On Pins and Needles

GOAL REACHED: OVERSIZED FORMAL WEAR

Sorry for the blurry on these photos but it was the best I could do at David's Bridal really quickly. So I got my dress about 2 weeks ago and had tried it on over my clothes and it was huge! The whole dress was pouring off of me. Well you can imagine what it looked like now that I had lost even more weight. I tried to take pics so I would be able to remember how huge the dress was but I don't think you can tell so much.

I ended up going to get my alterations at this great little place over the Pancake House in Rockville because David's Bridal was unable to work on the dress since I didn't purchase the dress there. It was all good because the lady I got really knew her stuff. There is a lot she has to do with the dress. She ahs to ake out the boning of the dress in order to take it in like 4" on both sides, she has to remove the straps & reapply tighter, she has to cinch in the breast to make the top lay across my chest, she has to bring in the hips about 2" on both sides, and she has to bring the length up about 1-11/2". (I got extra length on my dress so that a tailor could make it the perfect size). As she was pinning my dress all over (I mean LOTS of pins) it was starting to take shape and looked so elegant. I pick up the finished product on September 4th. I can't wait to see it!