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Planning your wedding dress
Timelines, fittings, buying online versus in a salon, made to measure versus off the rack, and the questions to ask before you sign.
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When to start looking for a wedding dress: a timeline from engagement to the aisle
How far ahead to begin for made to measure, ordered from a maker, or bought off the rack, what happens at each stage, and what to do if you have eight weeks left.
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Buying a wedding dress online, made to measure: how it works, what can go wrong, and how to protect yourself
Ordering a made-to-measure dress from a designer you will never meet: how measurements are taken, what a sound process looks like, the questions to ask, and the red flags.
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Twelve questions to ask before you buy a wedding dress
The twelve questions that separate a clear purchase from an expensive misunderstanding: what you are buying, how the process runs, what is included and who dresses you.
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Wedding dress fittings: what happens at each one, what to bring and what to check
A fitting-by-fitting account of what the seamstress is doing, what you should test in the dress, when big changes are still possible and when they are not.