Tips on Vintage Wedding Dresses

You can buy a vintage wedding dress or customize an old wedding dress to suit your needs. Vintage wedding dresses have their own beauty and elegance. Many stores have vintage wedding dresses ranging from 1900 to 1970. They are mostly in rich silk or crepe and lace. They look absolutely stunning especially if you opt for a similar hairdo and makeup.

Certain tips while buying vintage wedding dresses-

• It is essential that you check the measurements as most of these ready to wear vintage wedding dresses are smaller in size. This is especially true for the original vintage dresses available at some stores. This is because most women were leaner that time than the women now and hence the difference in the measurements.
• You can get a customized vintage wedding dress stitched from a designer especially if you have a problem with the measurements or if you feel the original fabric is too old to wear.
  
  
• If you opt to get a new wedding dress stitched, you can add laces and satin bows to it. This would give it a vintage look.
• If you opt for a Victorian style dress, you should essentially have high neck with full and puffed sleeves
  
  
• Some vintage dresses might seem to be exorbitantly priced. Make sure they fit your budget and also they are worth the money considering the old fabric.
• If you want to buy the old original gown, always choose one size bigger than your actual size. You would almost always need some altering in the wedding dress. It hardly happens that a vintage wedding dress fits you perfectly well.
• These are unique single pieces. Hence, you won’t get the same dress again. Hence, think properly before you buy a vintage dress and do it as fast as possible before someone grabs it.
• Before buying a vintage dress, check if there are any stains or cuts on the fabric. You should be careful as you are buying an old fabric.
• If you have a modest budget and still want a vintage dress, you can talk to your mother or grandmother if they can offer you their wedding dresses. You can modify that wedding dress to suit your requirement and size. This would give you a vintage look as that dress would be nothing less than thirty years old.
• It is important to stick to your budget. You should not get carried away with the look of the dress as you could end up spending twice or thrice the amount of your budget. Budget is important while planning a wedding.
• You can buy vintage wedding dresses online. Normally the image of the dresses along with the measurements and the prices are displayed on most sites.

Most vintage wedding dresses are beautifully embroidered or laced. Some of them even have colored design or embroidery on white or ivory wedding dress. Make sure you are open to wear something different and apart from white. If you choose carefully with all the above parameters you would get your dream wedding dress.