Wedding Dress Shopping: How To Make The Experience Less Stressful

Wedding dress shopping can be stressful -- from bad bridal consultants to unflattering try-ons, finding the right dress can be more difficult than finding "The One."

We want you to have the best shopping experience you possibly can, so we polled some top experts to find out their number one piece of advice to make gown shopping a breeze. Click through the slideshow below for tips from bridal designers and stylists.

• Ines DiSanto

  "Lately, more and more brides are utilizing technology to make shopping for the dress less stressful. By incorporating video calling apps such as FaceTime and Skype into their dress shopping experience, they can receive instant feedback from family members and friends that are not able to be there in person and be a part of the experience." Check out Ines DiSanto's gowns <a href="http://inesdisanto.com/">here</a>.

• Claire Pettibone

  "Give yourself time. Make the first ventures into a bridal salon fun by bringing a really great girlfriend with you, with NO EXPECTATION of finding 'the dress.' If you take the pressure off, you can just enjoy the experience as kind of a 'fact-finding' adventure to begin to see what is out there, and narrow down your preferences. Save the ?real? visits with your mother or whomever you plan to involve in the final decision process for after you have already done some groundwork and have a defined idea of what you are looking for." See Claire Pettibone's wedding gowns <a href="http://www.clairepettibone.com/">here</a>.

• Val Stefani

  "Bridal gown shopping is a momentous and sometimes daunting experience. We advise that the bride enjoys and cherishes this moment by bringing a small group of people whose opinions matter to you the most and who can also be supportive. A lot of times brides bring large parties to participate, which can lead to a lot of varying opinions and unnecessary stress. When you keep the members of your party to an intimate few then you can make the important decision of finding 'the one'." Check out Val Stefani's gowns <a href="http://valstefani.com/">here</a>.

• Cristina DeMarco

  "The #1 way brides can make dress shopping less stressful is to come in and shop with an open mind. Try on something that you might not ordinarily choose yourself. Also keep in mind that oftentimes custom changes can be made to a gown so don't limit yourself when trying on. For instance, if you know you want a gown with straps still try on strapless styles. Straps can easily be added!" See gowns from Bridal Reflections <a href="http://www.bridalreflections.com/">here</a>.

• Winnie Chlomin

  "Walk around in your dress and more importantly sit in it. If you feel tight and uncomfortable, it is okay to order a bigger size even if you are planning to lose weight. It is always much easier and less stressful to take in a dress then to have a dress that doesn?t zip up." See Winnie Couture gowns <a href="http://www.winniecouture.com/">here</a>.

• Ee-Lyn Tang

  "Start early; no less than six months ahead if you can. It's good to get some advice from your girlfriends when choosing the perfect gown, but too many opinions may end up stressing you out even more; keep it to just one to two girlfriends for advice if you can." See Love, Yu gowns <a href="http://www.weloveyu.com/">here</a>.

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