What size should I order my wedding dress?

I am getting married next spring but have been told I need to order my wedding dress now. If ordered now I will have a dress fitting in December/January when the dress comes in.I would love to drop a dress size and am working very hard to achieve this. I am not sure whether to risk ordering it a few inches smaller and hoping i lose the weight or order it the size i am now and have it altered.Anyone facing the same dilemma??

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and where is that weight going to come off of your body? Even loosing 15 pounds might not affect the size of your dress much. When I loose weight it is in my stomach and waist. My bust measurements stay about the same. You should look at the designer's size chart and order the dress to fit your largest measurement. If your dress is a ball gown, your hip measurements are not going to matter as much as if they would if you have a mermaid dress. so the style of your gown matters too. Realize that there is nothing to let out in a bridal gown. You are not going have 1inch seams to let out if the dress is too small. many salons charge a flat fee for alterations. MAKE SURE to ask if the dress must come in a size if the price is going to be the same. Plan on at least $300 for alterations on a bridal gown. You do not have alterations done on your gown months early. Usually they start one month before the wedding. and yes, to all who expressed surprise, a wedding gown does need to be ordered early, can take up to 10 months to get in.

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• Start working towards the smaller size now. If you are making progress, when you order the dress, tell the shop that you are working towards the next size down and are having success. They will make a decision, based on their experience, as to which size to order. There will be further fittings before your wedding date and if you are only going down one size, they will probably be able to accommodate that in the final fitting.
• I would order the size you are now, just be absolutely sure. If you drop a size or two, your dress can still be altered with no issues. If you don't lose any weight, and have a smaller dress, that's much harder for a seamstress to work with.
• always order to fit the size you are now. i cannot imagine what sort of bridal salon needs that much advance time to have your dress made, but if you must do it now, do it the size you are currently. all salons have professional seamstresses to make alterations at your fitting and you can request another fitting right before the wedding, although any alteration which must be done other than the original one will cost you extra.
• Order it the size you are. If you lose weight, you can have it taken in. If you don't lose weight and there isn't enough seam allowance to let it out, you're in strife.
• ALWAYS order the size you are now.Yeah you'd love to drop a dress size, but there is always a chance that won't happen. It is FAR easier to take a dress in than to let one out.
• I always thought the rule of thumb was to order a gown in a size larger than your dress size. That's what I did and it worked well. I wouldn't risk ordering a smaller size, just in case.
• WOW. That is a LONG wait time. You should definitely order it bigger. They're probably going to want to alter it anyway - those things need to fit very specifically or they won't look right. Or at least order it the size you are now, that way no loss if you don't lose the weight and if you do, you can just get it altered.
• if i am u,i will start to search wedding styles that i love and suit me very much,and order the best one which is high quality and reasonably price after one month,just follow the size at that time,maybe it will be more accuracy.
• ORDER IT THE SIZE YOU ARE NOW!! I can't understand why so many brides make the mistake of ordering the dress smaller than what they are, in "hopes" of one day fitting into it. It is so much easier and cheaper to take a dress in, then to let it out.