Weddingbee Blog

Does anyone else get “The Hustle” stuck in their head when they think of the bustle, or is it just me? Okay, I’m a loon. Anyway…this busy bee spent her weekend traveling to the northernmost tip of NY state to visit her gown in her hometown of Plattsburgh, NY. (Yes, I bought my gown in my hometown because I didn’t want Mr. L to have any chance of hopping on in and seeing it.)

On Saturday morning Momma L and I finished paying for my Maggie; hauled it to the car and drove to meet with the shop’s recommended seamstress, Marsha.

We arrived at Marsha’s for what we assumed would be an easy meeting.

My gown already fit me perfectly so I was only expecting to add the bustle and be done with it. And, I was pretty close to being right.

**Excuse the following photos, Momma L is not tech savvy.

Once I slipped into my gown, Marsha got to work holding the train up to give me an idea of what the different styles could look like.

She first tried this pick-up style to allow for more of the detail to show:

Neither Mom nor I were fans. It made the dress poof up and completely changed the shape. Marsha could see our disappointed faces and moved on, deciding that a French bustle might do the trick. And, boy oh boy, did it do the trick!

It’s hard to see in the photo, but it really did wonders for the shape of the dress and still allowed the pretty details of the train to be exposed. And, from the front it almost made the dress look like a trumpet-style gown with a bit of a flare out at the bottom, which was quite fun.

Now, here’s where we ran into a minor problem. I asked the seamstress if there was a way we could make the bottom poof out more to smooth out the look (and also lift the dress off the ground). She suggested using a crinoline and said that we should go back to the shop because they carried them in stock and would let us know what worked best.

Long story short…the one that would work best was the only one they didn’t have in stock. So here we are waiting to hear back on whether they can get one in. On the bright side, if they can’t bring one in, the seamstress says she can add tulle to the gown to add volume.

Somehow I feel as if I should be worried. How does she know how much tulle to add without me in the dress? I don’t know.

Did you have any doubts with your seamstress’ abilities? Was your first fitting a breeze?