Pickle: Where Oh Where is The Dress?

You are flipping through the bridal magazines and there it is! You have found THE Dress! Immediately you begin calling Bridal stores that carry the designer to see if they have THE dress.

The Pickle: The dress is a part of a new line of dresses from the designer that no store has the dress for you to try on. Do you risk ordering it anyway without seeing how it will fit on you?

The Solution: Pretty simple really, call the store and ask what they can do. Ask about a loaner program. You might be able to have the dress ordered in to the store for a few days for a fee. Then you can try it on and see if it is really THE dress. Also, check to see if the fee can be applied towards the cost of the dress.

The dress in a magazine I dreamed of. (Fiorella by Maggie Sottero)

Now, what if you called everywhere and not one store has a program like that? Bring the picture to the stores and see if a similar dress is available to try on. You will get a feel of how you might look in that particular style. Who knows? You may just fall in love with the similar dress and know exactly how you look and feel in it. The secret to finding the one really lies with trying things on. You never know how much you love or hate something until it is on you.

The similar style dress I tried on, fell in love with and bought. (Leoni by Maggie Sottero)