Say yes to the dress

“My consultant, Peter, was wonderful and I felt like the experience was personal even though I went on a Saturday afternoon and the place was packed. My station was in the main showroom. I tried on about 8 dresses, and while I generally liked them I was a little disappointed that some of my favorites from the website didn’t look the way I hoped they would on me. I’d sent this dress as one of five options I liked to the concierge in advance of my appointment, but Peter struggled to find it in the store. Finally, as I’m trying on what I thought was my last dress, Dorothy came over and let Peter know she’d found it on the new arrivals rack, delivered today. I was the first person ever to try it on. I fell in love immediately and got to say yes on the spot!”

“I think the generation that grew up on/after “say yes to the dress” is cursed to always think that’s how it’s supposed to feel - the epiphany, the tears. It didn’t happen that way for me. I LOVE my dress, but I tried on close to 50 and I had to keep narrowing down what I liked - I gravitated towards a specific kind of design/pattern and silhouette so it was easy to eliminate options and research/think about what I most wanted. I kind of “warmed up” to it. Tbh, I compare it to meeting my fiancé. He was a little bit rude to me the first time we met and I was like huh, weird dude. The next time, we talked more and he seemed cool. We were best friends about 2 months later and the rest is history. Not everyone falls in love (with a person or a dress!) in an instant.”

“Honestly, every dress I put on was "oh my gosh yay I feel so pretty, this could be the one!!!" And I felt like it would be impossible to choose because they all felt special and wonderful But when I put on the dress that turned out to be my dress, it was a combination of sudden sadness that my dad, who has passed away, wouldn't see me in it, and a sort of panic of "oh sh t oh f ck I'm actually getting married what the f*ck”