When Should I Start Shopping?
Question: In order to get all the details we want on the date we want, my fiancé and I are planning a pretty long engagement -- almost two years. Unfortunately, I'm already itching to start looking at bridal dresses. Is it too soon to start my search?
Answer: by The Knot
When to begin looking for your wedding dress is entirely up to you. Most brides don’t begin the search until a year to nine months before the wedding, but if you’ve got more time, there’s no reason you can’t use it. If you wind up ordering a custom made dress from a bridal salon, it can take a while for the dress to arrive and for the store to make alterations, so it pays to give yourself time to shop at a comfortable pace and leave plenty of leeway for preparations.
The downside? If you buy a dress now, you will need to store it (which could be a pain if you’ve got a full skirt and a studio apartment!). You may be able to have it stored at your seamstress’ or at the salon though, so be sure to ask about this possibility. Also, know that if you choose a dress now, a whole new wave of dresses will come out next year (what if you find something you like better?). If you do decide to delay, you can plan to save money during the first year of your engagement so that when the time comes, you can shop for your dream dress without financial stress.
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WitchArachne, NSW
Or you could just go dress shopping now but instead of buying one, just take a note of what you like and don’t like: Styles, accessories, detailing… They’re all things you’ll have to consider when buying your dress anyway, so you may as well have a good idea of what you want when you do eventually go to get it.