is heavily detailed, you would want the seamstress to have enough time to alter it without doing a rushed job. You wouldn't have to keep going back every week, and for the simple fact that this won't be a rushed job, at least the dress will be perfect :) Also, the month before your wedding is going to be EXTREMELY hectic, and to lift the anxiety off your shoulders, you should have most of the alterations completed. The only thing that should be left is maybe a little taking in but that should be it.

Again, this is strictly up to you. I personally will begin the alteration process at the 6 month start. I want that dress to be altered to perfection, esp. if I payed all that money. I don't like to be rushed and I certainly don't like rushed jobs.