Finding a Wedding Gown

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By: Julie Vincetti

He's proposed and it is time to make a decision on the most important detail of every little girl's dream: the wedding dress. Should it be sleeveless, short, long, lacey, sequined or plain? So many questions to ask yourself, although you are sure of one thing, it needs to be perfect.

As soon as the planning begins for the big day, choosing your wedding dress becomes somewhat of an urgency for most brides, who do not want to wait until the last minute. While dealing with wedding stress and preparations, be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to try on different styles and find the one who says "you".

Have you chosen to have a themed wedding? If so, this will be a major key to your wedding dress selection. Will your wedding be set outside in a sunny climate? If so, you will need to select something light and airy to keep you comfortable throughout the ceremony. Are you going for a traditional style wedding? Then you will want a white or cream dress with lots of silk and plenty of lace. Regardless of any theme to your wedding, your dress will play one of the most important parts in ensuring that the overall effect is achieved.

Another important factor is what time of year are you planning to get married. If you are getting married in the height of summer, you will not want a dress with multiple layers and full length sleeves. Your wedding should be full of happy memories from the ceremony. You do not want to be thinking about how hot you got on your wedding day but rather how hot you looked in your wedding dress.

As you start to try on the different types of wedding dress on your short list, make sure to walk around rather than just standing in the dress to make sure that they really are as comfortable as you will require. Make sure to try out the different stances that you may require in your ceremony such as kneeling to make sure the dress will be comfortable during every part of the ceremony.

How good the dress looks is only 50% of choosing the dress. The other 50% is whether you look good in the dress. You will not be able to look good if your dress is scratchy or if it is a bit tight and you are afraid you might split a seam.

One mistake that a lot of brides tend to make when choosing a wedding dress is with the size. If you are planning on losing weight before your big day, do not buy a dress the size you think you may be come the wedding day. Instead buy the size you are on the day you choose the dress. It will always be easier to take a dress in if it is too big, than to add material for a dress that ended up being too small.

You may be tempted to try to cut costs by picking a cheaper style dress than you would like. You would be much better cutting costs on the flowers, cake, photography and getting family and friends to do these for you, since your wedding dress will be the main focus of your day. If you are not able to spend the type of money required by a wedding boutique, try looking at wedding consignment shops as these often have great quality nearly new dresses at a fraction of the cost of a brand new one.

Whatever style, color or price range you decide on when choosing your wedding dress, remember that you are still "You" and that is who your fianc fell in love with, not your dress, which will only add to the ambiance of your day.

Having received your wedding dress, be careful to keep it hanging in the bag it came in. Do not let too many people see it before your wedding day so it can add to the ambiance of you walking down the aisle. Although many people are not superstitious, you should still make sure that you try to avoid your fianc seeing the dress too as it will add to his magic day also seeing you for the first time in it.