We know how stressful wedding planning can be, which is exactly why we got one of our master stylists to hop on and tell you exactly why buying your dress this December might just be the best thing you can do to ease that planning stress! We love your love story SO MUCH! So, we want to help to set you up for nothing but success while you start the hunt for your dream wedding dress.
Without further ado- here are Taylor’s top reasons to buy your wedding dress this holiday season!
Hey friends, it’s Taylor here, your resident bridal stylist and I’m just hopping on here to do a little blog takeover today. It’s December, which means winter is officially here as well as the HOLIDAYS! While most of you may be decking the halls, we’ve been busy making sure that all of our brides getting married this upcoming summer and fall have their gowns ordered this month. Why might you ask?
Well here are 5 reasons you need to order your dress this month.
Timelines: I’m sure you’ve all seen the wedding planning timelines as soon as you got engaged. You know the ones I’m talking about, the calendar with the break down of when you have to have certain wedding plans finalized. Welp, it turns out it can take a really long time to get a wedding dress in. We’re talking 4-6 months for a designer to make, plus we have alterations to think about on top of that (don’t worry, we’ll go more into those details in a minute). To give you an example, current ship dates from several of our designers right now are already into April and May of 2021! As we get into January, designers’ shipping gets pushed out EVEN MORE! Why? For starters, all of our gowns are made by real people, and we have made sure that we are only partnering with designers who treat those people well, and allow them to work in fair and happy work environments! Add to that the fact that each dress is usually made to order, which means there is no mystical warehouse filled with dresses waiting and hoping to be chosen by their bride! On top of that, A lot of brides (including myself) get engaged over the holidays and then are trying to plan a wedding for that following summer/fall (which I also did… or tried to… thanks COVID). Long story short, designers see a surplus of orders come in after the holidays, which leads to longer timelines.
More Style Options: By making sure you have given yourself enough time to order your gown, you have SO MANY MORE options to choose from for gowns. We carry over 500 dresses in stock at our shop in sizes 0-28, but most styles are only in stock in a couple sizes. This means you will have the chance to choose from ALL of the styles (even those not currently in your size) because you have time to order a gown in your preferred size or color.
Length options: Fun fact, wedding dresses are made to standard lengths for someone who is about 5’10”. Another fun fact, most of us aren’t that tall. This means 99% of us will need to hem a gown. Several of our designers actually offer special length options that you can order your gown in. This means that you can have the designer potentially make your gown shorter(or even longer if you need) to start with, saving you a lot of money in the long run. Here’s the catch though, it takes them a little longer to make your gorgeous gown when you order one of these special lengths, so you definitely want to make sure you give yourself time to take advantage of this option!
Alterations: See, I told you we’d come back to it! Not only does it take 4-6 months for a designer to make your gown, but then you need to add another 2-3 months onto your timeline for alterations. Almost every single one of my brides over the last 6 years has needed some sort of alterations done to their gown, so this means you want to make sure you’ve allocated the time for your fittings. Alterations can include everything from a hem, to adding a corset, to doing full custom work to make your gown truly one of a kind!
Save some money: Last but not least (in fact I think this is the best part), we have our December to Remember event happening ALL MONTH LONG. This means you’ll save $100 on any dress!! New order? Save $100! In-stock gown? Save $100! Sale dress? Save another $100!! I don’t know about you guys, but I LOVE saving money while wedding planning!
