Shopping for your wedding attire can be one of the most stressful yet exciting parts of wedding planning because you’re picking an outfit, where some might say, is for the most important day of your life. With that being said, you want you and your partner to look the best you’ve ever looked.
Here are four tips for shopping for your wedding attire:
Bride and Groom
1. Shop For The Dress Twelve Months Ahead
The dress is one of the most important elements of the wedding, and it’s something that you will remember forever, as well as your guests. The best time to start shopping for the dress is twelve months before. This is due to all the fittings you’ll need to have prior and for the wedding dress shop to source the size and get it to the shop. As far as fittings go, each one will take some time in between to make the necessary changes needed, so it’s important you give yourself as much time as you can, twelve months being the ideal time. If you’re buying your dress too far in advance then you risk falling out of love with it as you may have bought it without looking around at other shops enough.
2. Pick Something Comfortable
Comfort is a factor that you’ll want to have when it comes to your wedding day. The reason for this is because you’ll be spending your whole day in the dress and the groom, in a suit. That means you need to think about the weather conditions that you’ll likely have on the day and how moveable the dress or shoes you’re wearing is. The last thing you want is to start feeling uncomfortable a few hours into your day. That’s only going to make the rest of your day less enjoyable as a result. So try and pick something that’s comfortable, and that is going to make you feel like yourself but a more elevated version!
3. Professionally Tailor The Groom’s Suit
The groom’s suit is important and is a good thing to focus on when it comes to the fit because just like the wedding dress, you want it to fit you perfectly. So whether you’re getting the suit tailor made from scratch or getting it from a shop and then custom tailoring it, it’s worth doing so. You also want to think about accessories like cufflinks, pocket squares, and how to tie a bow tie on someone else so that your groomsmen can do it for you and for themselves.
4. Decide On A Cohesive Color Scheme
And finally, the color scheme. You want to consider the color scheme for both the bride and groom as they need to be able to complement one another. It can spell disaster if you don’t communicate, and the groom ends up clashing with the wedding dress or the bridesmaids. Decide on a color scheme before you go shopping.
Shopping for your wedding attire should be done with plenty of thought ahead of time so that you can shop with ease and find something comfortable, but stylish for your big day. You also don’t want to feel rushed to make a decision, but at the same time, don’t start too early. Designers launch new lines throughout the year. You don’t want to make the wrong choice!
Happy Shopping!
xo,
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