Hello, I had a question. What is a good time to start looking/buying a wedding dress before the wedding? A year? 6 months? what? I have no idea. My stepmother is being a b-i-t-c-h about the whole thing and says that most brides buy them like 2 months before the wedding..I know thats not so. So I was just wondering what you guys had to think?

thats a great question. I have heard many diffrent times. i have started looking. I am getting married in oct 2008. I have saved pics of styles. from what I read they say 6 months. Gives time to make alterations, etc..

2 months?! Not even close. I'm getting married next May and I purchased my dress this past spring (April or May I think). I think as long as you get it at least 6 months in advance you're ok, but I would start looking as soon as possible. It might take a few trips to different places before you finally find THE dress.

Hello! I'm new here and was just going to say "hi" but I know a bit about this as I used to work at a major bridal chain. While they could get most of their dresses in about 6-8 weeks - there were some dresses that required a 12-15 week order. And to be on the safe side I would suggest an additional 6 weeks for alterations. There were brides that came in 2 months (or less) before their wedding, but they did not have enough time to order a dress, so their choices were limited to what was in stock.

Hope that helps!

i was told at least six months....my wedding is october 2008 and i went this past weekend. whilei found a dress i LOVE i keep going back and forth between ordering it now and waiting. i am concerned about the dress not being available when i am finally do order it...but im also worried about serious alterations being needed!!!