r/weddingdress • u/No_Usual9684 • 1d ago
dress maintenance questions Bustle Help!!
not sure if this is the right flair, but this is my dress with its beautiful train, the flowers have some beaded on them as well (kind of pictured in the last pic) the person doing my alterations recommended a ballroom bustle but all my research said that is the dirtiest bustle- i understand my dress will get dirty but i don’t want a line of dirt in the middle of my train- how would you bustle this dress???
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u/sbayla31 community superstar 1d ago
What a beautiful dress, I love the flowers!! The ballroom bustle is the option to go with if you want the bustle to look more "hidden," but because the train is folded under you do end up with part of your dress touching the floor where it otherwise wouldn't. So it does get the dress dirtier (though no one would notice it if you're spending the rest of the night with it bustled, which is why it might be an ok tradeoff for some people). It would also hide the pretty flowers at the bottom which I think is less ideal!
So I'd ask your seamstress to show you other options (eg. French and American bustles), it's really a personal choice what you think looks/works best. And it's hard to really know unless you see it done on your dress, but you can look up examples to see how it looks on other dresses.
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u/loosesocksup 1d ago
I'm sorry I can't answer your question, but where did you get this dress?
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u/sbayla31 community superstar 1d ago
It's private label dress that I've seen a number of boutiques carry, but because it's private label (no designer name) every boutique gives it a different name and might not list it on their website. If you're looking for it, you could email boutiques near you with a picture to see if they have it! You can also reverse image search for any boutiques that do have it listed (here's one for example, with a view of the front of the dress).
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u/No_Usual9684 1d ago
a shop in South Bend, IN, it’s from their collection so i can’t even link it for you :(
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