How should I go about buying a short wedding dress?

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding.

Research first the local Designers a specially ones that offer custom service. My focus is on the bride and I create one of a kind wedding gowns so each bride can have a wedding dress just how she wants it. I love your idea and I am sure there is someone near you to offer you custom service with all the fittings to make sure the dress is perfect.

All the best wishes,
Beata Ridley, Bridal Couturier and Designer

What would be ideal is a custom made gown, you need advise on the most flattering design and style to suit your figure and being a short gown, it's even more important that you stand out in a sea of guests wearing short dresses. After all you are the bride! I would suggest booking an appointment to see a couture designer who can custom make your perfect dress. I am always excited when someone wants something a little different, I had a bride elope to Italy two weeks ago and dressed her in a beautiful off the shoulder dress with a pencil skirt cut mid length, she looked amazing, every bit a bride.......let me know if I can be of any help.

At Zhanel Couture we create gowns for indidividual styles most of our gowns are one off

designs.

I would be excited to have a chat to you about your wedding gown it sounds very different

and exciting! If you come to the design studio we could do a mock up of the design on

our manniquein and see how it looks. I don't know the style you have in mind or

whether you were planning to add lace to the dress....but it could look amazing in a short

dress.

The Zhanel Design Studio is located in Ringwood North please feel welcome to call for a chat.

Kind Regards

Angela

Pop on along to se what is avaliable, we currently have a couple of styles on our rack that are short.  Also some of the fully length gowns can be ordered shorter also.  May options can be made avaiable to you, have a chat to the various stores.  We are happy to help in any way even for just a chat.

Kind regards Bernice Fashions

Geelong

We would recomend doing your research first. You are right - many wedding dress retailers either don't stock short wedding dresses or they have a fairly limited supply. Have a look through their websites first to see what they offer, and when calling them to book an appointment be up front about the style you are looking for so they can quickly advise whether it's something they can assist with.

The other alternative is to talk to a couture dress maker to see if they can make the dress your looking for. Again, many couturiers don't include short dresses within their design languange so when making the appointment, let them know your looking for a shorter dress style. As designers and couturiers, we have designed and made customized short dresses in the past and from time to time have included them in our collections, but we have not seen many from the other designers we have experience with.

Best of luck, and we hope you find the perfect dress!!

MLD Bridal.