Dress shopping!! How many people should i bring?!

You can bring as many or as few people as you want.
There are things you need to consider:
Is your mom traditionally opinionated? Does she give a negative feedback when things aren't done her way? Does she give unsolicited opinions?
If so, I wouldn't recommend bringing her. The same applies with all the girls you want or would like to bring. Having 10+ different opinions will make the process much harder and can bring you farther away from what you actually want.
I'm planning to go dress shopping with my fiancé, no one else.I' m not superstitious, neither is he. Frankly, I don't care if everyone else thinks the dress is ugly or doesn't look good on me , his opinion and mine are the only ones I care about. I really want him to love my dress (or at least I want him not to DISLIKE it) and I really want to go with him (even though he only wants me to pick the dress I want), I dont care what anyone else thinks.

However: he won't see me in the dresses I will try on, at his request, he will only give opinions while seeing the dresses on a hanger LOL and I will show him the one I will buy ( but the dress "alone", not me in it), he wants a surprise factor during our ast look. And I have a "50% say" on his outfit and accessories🙂.

At the end of the day if you want to bring people, I would recommend 1 or 2 and people who won't pressure you to buy a dress you don't want.

Check with your bridal salon- many have limits to the amount of people you can bring. Also keep in mind more people = more opinions.

It sounds like you may have a pretty big group which can get chaotic, IMO. I would check with the store and see what their rule is. I went shopping in summer 2020, so the bridal store only let me bring two people because of social distancing. Before that, I was originally planning to bring a few more.

Keep in mind that the more people you bring, the more opinions you'll hear (which can be way overwhelming). The dress shops usually have limits to how many people each bride can bring with, so definitely check with the dress shop before inviting people! I'd recommend bringing between 1-3 people who you are closest to: this way, you aren't by yourself and can get a few opinions, but few enough people to where you don't get overwhelmed.

At the first store it was 5 of us. At the second store it was 7 of us and that is where I found my dress! We didn't have any problems or drama at either store

No more than 3 people I think. Like others have said your salon likely has a limit.

In a perfect world o would have taken my mom, her bestie who is essentially my godmother, my MOH, my 2 sisters, my FSIL, and my other two bridesmaids. But that's a bit ridiculous. So I took my two besties, my mom, and her bestie and video chatted my FSIL for the winning dress! My salon has a limit of 5 guests per bride, and the other I had an appointment at had a limit of 4 guests.


I made sure the people I picked would hype me up, and be honest but not in a brutal way. And those four women fit the bill perfectly.

One or none! The more people, the more unnecessary opinions to confuse you. Plus, you’ve been selecting your own clothing for years. So, I’m sure you can determine what wedding dress you like or not, it’s no different.

I think between 2 and 4 is a sweet spot. More than that and it can be hard to get consensus on a dress.

I was another covid-lockdown shopper so I was only allowed 2 and was pretty grateful I was allowed even that many - I took my mum and sister and it felt really special and nice.

Ask the shop how many are allowed.
When I worked in a shop after my wedding, 2-4 guests were good. 5+ started to get too many, especially if there are very opinionated friends. A large group often hurt the bride’s ability to make her own decision.

I plan to take 4 people. (My mom, my 2 grandmothers, and my bff)

I would make sure to ask the shop first. Majority of the shops I have looked into going to have a limit of 2 to 4 people due to social distancing guidelines. The shop I will be going to only allows 2 guests and you can have 4 if you do a private appointment, so I paid to do a private appointment since it was important to me to have my mom, FMIL, cousin, and FSIL there with me.