medecash

Quote: Originally Posted by Ginger1961 Medecash your dress is beautiful That being said I agree that the chest area may give you some issues if you are as small up there as you have alluded to Me too honey so don't feel bad. Anyway, I really think they can do something with this. From the pics if they had stopped with the outer fabric in line with what is underneath for their lining, if you know what I mean, that would have given you more of what you're looking for. If you're not in a hurry I'd express my concerns and ask them to change it. You could ask them for a measurement from the top middle over one breast area down to the bottom of where the cup ends (vertical measurement). You can see that pretty clearly on the dress. Once they give it to you put on a bra and take that measurement on yourself. It should give you a really good idea of where this will sit on you. Hope this helps. I've dabbled a bit in the area of "seamstress" although I'd never call myself one. A few things did rub off on me though. They did a fantastic job replicating this one. I was really considering using Endenbridal but received a quote from Guininarbridal for 180 dollars but they say they can only come to 75 percent close to the original. Is that their typical response? Ginger Thanks I'm a seamstress myself, and I'm trying not to be too picky over the details but the bust did seem far too large so I sent them a request to measure it again. I was quoted 120$ for this dress. They were confident they could replicate the dress almost exactly. In the end its never going to be the original dress, its about 85% close to the maggie...but its 100% the dress I want (or will be when the changes have been made) for an unbelievable price.... I'm very happy I chose gianinarbridal.

I read over this forum and decided to order from gianinarbridal. The original dress I wanted was a Maggie Sottero, Lavina Royale. Lavina Royale - by Maggie Sottero I think overall it looks great short of a few changes. They left out the beading on the pickups but I sent more pictures and they are adding that in. But i'm concerned about the bust, the beading looks sparse around the top edge and i'm not sure about those flat circular beads. It seems like the bust is too big as well, i don't have a whole lot going on up top and compared to the original dress the bust seems wide...and a few inches taller which would swallow any chest I have and almost hit my neck... Any thoughts?

Thanks so much everyone. I know Calgary isn't much of a destination. We are planning the reception there but I still have hopes for a wedding elsewhere. I love the idea of going away with just close family to get married but I may have to settle with being a destination bride at heart.

I'm Ashley getting hitched June 4th, 2011 in calgary, alberta