THANK YOU EMD!!! <3 I love all the details of the dress - the embroidery, the cute buttons, the way it has this very ethereal feeling to it and looks so light and flowy. The dress was so easy to move in and so comfortable. Many of my guests complimented on how beautiful and elegant the dress was! It's so unique - a perfect balance of modern and traditional elements. Besides being a very beautiful dress, we both share the same name, so it felt like it was meant to be! Being based in Australia and making the decision to purchase a dress online was HARD as I wanted to touch and see everything in person to help me with my decision, but I bit the bullet and waited. The East Meets Dress team were quick to respond to questions I had about the sleeves and even sent my different photos to give me ideas of other sleeves options and how they look.
Some things I probably should have considered in hindsight and hope they will help you too! :)
1. Waist drop - I tend to prefer my dresses to sit higher that my natural waistline so probably should have thought about this or used another dress I had as a bit of a benchmark for where I wanted the wait to be. I ended up having to bring up and bring in the waist area entirely which meant more work for the local tailor as he had to redo some of the embroidery parts, but it all worked out in the end - very happy with the end result!
2. Slightly more space in the cap sleeve - there is a measurement taken for your arm and while the style and fit of cap sleeves was not super tight, I would have preferred a little extra room. I think one thing that impacted it also was that the arm measurement was taken from my right (dominant) arm while my less dominant arm does tend to be a little bit bigger so that probably would have helped with the fit.
3. Dress colour - I got 'apricot' which is a warm, light champagne yellow tone while I feel as if the photos in the product listing (and even my own wedding photos) show it as more of a neutral off white. I didn't have a specific colour theme for my wedding as ours was quite casual but something to be aware of. It really grew on me and ended up matching perfectly with my husbands' existing suit so it was all meant to be! ;)