I ordered my wedding dress online - I would have liked to know these 7 things earlier

Order wedding dress online: an experience report

Where do I start? Maybe with the fact that I have every advice to buy mys was given, ignored. I was not in any boutique to get “inspiration” for it, I only have it a month before minebought and - probably the biggest sin under expectant brides: I ordered it online without, without. Would I recommend the other? Read yourself.

Order the wedding dress online: This is how my search for the perfect wedding dress was

Step 1: The wedding dress search

Of course, it sounds totally tempting to take a whole day, drink a bottle of sparkling wine with your best friend and try on one wedding dress after the next - as funny and relaxed as in the films. I held three points from it, this one-Moment in real life.

First: I quickly get migraines of light light in most clothing stores. Second, the models that I could discover through all the shop windows were not all my taste - too much tip, too much tulle. Third: It is only worth taking such an excursion if you try several models and do not yet know what a cut you want. But I knewquiteExactly what kind of cut I wanted (he can be described vague with Waldfee meets Marvelous Mrs. Maisel).

That is why- as much as my mother and my friend: I wanted to see this plan into practice until the end- I have against the boutiquedecided.

So I had to find a wedding dress online. No problem, I thought. There are an infinite number of wedding dress providers: inside. But that was exactly where the problem was: the sheer mass of offers completely overwhelmed me.

I used every coffee break at work, every subway ride and the time while I was in the restaurant for friends: waiting inside to get through the entire range ofBridal,And scrolling all the little bridal shops that someone had recommended to me. In the end I not only dreamed of wedding dresses, I also didn't find what I was looking for.

Until at some point my algorithm understood what I was looking for and through my scrollingA wedding dress from Etsy indicated as an advertisement that seemed to be perfect.

Step 2: The contact

After I felt a screenshot of my dream wedding dress for all my friend: inside and my mother, they were in panic mode: one asked if that wasAt all, after I had delayed the decision for so long. Another had heard this horror story, in which an expectant bride ordered her dress abroad and had to pay several hundreds of euros in customs after the delivery. Another other pointed out that I couldn't try the wedding dress at all and what I would do if it didn't fit. My mother, on the other hand, only commented easily: the dress will take your neck too short.Thanks, mum!

I took all the concerns seriously and decided to clarify the basic rules and wrote the Etsy shop by direct message. I got the answer in less than 3 hours: The wedding dress could be delivered by express shipping, that is not a problem and is often desired. The customs costs would amount to a maximum of 30 euros and the dress could be adapted to my dimensions. The only catch: In the case of individualization, the right of return also fell.

I decided to take it anyway, because I would no longer have the time to choose a new wedding dress after the arrival of the dress - then at least it should have the right dimensions.

Step 3: Take the measure

First of all: there is a reason why Schneider: Learning to measure in the inside - because it is anything but easy. And in retrospect, I might just have to take the time to go to an amendment nearby and ask if you do it for me and measure me.

But since I was now in panic mode whether the wedding dress would arrive in time, I simply asked my fiance for help. Following the instructions of the Etsy shop, we took my dimensions to the chest, waist, hip and my body length. On my mother's advice, we also added dimensions to which the order form was not asked: the shoulder width and the length between the waist and shoulder (I would definitely advise you (especially with a tailored dress, otherwise the waist covenant sits on the hip or just under the chest). Actually, we thought we would have done the measure quite well until we got different dimensions of up to 2 cm on the second time. We decided on the mean of measurement 1 and 2, transmitted the whole thing to the Etsy shop and hoped for the best.

Step 4: Customs

Now it was time to wait. Since I am lucky enough to be able to work from the home office, I did so a week for which the delivery was announced-to miss my wedding dress, it was really not an option.

I also waited a little nervous for a message from customs that would inform me that I should pay several 100 euros fees, but it did not come.

On an absolutely unspectacular Tuesday - of course I was sitting in a meeting - it finally rang the doorbell and I sprinted down the stairwell to accept my package from the messenger and pay customs in place.

The good news: instead of several hundred euros, it was only 21.90 euros. The bad: Of course I couldn't pay the amount by card. So a little overwhelmed I lined up the stairs back into the 4. Stock, just to find out that I had no cash anymore in my wallet.

So I opened an old piggy bank and scratched the whole sum together in 50 cent pieces. A little embarrassed, I ran back to the impatient supplier, pushed the piggy bank into his hand and finally took my package.

Step 5: Leave that

A little disclaimer: No matter how big your excitement is to try on the wedding dress as soon as it has arrived - never, never, never if you are alone! Or it ends like me and your neighbor (!) The dress must open you into which you alone- but no longer came out.

Because I also wanted to know how it sits immediately. Especially so that I could bring it to the seamstress if necessary.

What surprised me positively: it was - almost - perfect. The waist like a glove, the length a little bit over (which was mainly due to the fact that when I was to measure I assumed that I would choose higher bridal shoes) and under my arms it was a little tight, something I didn't want to look over - after all, I wanted to celebrate and dance in every conceivable pose.

So after the liberation campaign - thanks dearest neighbor - I made my way to my seamstress. I had already announced to her in advance that the wedding dress would soon arrive and that changes may be necessary. Expanding the fabric under the arms was not a problem at all and it was not.

The fabric was much more important than the perfect dimensions that I had thought about so long. And it just felt right from the start: not too heavy, not too light, soft on the skin and in the perfect eggshell white.

My friend: inside could finally breathe a sigh of relief - the wedding dress was finally here and I was lucky that everything went so well. In the end I was glad that I didn't let myself be stoppedtheOrder wedding dress that I had fallen in love with.

So if you are thinking about buying your own wedding dress via an online shop:go for it! But maybe take a look at this check list beforehand-my personal learning:

1. The arrival date of the parcel is absolutely clear before ordering (plans to be at least 14 days away for at least 14 daysa)
2. Inform yourself in advance about the exact exchange and return law
3. Asks if the shop sends fabric pattern, you can literally “understand” whether the wedding dress really hits your taste
4. For orders outside the EU: clarifies the possible customs costs - the various prices for delivery to Germany can either be viewed directly from the customs website:https://www.zoll.de/DE/Home/home_node.htmlor have it calculated directly:https://www.paketda.de/ausland/zollrechner.php(It is important to differentiate whether the goods are introduced from an EU or an EU country))
5. Visit your: n Schneider: In trust (or someone with the friend: have had good experiences inside) and agreed in advance an adjustment date for the week in which your wedding dress is delivered
6. Make sure you have cash for customs fees in the house!
7. Try the wedding dress only with the help of partners: in / in / parent / friend: in an