Weddingbee Blog

Quite a while ago I said my bridesmaids would be getting their dresses made by a seamstress local to Indiana. Well, I actually have an update and I call it: Slopcity!

Before I get into that, I’ll just explain the process we’ve gone through. We contacted a seamstress in the winter and she gave us a slot for March to begin sewing the dresses. My mom helped source fabrics by sending me various swatches of green silk and taffeta. We also consulted patterns that had similar skirt fullness to the designs we chose to figure out the needed yardage. We ended up buying 10 yards of emerald green taffeta, at a price of $5/yard.

A few weeks ago, when I went to Indiana for my shower, we stopped in at the seamstress’s to see the dresses. Bridesmaid M had already been in for a fitting before, but Bridesmaid T’s dress was being made entirely from her provided measurements.

Now, I finally understood why dress fittings were so traumatic for many women.

My own wedding dress was close to my size, so I never had to deal with a too-big dress that looked shapeless and sad and depressing. The dress I tried on for Bridesmaid T though, who is close to me in size, was all of those things. I could see that it looked like the design we chose, but it was just enormous and baggy, hence, Slopcity. Fortunately she’ll be able to come in before the wedding to get it properly fitted.

So I begrudgingly offer a photo of the bridesmaid dresses in a very in-between stage. Bridesmaid M’s dress is also too big, as you can see. We departed from the original design a bit to provide wider straps and more boob coverage.

I look so enthused, yes?