i can't sit in my dress!

My alterations place actually taught me how to sit haha. I tried at home and couldn't figure it out but when they showed me it was like magic and I was sitting!

Oh no! Every time I see someone asking for advice before trying on dresses I always make sure to remind them to sit down. I would find a comfy cute dress to change into for the reception. I did wedding photography and saw soooo many brides miserable trying to eat with their guests because they couldn't really sit down.

Mine said to treat it like when you see men hiking their dress pants up as they sit down (like mid/low thigh spot). It definitely bunches everything up but works for sitting. Just need a few tugs after standing back up to be situated again.

Yikes! There was a post last fall I'll never forget from a bride who didn't realize until she went to get on the trolley from her ceremony site to the reception site that she couldn't sit down in her dress.... (She dressed at the ceremony site, so she'd never tried to sit down in her dress before that....) In her BAM she talked about how awkward it was all night to not be able to sit to eat or for anything else. She looked gorgeous in her dress, but it definitely created stress for her on the day-of.

If you really cannot sit, you may want to ask your alterations people if they can let your dress out just a little in the hips/thighs. Also, I have seen brides post that if they lifted their skirt up a couple inches so there was a little "slack" at the hips/thighs, they were able to sit, then they just adjusted the skirt back down when they stood up, so, if you haven't yet tried that, give it a shot! Good luck!