Dress Fitting & Dancing

Today I went for my first dress fitting.  It was a bit of a depressing experience overall, although I think in the end it will be for the best.

When I ordered my dress back in August, I had tried on the sample size 6 (which fit), but decided to order an 8 just to be safe.  Between now & then, I don’t believe I’ve gained too much weight (maybe 5 pounds, but definitely no more than that because my clothes are still fitting).  So, I was very surprised when the size 8 wouldn’t fit.  At all.  In fact, at the top it was about 3 inches from closing.  There is just no way I’ve gained that much weight in the past few months- I would have had to have gained 20 or 30 pounds!  Even the seamstress said that the dress seemed much too small for a size 8.

Long story short, I had to pay almost $700 to get a corset back put in, as well as to get the dress slightly shortened in the front.  When I first started looking for gowns, I had really wanted a corset back, but fell in love with a zipper-backed dress.  I’m pretty excited that I’ll now have a beautiful lace-up corset back, just wish I didn’t have to pay so much for it! 

I also picked my bustle today.  I went with a large French bustle in the middle & two smaller ones on the side:

We also went for our first dancing lesson today at Arthur Murray Dance Studio.  Our instructor, Ashley, is just terrific!  She is going to teach us the foxy for our first dance, which will be to All I Ask of You from the original Phantom of the Opera Broadway production. 

Something interesting: a foxy is a hybrid between a waltz & a fox trot (I had no idea), but it’s a very sweet, simple dance & I’m definitely excited!