I'm wondering the same thing!! I'm trying to put off buying a dress as long as I can because I need to get in shape!!!

Hi!

I bought mine a size smaller which made me even more determined to lose weight as it means you have to! I am getting married in just over 5 weeks and I now fit into the size smaller but might even need that taking in as well. Will see at my final fitting on the 15th of October.

I am not far off where you started in terms of total weight loss. I have loss 25lbs in total and am aiming to get to around 28/29lbs total loss. If you order a size smaller, it means that you won't change the shape of the dress too much either. I have been told before that if you reduce a dress in size too much it will actually affect the way it looks. To be fair, reducing it by one size should be absolutely fine and quite normal but if it's 2 sizes or more, it'll make a difference.

Entirely up to you but I found it motivating!!

Good Luck! :-)

It depends on the designer and the design of the dress. The bridal boutique I went to can alter my dress 4 sizes without losing the look/shape of the dress. However, they've been doing all their own alterations for 80 years vs. sending them to a different company. It's definitely one thing to consider. When I went to David's Bridal they said they could only alter down 2 sizes, but they also ship their alterations out vs. doing them in the building. Don't be afraid to ask about alterations when you go. It's much easier to alter down than alter up. Talk to your bridal consultant when you shop and ask them what they recommend. They see hundreds of girls come in and get dresses; I'm sure they could tell you the odds of people who ordered down and didn't make it into their dream dress and had to get a different one at the last minute (check Craigslist too for this, many "It didn't fit" dresses are up for sale in my area). With all the stress of everything else going on planning a wedding, don't make the worry of, "Will my dress fit?!" make it onto the list.

This was the perfect post I needed! I'm going dress shopping in two weeks and was wondering the same thing!!!! I guess I'm just going to have to have that conversation with the consultant

I also bought the dress in my current size. I figured it's better to have too much material than not enough! And, like mentioned, if something happens and I DONT lose the weight I want, then at least I know my dress with fit. Also, mine is a corset back, so that makes me feel a little better as well!