I'm so annoyed! I just tried on my dress and it is snug. I told the stylist when I bought it that I wanted to size up because I wanted to gain 5-6 pounds. She pushed me to get a size 4 stating that I would fit into it perfectly (at that time), but thankfully I held firm and ordered the 6 knowing I wanted to put on a little weight. I wasn't sure about the difference in street sizing (since I'm normally a 2 or 4 in street sizes), but she showed me the measurements and it seemed to make sense.
So, fast forward 8 months and I've gained 6.5 pounds. My wedding isn't for 3 months (rescheduled due to Covid), but I wanted to do a gown inspection and see what alterations were possible (I want to add straps and make it more of a v neck) so I tried on my dress and it is snug! I don't even understand how it's possible that 6.5 pounds would take me up almost 2 dress sizes. And if so, why didn't see have me order a size 8??
The seamstress said it was fine and not to lose weight. She said she could easily let it out a bit. But, it's silk so I'm sure the thread holes will be visible. I can barely sit down in the dress right now and I can't imagine letting it out a tiny bit is going to help that much. I'll likely lose a couple of pounds by the wedding from stress, but I don't really want to lose more than 2lbs since otherwise my face gets sunken in and I lose curves, but I doubt that will make a difference.
I think losing 5lbs would probably make the size 6 dress fit perfectly, which means at no point would I have fit into the size 4 she wanted me to order. Like WTAF. I should have been a size 6 then and a size 8 now I think. (I know lots of women try to lose weight for their weddings, but I'm 41, so having a full face is more important than being as thin as possible--though I'm sure if I'd gotten married in my 20s or even early to mid 30s I'd be horrified that I gained 6.5 lbs).
So I feel like now I either have to lose weight, or have a dress with thread holes that will still be hard to sit down in...I can't believe I ordered up a size and this still happened. I know it's a slinky dress with no give and will be hard to sit down in anyway, but not so tight that it is pulling in places and feels like I might rip it if I sit down. I can't even wear anything under it. I was hoping to wear a shaper to lift my booty, but there's literally no possible way I could wear anything under it at this point. I tried to put the dress on over the booty lifter shapewear and nope nope nope...
*sigh*
