Shopping for a wedding dress should be easy, but traipsing around in fancy gowns (and choosing the right one among the endless racks) can be surprisingly stressful for a bride. So in an attempt to make wedding dress shopping easier for you, I asked five other married Glamour girls spend a day trying on wedding dresses with me. The six of us took New York City’s famed Kleinfeld salon by storm, tried on tons and tons of gorgeous wedding dresses—with help from fashion director Terry Hall—and came up with six valuable lessons for those of you taking your first spin around the bridal boutique.
BRIDE NO. 1: Petra
WHAT SHE WORE: Style 3815 by Lazaro
WHAT SHE TRIED
Wedding Dress 1: Zuhair Murad These two photos are the same dress!
Lucia Skirt and Sheath (sold separately) by Zuhair Murad.
Wedding Dress 2: Claire Pettibone
Eloquence by Claire Pettibone.
Wedding Dress 3: Mark Zunino
No. 47 by Mark Zunino.
WHAT SHE LEARNED:
“I learned that a structured, modern, mermaid style I never would have touched did amazing things for my body. And I learned that my idea (which was at that time very original!) of a two-part dress that could be transformed entirely for the reception was everything I dreamed it could be. But most of all I learned that I really chose the best dress the first time around, even though it was an impulse buy at a sample sale that I temporarily regretted to the point of making myself feel ill. All these fancy dresses couldn’t make me second-guess that dress now—it was my dress soulmate.”
Which of these wedding dresses do you like best for Petra? For yourself? Are there wedding dresses that you’d refuse to try on?