Was your wedding dress strapless?

[ttt]

I loved this article on Slate and it got me wondering how many people here had strapless wedding dresses.

I did not want a strapless dress because they look awful on me, and it was SO hard to find one!

www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/05/strapless_wedding_gowns_they_re_unflattering_why_are_they_so_popular_section_doublex.html?wpisrc=slate_river

[bqbride]

When I got married, the strapless Maggie Sottero gowns with the corset backs were all the rage. I am short with enormous boobs and, at the time, a very small waist. I looked like a porn star in those gowns. There was just no fucking way I could walk down the aisle like that. I had a hell of a time finding something that wasn't at least a knock off of that design.

[Deleted]

I was so pissed off I couldn't find a damned dress that wasn't strapless. It was near impossible.

[wawa]

Interesting. the non-strapless is ALL over the runway this year for the bridal collections. I'm crediting Kate Middleton still.

[marie427]

I loved my strapless dress. No worries about it slipping down because, well, that's what my tailor was for.

[laurenpetro]

yes, and i was amazingly cute in it:

www.preownedweddingdresses.com/dresses/1415/Diamond-Bride-403-Size-6.html

obviously this is not me, but it is my dress. i loved that thing.

too bad my shithead cat pissed all over it.

[wawa]

My dress was strapless btw...and it looked awesome. But I am built to do strapless...good shoulders, smallish boobs, long waist, minimal armpit and back bloopage - it works on me. It works less well right now since I'm 20 lbs heavier than I was on my wedding day though. I have some armpit boob action in anything less than a perfectly fitted strapless.

[twotrue]

Nope. Thin straps.

sent from phone

[GailGoldie]

May 17, 2012 20:34:06 GMT -5 wawa said:

My dress was strapless btw...and it looked awesome. But I am built to do strapless...good shoulders, smallish boobs, long waist, minimal armpit and back bloopage - it works on me. It works less well right now since I'm 20 lbs heavier than I was on my wedding day though. I have some armpit boob action in anything less than a perfectly fitted strapless.

This exactly for me

[josieposy]

I had a Maggie knockoff (ebay for $150) with spaghetti straps. Strapless was not a good look for me, and my parents actually told me they'd rather not see me in one. Too many brides in strapless gown constantly adjusting themselves had turned them off and they didn't want to see me doing it I guess.

[MixedBerryJam]

My wedding dress wasn't even a dress -- a mustard colored linen eyelet suit I got at a Loehmann's outlet years before I even met my husband. I saw it and said, "I need to be married in that." and it sat in my hope chest for years waiting for me to meet him.

Where's the "heart palpitations" smiley when you need it?

[mx27]

yes! loved my strapless dress.

no one style works for everyone.

[wawa]

for proof because I will take any chance to AW my wedding pictures which I have still not turned into an album or gotten printed:
*poof*
See, despite myhusband spinning me around like a fool, and kinda getting tangled in my bustle, dress still stays put.

I'm not a very good dancer.

Sorry, edited to remove pictures because I realized they went to the site with my full name. I'm a dumbass. I'll put them back later from elsewhere if I get a chance.

[curmudgeon]

Nope, I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to pull off a strapless. Mine was a 1970's hand-me-down from my boss with a lace v-neck, I could not have designed a dress that would have been more flattering for my body.

[curmudgeon]

Wawa, you are right, you look amazing in that dress.

[basilosaurus]

May 17, 2012 20:29:26 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

I was so pissed off I couldn't find a damned dress that wasn't strapless. It was near impossible.

no shit.

I should answer hell no because I have small breasts that are also freakishly low. Strapless looks terrible on me and won't stay on.

[statlerwaldorf]

I had a strapless. I didn't have any problems with it falling down or anything.

[wawa]

May 17, 2012 20:47:02 GMT -5 curmudgeon said:

Wawa, you are right, you look amazing in that dress.

Aw, thanks curmudgeon. (there's no blush smilie here!)

[doctorwho]

I bought a strapless Maggie and had sleeves put on. I wanted the soft pintuck sleeve for a little bit of volume. I got little bo peep.

I bought another dress a month before the wedding, altered it myself, and made myself a matching 3/4 sleeve jacket.

A properly constructed strapless over the right foundation should not have to be continually hiked up.

[Deleted]

I voted special snowflake. Technically, yes, I wore a strapless dress. However, strapless is not flattering on me, so I wore a lace bolero with it.

I hate it when people say that a strapless dress might fall off. LOL. A strapless dress that has been fitted isn't going to fall off of anyone, regardless of your bra size. However, it isn't the most flattering look for most people.

[Deleted]

I wear lots of strapless dresses and have never worried that they are going to fall off. Yay for big boobs, I guess?

[winston]

V-neck, and I looked flipping fabulous. And you bet your ass that I danced my ass off and didn't once have to hike my dress up.

But it was one of the very few non-strapless dresses I could find in the 2007/2008 wedding season.

[Deleted]

Wawa, you are so freaking adorable!

[Deleted]

Since we're meandered into AW territory.

[EloiseWeenie]

I only had a 4 month engagement, so I knew I couldn't be too picky. I did not want a strapless dress, but ended up with one. I went to Kleinfeld's and tried on several dresses. I asked my salesperson to pick me a dress (she had worked there for 30 years) and I got the one she picked. I figured she knew what looked best, my parents liked it, and I liked it (and they could rush it).

[foundmylazybum]

I had strapless. I realized at the time they were all over. I liked a few types of dresses but it was hard to find other styles.

I still felt good in my dress.

[Deleted]

Number one requirement for my wedding dress was that I could wear a regular bra with it. No strapless, no racer back, no backless. Just a regular bra.

I went with jcrew.

[Deleted]

My mom came up to help me pick out my dress. My salon didn't have a single strapless dress in stock and I wasn't comfortable ordering something I hadn't seen on my body. The reality is that when it comes to wedding dresses, you really never know what it will look like until you see it on.

My mother drove halfway across the country to help me pick. It was far more important to me that I get to share that experience with her than wearing a strapless dress. And I do like my dress very much even though I'm not a fan of the majority of its features in general. But when it looks that damned good and you feel that damned good, the fact that you hate pick up skirts on principle is no longer important.

[terpsfan]

Strapless Maggie here! Although, no corset back. Back in 2003 strapless was pretty much all you could find. Big shouldered swimmer's body here so normally I don't wear strapless at any other time, but for my wedding in New England in August it worked! It helped that I worked out a lot for it too...

[basilosaurus]

Oh, and I ended up getting a bridesmaid's dress. Try being a casual non-frou frou girl living in freaking Omaha. Dress shopping was a sad sad time.

And, yes, regardless how good a tailor, it would still slip, at least it would if it was loose enough for me to breathe.