Hi all I am only 4ft11 and am worried about getting a wedding dress to fit. I have been and tried on dresses and the lady at the bridal shop recommended the petite essence of Australia range as this could be made to measure. She said that if I went for dresses out of the non petite range I would lose a lot of the detail of the dress and it may not sit as well when hemmed and altered. I'm going for the fishtail style as this was the only style that really suited me.
So I suppose my question is to the petite brides out there is did you have to go for specifically petite dresses or were they ok once altered. Any help is much appreciated. X
CommentAuthorScottishbride2016
I am only 4ft 11 and a bit and as long as you don't have too much detail on the bottom then you can have any Dress . The one I picked needs a lot of the bottom but that is the same as must brides unless they are extremely tall . Happy dress hunting xx
CommentAuthorWhovianbride
^ I agree im only 5.1 and aslong as your not picking a dress with lots of detail at the bottom should not be a problem, my dress i have got you could pick to have it in a shorter length (for a price, which confused me as there using less fabric) but was pointed out to me that would still most likely have to have it shortned further for it to be right.
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CommentAuthorNaomiH100
Thanks ladies. Thought I was going to be restricted to petite ranges but can keep my options open now. The lady in the bridal shop had me convinced that was the way to go but will shop around with more of an open mind now. X
CommentAuthorLinzi-jo
If you are going to fishtail then you will have to make sure that the whole of the bottom of the dress doesn't have too much detail on it as they will have to alter the top of the fishtail too to make sure it sits in the right position on your leg but as long as it is plain or a plain lace style then it would be completely doable xxx
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