Wedding dress - has anyone bought their dress and now hates it?

accidentallyme  What is it you hate? Could it be altered so you do like it? Where did you get it from? The owner might be able to help you get a different one. Sorry for all the questions! The girls on here will help you out. I'm sure you're not the only bride who has had this problem xx

jezibella83  @therealmcbeal I bought my dress and when I picked it up from the shop I tried it on again and I'm not sure I like it. I wouldn't say hate but I felt quite deflated. I've paid £800 for the dress so am going to wear it but it wasn't how I remembered it being :(

fabulousfebruary  @therealmcbeal You poor thing. I can sort of see where you're coming from actually because I am slightly unsure over my dress and it's a designer one that's cost me a bomb. Mainly because I keep looking at others in magazines!!!

Are you feeling really stressed?? Or down?? It could be that you're not seeing yourself clearly in your dress because you're a bit wired. After all your wedding is really close so you're bound to be a bit jazzed.

Think back to what you loved and felt about your dress when you knew it was the one. Did you have your hair differently when you tried it on? Different make up? Remember you will have felt elated whereas now you're stressed so you're bound to pick up on any minor problem and turn it huge because of this. Try and think what exactly you don't like about it. Any bet it's something really small that can be fixed.

If it helps maybe post a picture on here and tell us what you don't like and we can all try suggestions?? Don't worry hun, I can tell you right now you'll look gorgeous. And your husband to be is marrying YOU not your dress

getmetothechurchontime  When I tried my dress for the 2nd time I hated it and went home in floods of tears, I thought the gathering at the front made me look like I had a kangaroo pouch and I just felt frumpy in it, I didn't say anything to anyone for a couple of days but then broke down to my um and sister who arranged for me to go back to the shop and put the dress on again, needless to say when I went back I loved it again, I think when I'd gone the time before they hadn't tied it all up properly at the back which made the dress look like it was hanging around my stomach.
Make an appointment to go back to the shop and try it on with any accessories u have then decide if you really do hate it or not and take it from there

katiedarlin  i went through something similar....dont get me wrong as soon as the cash was handed over i had doubts...it was the first shop i had been in to and i was sure there would be a better dress elsewhere but a bargain is a bargain so i i stuck with my dress (500 reduced from 1500) then i saw THE DRESS when shopping for bm dresses and i was devestated but never dared try it on
when it came to my fittings for my dress i tried my dress on and felt nothing...i didnt hate it it just wasnt what i wanted i felt neither special or pretty or excited to be in in it.
however i couldnt afford another dress and my dress had been a present and my mum and dad would of been angry /hurtif i changed my mind so i stuck with it....one of my friends told me to 'man up its only a dress' and although i was shocked and just a little bit offended at her lack of support she was right there was nothing i could do about it so i made the best of a bad situation i tried on the dress as often as i could to get used to wearing it so i didnt cry when i put it on and eventually got used to it
and i have to say it didnt spoil my day one little bit.....look at my pics you will see how happy i was because that friend was right it is just a dress and i wasnt marrying a dress i was marrying the love of my life.
i still regret rushing in to buying the dress but i actually think my lack of love for my dress helped to keep me calm on the morning of the wedding cos i didnt rush to put it on i wasnt sitting ready and waiting for ages getting nervous i just sat and chatted with my friends and put the dress on last thing (when i should of been at the alter)
good luck with your dilema and sorry for the essay
my advice would be see if you can change the dress if not try on often and with all your accessories and get used to wearing it....it helped me
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missengaged  Aw bless ya! This same thing happened to my sis-in-law (to be) and my cousin)! Both of them fell in love with their dresses but when they went back for their fittings they hated them, and though 'what have I done?', but had too spent a fortune and just knew they couldn't change it!! However, when it come to the day, they fell in love with it all over again and felt like they did in it the first time they tried it on!! My sis-in-law and cousin both think it's to do with the fact that when you try them on you can love any of them, but when you go for fittings it is actually 'the' dress and knowing there is no going back/changing your mind, made it seem a bit daunting for them, but they did get their feelings back, like they had first time round, so hopefully this will be the same for you!!x

therealmcbeal  Thanks for your support girlies. I think I rushed into buying the dress. It was a designer one and cost a bomb. I went for something a bit different from what I would normally wear. Its a v neck and quite unusual but its not what Id normally go for. Its weird how peoples reactions can change you. I feel so irrational. When I first tried it on ppl said God not many ppl have the figure to wear it etc which made me like it. I just dont feel like me in it and its a bit too sexy rather than demure.I went back and tried it on again and took photos. People tried to persuade me but I just dont feel good in it. Bit crazy but I saw another one that I love and I bought it although I am now going to be impoverised for a while I just feel relieved. The night before I bought my other one I couldnt sleep at all and cried all night! God weddings make u mental! xx

therealmcbeal  by the way Katie yours was gorgeous! maybe we are all crazy lol x

licclevicki  I had a similar experience. It was the first shop l went to,( dont do it girls). At least go home and think about it. But my dress was in the sale. And whilst there was another dress l prefered, which was quite similar to my dress, l wasnt sure it was worth the price difference.

Im glad your happy with your new dress But l agree wedding sometimes do send us mental lol.

therealmcbeal  I also think there is this BIG sell and they say you have to decide 6 months before etc which is absolute rubbish. I got my new one this week! Unworn designer wedding dress now on the market place if anyone interested. Beautiful but def not 'the one' for me x