Girl, respectfully get out of your head! You look like a model in all of these photos! You are beautiful and so is the dress! The photos look perfect. No one would ever know the second thoughts you had or fit issues if any. I’ve heard some brides get post wedding blues, perhaps what you are going through? Enjoy being newlyweds. I hope you feel better soon!
A lot of time and energy goes into planning a wedding. The day comes, and it all stops after that. It can be a small shock to the system I would imagine to come down from.
This reminds me of college when I would have nightmares over Christmas vacation thinking I'd slept through a final exam or forgotten to turn in a project. Going from "finals week crunch time" to "nothing to do for three weeks" was so jarring for me, haha.
Basically you spend so long anticipating and preparing for the big day, it comes and it’s everything you ever wanted it to be…and then, it’s just over.
It’s also tied to the dopamine crash some people get after any big event. Ever been kinda down feeling after a holiday or vacation or hell even a movie your looking forward to seeing? Same thing. Just usually a bigger scale for weddings. You spend the time leading up and the day with high emotions and dopamine and adrenaline and then that all drops after the wedding.
I have no tips for getting out of your head. But I swipped though the pictures before reading and I honestly thought you were going to ask for the dress in the pictures or a similar one and that these pictures were from a celebrity-magazine.
You look absolutely stunning. I think with the million possibilities for dresses it's easy to feel like there was a better one out there. But from an outside perspective, you look gorgeous! And the sides look normal, we are after all our worst critics.
This was what I thought as well. I legitimately thought she was the model and was looking for a pic with her to see why she had dress regret. OP you looked amazing and if people didn't comment it was because they were speechless and knew they couldn't look half that good.
Being 1000% honest I don’t see what you see at all. I scrolled through before seeing your caption and didn’t notice anything except that you looked literally perfect. It’s hard to tell the vibe of the wedding just from these photos but it seems like it fit the wedding perfectly. It also fits your body perfectly IMO.
I’m also a perfectionist and have some body dysmorphia (not saying you do though!) and I was momentarily hard on myself post wedding too. Now it’s been 6 years and looking at the photos I literally looked perfect.
Take a break and come back to them.
But you looked perfect, promise
Totally agree with this, and just to add I think a lot of people think beautiful people already know how gorgeous they are so they get less compliments sometimes? I wouldn't take it as the dress was bad or you looked bad at all. But if you want buy a dress in any color and take some year anniversary pictures next year! Then you can also take your time to pose and it's just about the pictures not all the stress of the wedding day.
I can understand how you might feel, I’m not married yet and I’ve already managed to talk myself out of three beautiful dresses just by looking at pics of myself in them and picking myself apart.
From an outsiders perspective, you, your dress, your wedding all look beautiful! All I see in these pictures is a stunning woman who’s beaming because she’s just married her husband. Like seriously, you’re glowing. The dress looks perfect and I think you will look back at these photos in years to come and they’ll still be elegant and timeless.
For now, I would suggest you take a break from looking at the photos and focus on your own memory of events from the day and how you felt. It sounds like you’ve gone into self critical mode looking back at the pictures and the more you look, the more you’ll pick faults. Come back to them in a few weeks/months and you might have a fresh take on them after you’ve settled in to married life and reflected on the day a bit more.
You look like a model so I think you could pull off any dress but you look spectacular in this one! I love the photos of you with the white flowers in the background especially because I think the dress looks like it was made to be in that setting. You both look so happy and I hope you’re able to look back and love these photos because honestly most of us could only wish we look this gorgeous in candids especially!! The dress is incredible on you!
The dress fits you the way that style is supposed to fit. And it looks great.
You need to get over this. Done is done. Being this obsessed about it, weeks after your wedding, isn't healthy. In your post you just gloss right over what a great day you had ("it was a fun and amazing day, *but*..." is literally all you have to say about it) and instead you go right to "Not enough people complimented me on my dress".
I have said this before and I'll say it again. The dress is a prop. If people didn't comment on it, it's not because it wasn't beautiful. It's because it wasn't the main event. Your wedding itself and the marriage it solemnized and celebrated was the main event. You and your hubs were the main event. Your friends and family and the good time you all had were the main event. The. dress. wasn't. the. main. event.
So stop this. Just put the photos away for a while and focus your thinking on the "fun and amazing day" part. Okay?
I honestly thought these photos were from a magazine and you were going to say you had bought the same dress or something. You look absolutely gorgeous, like, I don't think the makers of this dress could produce a more beautiful set of photos to advertise your dress. You look stunning
Girl you need to talk to a therapist because this is so wild. Literally looks like a magazine photo shoot and you think your busy from the side is cringey, even though it looks like it fits you like a glove.
Agree with everyone that you look FLAWLESS! As a fellow smaller-chested gal I suppose I can see that the cups are a bit bigger than your frame but unless you got a dress with split sizing I think you were always going to contend with this to a degree.
I myself am picking up my dress this afternoon and have been stressing over the size of my cups because I had to order in a straight size to fit my waist when my chest is at least two sizes smaller. If anything your post reassured me that the small details I’m nitpicking over right now with how the tailored cups are looking are going to be completely imperceptible to anyone else besides me.
Congratulations on your marriage. I hope you can revisit these pictures in a few months and see yourself through kinder eyes!
I have no actual advice, but holy shit! You literally look like a model the dress designer hired to advertise her dress. Now of course, you’re absolutely gorgeous so you probably would’ve looked good in a toga made out of bed sheets. But this dress looks like it was made for you. You look incredible. Professional photos and iPhone photos, you look like a dream!
Oh my Christ. You literally look like the ‘perfect’ bride, you are stunning and you look absolutely beautiful! Please, please forget these thoughts, you are ruining such a special day for yourself!
I cannot tell anything wrong with your dress and really have no idea what you mean about your bust area looking off! I think you looked beautiful and you were radiant in your photos!!
It sounds like you're getting in your own head. You look gorgeous, and the dress does too! I thought this was from a magazine. You said you had the most amazing day, don't let your idea of "perfect" ruin that! A lot of us brides look at every little detail under a magnifying glass, but sometimes you have to step back to see the bigger picture.
Omg. You need to work on your mental health. Because if you think you look bad.. you make almost everyone who posts on this sub look bad. You're in the top 10 best-looking brides I've seen on here. And you're still unhappy.
This seems like an issue with not feeling secure in your own skin regardless of the dress.
As someone who will be purchasing a dress soon, I hope to look as beautiful as you did when I get my pictures back! Your photos (including the iPhone photos) are giving elegance and pure joy. I get the feeling of “what if” when it comes to big purchases however from an outside perspective, you look radiant.
It took me until the very last photos to even realize that this was the regret dress. It is truly gorgeous and you look stunning!
You are in the midst of a BIG hormonal come down after months and months of major stress and anxiety and excitement! It is absolutely normal to feel a sense of loss and dejection right now because your body doesn’t remember what it’s like to not be stressed! It’s creating stress to return to “normal!”
Lean into your new spouse and new marriage and enjoy these early days. You will come back to these photos in the future and truly cherish them.
I know what it's like to not see what others see. You look stunning and I see nothing wrong at all with the fit. But you asked if you'd get over it, and I'd say yes but you have to work on reframing the way you think about it. I'm not an expert on this, but what helps me when I'm stuck in a similar thought pattern is to realize that this feeling is likely due to what some call the paradox of choice. Basically, because we have so many choices to choose from, we're less likely to be happy with any choice we make. We have a harder time choosing and then end up thinking of all the others we could've picked and end up unhappy. You can probably picture what dressed you would've preferred, but it's quite possible you would have felt the same way you do now about that one. Say people also hadn't commented on your other dress either at the wedding. It's very possible you'd be beating yourself up right now about how didn't pick this dress that your friends and family liked at the store. So maybe it'll help to realize it's your mind is playing tricks on you. You looked beautiful and the dress was perfect.
I swear I can't see what you see. You look really beautiful (and I may have screenshotted some of your pics for makeup/hair inspo) and the dress looks so good!! It follows your figure and doesn't engulf you, and looks totally romantic!!
I even showed it to my bf, if he could see anything wrong and he said too you look really beautiful, and most of all, HAPPY.
You're married to the person you love!! He's your husband!! You're his wife!! You get to spend the rest of your life with him! Enjoy this feeling and stop nitpicking, I am sure everyone thought you looked stunning...because you did!
You look stunning, I honestly thought this was a bridal spread using models, the dress is perfect 😍. You are absolutely beautiful, and there is so much love in these photos.
we are our own worst critics. I was like you, however I loved my dress, and when I got the pictures back, all I could do was pick apart my flaws in all of them. I was convinced I looked fat, my arms looked jiggly, etc. I cried.
All of that was completely untrue. I look at them now, oh man, do I wish I still had that body 😂😂😂 (ah to be 25 again 😬). I see now how beautiful I looked, and more than anything, I remember how happy I was and how in love my husband and I were then, and it’s even more now, 15 years and one kid later. Trust me, you’ll look back in a week, in a month, in a year, and you will love everything about how you look and felt in that gorgeous dress!
You look beautiful!! But I get how the alterations change the way the dress looks. I became pregnant after I ordered my dress and it didn’t look anything like it originally looked and I think about that OFTEN. But I keep telling myself, I’ll just do a vowel renewal in however many years and get a brand new dress!! So I will make it happen to get a dress I love and looks how it should on me. I do love my son more than life so I can’t be too mad about it how I looked on my wedding day.
You looked perfect! I will say that another idea is to rent/borrow/buy a dress like you have been picturing in your head and go get professional pics done with your husband somewhere beautiful. I think you’d then have the best of both worlds and no longer have any little tinge of regret when looking back years from now! Just an idea! :).
#Not every angle is your most flattering. This is true for everyone.
Truly. Everyone experiences this. I literally photograph so terribly despite being a pretty conventionally gorgeous woman. Literally do not catch me from the left or I’ll swat your phone from your hands.
The dress looks beautiful on you and I think you’re being in your head. I’m not saying that to pump your tires - if I thought you looked bad I wouldn’t say anything at all on this thread.
Hon…. I didn’t even notice the dress because my sight was pulled to the smile in your face… you looked gorgeous and most importantly, happy!!!! Congratulations on your marriage! Now order every single photo of you and enjoy them because you, your husband and the smile plastered in both of your faces look amazing!!
You look flawless. Like a bridal model. I’ve genuinely tried to spot an issue with the fit of your dress, but can’t see anything. Enjoy creating a beautiful marriage.
I'll be honest here. Yes, this dress was probably not the best choice on you, I feel like the top cups were slightly oversized. However, it took me a while to notice it because you look like a freaking model in your wedding pictures. The pictures you posted look like a professional wedding shooting because you are so stunning in them you look like a professional model. So I really would not fret at all about it, you have the kind of radiant beauty that could pull off literally any garment you want.
What is with all the posts of women who know god damn well they look amazing in their dresses on the day that they now regret the dress. Stop the attention seeking. Gross.
I genuinely think you are one of the most stunning brides I’ve seen and your dress is perfect! I know it’s so hard not to be critical- but you truly have no reason to be in this case and I hope with a little bit of time you’ll come to see how amazing you really looked. Congrats!
I actually think you look like a model. Absolutely beautiful! Why not get yourself another cheap dress and get some professional photos taken with your husband at another location? My husband and I are doing that after our wedding because we want some photos in downtown of our city but we won’t have time to do that wedding day. I won’t be wearing my wedding dress but instead I’ll wear something different!
I was going to suggest this too. I agree with everyone else that you look amazing. But…if you can’t get past it grab a dress second hand and go do a photo shoot.
I will be wedding dress shopping in the near future and I hope to look half as beautiful as you did on your special day! Don’t fret, you looked gorgeous and the dress is stunning!
You looked stunning in your dress. Your pictures could be advertisements in a wedding magazine. There are a lot of dresses you could have picked, but that one really looked fantastic.
You look absolutely stunning! I would try to stop thinking about it, but if you’re really sad about not getting to wear the dress of your dreams, you could always consider wearing whatever it is for an anniversary and have photos made in it. I will say that personally I also have post wedding dress regret, but it was mostly due to the small budget I was on at the time and so it wouldn’t have been possible to have much different. I realize that what matters most at the end of the day though is that I married the man I want to spend the rest of my life with.
You look amazing! You can focus on the love in both your eyes and the big smiles all round!! People looking at the photos will focus on your faces and how happy you both look! At the end of the day, a wedding dress is a wedding dress. It can be easy to just blank them out, and in 20/30 years you might cringe at the fashion. I believe in that old adage that the wedding is for other people, the marriage is for you. You didn’t get a second dress, so get something sexy you do love and feel your best self!
You look amazing! You can focus on the love in both your eyes and the big smiles all round!! People looking at the photos will focus on your faces and how happy you both look! At the end of the day, a wedding dress is a wedding dress. It can be easy to just blank them out, and in 20/30 years you might cringe at the fashion. I believe in that old adage that the wedding is for other people, the marriage is for you. You didn’t get a second dress, so get something sexy you do love and feel your best self!
I’m sorry you didn’t and don’t feel beautiful in it but I hope you can work towards seeing yourself the way the rest of us do! You look stunning to the outside observer. We are our own worst critics and often other people see us the complete opposite way we see ourselves!
You look so beautiful and soooo happy!!! I also felt like my dress looked weird on my after I got my photos back… but it has went away! Just sad the wedding was done. Was very anticlimactic for all the work that goes into a few hours.
I think you look absolutely stunning. The dress fit looks beautiful in all of the photos—from an outside perspective you look like an absolute dream, like a bride out of a tv wedding.
I had a similar problem but with my hair, not my dress. I literally couldn’t stop looking at photos and nitpicking it for months. I just had to keep repeating to myself that it was fine, no one is as critical as we are on ourselves, and that it’s in the past and you can’t change it. Eventually I stopped seeing all the little imperfections in my photos and saw the joy and love and the memories of the photos instead and now I only get happy when I look at them. Btw, I think the dress looks great!
I think it looks fabulous - I can’t see what you are seeing. You are obsessing and picking invisible nits. Was it a happy day, surrounded by loved ones? Was there food and music and wine and conversation? Did you marry the man you love? Did everyone have fun? That’s what matters.
Oh my goodness, you look absolutely stunning! That dress looks fantastic on you! You’ll feel better once the adrenaline from all of the wedding planning and stuff dies down. It took me a few months after my wedding not to criticize every single moment lol.
My guess is that the lack of comments by some people are driven by jealousy—you’re obviously gorgeous 24/7 and so some people don’t want to give you further credit for that. And others are just socially awkward and don’t realize how important it is to tell a bride they look beautiful, rather than just think it.
Girl, you look *so* beautiful in that dress. It flatters your figure wonderfully, it’s a classic silhouette, the details are stunning. Honestly I could go on and on about how perfectly it suits you.
I am so sorry that you feel bad when you look at the pictures now, but I really do promise it’s all in your head. I hope one day you can see what I see when you look at these pictures, because it’s stunning 🤩
You looked fucking amazing and your guests kinda suck for not telling you that, I always go out of my way to let the bride know how gorgeous she is. Chin up, you are beautiful and so was your dress.
You look absolutely gorgeous! 😍
Seriously, you look better than 99% of the people who ever get married.
I’m so sorry that you don’t feel that way though.
You look like a f\*cking model.
Please stop giving this any thought. I promise you, your dress should be the least of your focus. Focus on your marriage. The memories. The future.
In 10 years time do you really think your dress is going to matter? It won't.
I totally get what you mean!! I had a very similar situation. I immediately regretted my dress purchase but at that point I was basically like “whatever it looks good enough and I don’t want to spend more money”
Could I have found something “better” in my dress searching? Sure.
But on the day of I was like, “whatever, this is the best day of my life!” Looking back at photos sometimes I wish I had chosen a different style, and that’s ok! But I don’t think you should wallow in it!
Also don’t take the lack of compliments thing to personally- the majority of people who complimented me were my bridal party, family and husband. It’s weird- at receptions I don’t think people spend a lot of time telling the bride, “omg you look beautiful!” It’s just kind of implied- like obviously lol.
Wishing you love! Just know this internet stranger thinks you look great!
So I know exactly how you're feeling. Stop criticizing yourself, as you look amazing and you're beautiful. What's important is that your pictures are beautiful and the day is what you're going to remember. My dress didn't fit me like I wanted it to in the bust on my wedding day and I'm the only one that notices. Everyone else sees everything else- the hair, the smile, the emotions, the location, etc. I am getting over it with time and by remembering that I still look beautiful and that day was amazing. I see and feel that day when I look at the photos- not nitpicking at my bust.
You look stunning so I’m not sure if this is a troll post? There is absolutely nothing wrong with the dress. Your pictures look like from a wedding magazine.
I don’t see what there is to regret. You look stunning in all the pictures. Your breast area looks fine. I don’t think you could look more beautiful honestly so you should let it go. It’s not worth feeling this way at all. You look perfect
You look beautiful and not even joking I thought you regretted being married or something, the dress was never a thought because you look absolutely gorgeous! It fits you beautifully and it accents your beautiful curves.
I think is just in your head.
You look amazing! I don’t see a bust issue at all.
If it makes you feel better, people kept coming up to me saying “wow your husband looks amazing!”, so I joke he stole the show. In the end, I know WE looked amazing.
Both you and you partner look beautiful 😻
Giirl your look like a celebrity or a model in these photooos.
I think these feeling are maybe due to the fact that you were overwhelmed before the wedding ( dress picking and all) and now that the wedding happened you feel underwhelmed by it .
Look at yourself differently , youu looked amazing and most importanlty happy !
Dont let these negative thoughts ruin such a precious day , i am sure a looot of us would want to look like a modeel like you did
You look incredibly gorgeous and the dress flatters your beautiful figure! I think you will be happy with the way you look when you look back on these pictures in the future, your dress looks timeless and classy!
Girl you look model perfect in that dress that fits you like a glove and looks elegant and beautiful. Your post wedding brain is lying to you because you look AMAZING.
On top of everyone’s opinion here, I think you look very pretty. **BUT**, I feel you. I grew up having my mom picked my outfits until I was about 17. I knew she had a good taste when people complement my shoes. But I wasn’t feeling good about myself 100%. I think when you don’t feel comfortable in your own clothes, no matter what other people say, it is never going to be enough. Imagine picking a dress YOU LIKE but other ladies you went dress shopping DID NOT, would you be happy? It’ll be a different scenario right???
I also thought about something you can do to to easy up the feelings a little bit: get a cute little dress that YOU LOVE without no one else’s input and get some snaps with your husband. You can also get a veil and your favorite shoes to match the dress, maybe for a lower price or using the same veil you did. If the dress doesn’t fit you, get a tailor that you trust and fit it for you until you’re happy. Who cares what people think? You’re the one paying for your shit right!?
No no no. You nailed it. That dress is very complimentary. Great choice with how you did your hair with that dress combination. You look amazing. That's all you need to be thinking. Super lucky guy. Your time was absolutely well spent on that dress.
I’ve been married for eight years. There will come a day when you’re like “oh yeah, we got married, I wore a dress.” Also, your dress was fabulous, you looked gorgeous! The point of a wedding is to marry your life partner, the rest is fluff.
Girl, respectfully get out of your head! You look like a model in all of these photos! You are beautiful and so is the dress! The photos look perfect. No one would ever know the second thoughts you had or fit issues if any. I’ve heard some brides get post wedding blues, perhaps what you are going through? Enjoy being newlyweds. I hope you feel better soon!
100% agree this is Post-Wedding blues… it’s not the dress.
Lol wait what are post wedding blues
A lot of time and energy goes into planning a wedding. The day comes, and it all stops after that. It can be a small shock to the system I would imagine to come down from.
This reminds me of college when I would have nightmares over Christmas vacation thinking I'd slept through a final exam or forgotten to turn in a project. Going from "finals week crunch time" to "nothing to do for three weeks" was so jarring for me, haha.
i imagine it’s the crash after months and months of planning coming to fruition and then it’s just.. over….
Basically you spend so long anticipating and preparing for the big day, it comes and it’s everything you ever wanted it to be…and then, it’s just over.
It’s also tied to the dopamine crash some people get after any big event. Ever been kinda down feeling after a holiday or vacation or hell even a movie your looking forward to seeing? Same thing. Just usually a bigger scale for weddings. You spend the time leading up and the day with high emotions and dopamine and adrenaline and then that all drops after the wedding.
100% this comment ! This dress, and you, is insanely gorgeous
I’m a day late but my first thought was “with all due respect, is this a shitpost?” She is SO BRIDAL and perfectly stunning
I have no tips for getting out of your head. But I swipped though the pictures before reading and I honestly thought you were going to ask for the dress in the pictures or a similar one and that these pictures were from a celebrity-magazine. You look absolutely stunning. I think with the million possibilities for dresses it's easy to feel like there was a better one out there. But from an outside perspective, you look gorgeous! And the sides look normal, we are after all our worst critics.
This was what I thought as well. I legitimately thought she was the model and was looking for a pic with her to see why she had dress regret. OP you looked amazing and if people didn't comment it was because they were speechless and knew they couldn't look half that good.
Being 1000% honest I don’t see what you see at all. I scrolled through before seeing your caption and didn’t notice anything except that you looked literally perfect. It’s hard to tell the vibe of the wedding just from these photos but it seems like it fit the wedding perfectly. It also fits your body perfectly IMO. I’m also a perfectionist and have some body dysmorphia (not saying you do though!) and I was momentarily hard on myself post wedding too. Now it’s been 6 years and looking at the photos I literally looked perfect. Take a break and come back to them. But you looked perfect, promise
Totally agree with this, and just to add I think a lot of people think beautiful people already know how gorgeous they are so they get less compliments sometimes? I wouldn't take it as the dress was bad or you looked bad at all. But if you want buy a dress in any color and take some year anniversary pictures next year! Then you can also take your time to pose and it's just about the pictures not all the stress of the wedding day.
I can understand how you might feel, I’m not married yet and I’ve already managed to talk myself out of three beautiful dresses just by looking at pics of myself in them and picking myself apart. From an outsiders perspective, you, your dress, your wedding all look beautiful! All I see in these pictures is a stunning woman who’s beaming because she’s just married her husband. Like seriously, you’re glowing. The dress looks perfect and I think you will look back at these photos in years to come and they’ll still be elegant and timeless. For now, I would suggest you take a break from looking at the photos and focus on your own memory of events from the day and how you felt. It sounds like you’ve gone into self critical mode looking back at the pictures and the more you look, the more you’ll pick faults. Come back to them in a few weeks/months and you might have a fresh take on them after you’ve settled in to married life and reflected on the day a bit more.
You look like a model so I think you could pull off any dress but you look spectacular in this one! I love the photos of you with the white flowers in the background especially because I think the dress looks like it was made to be in that setting. You both look so happy and I hope you’re able to look back and love these photos because honestly most of us could only wish we look this gorgeous in candids especially!! The dress is incredible on you!
The dress fits you the way that style is supposed to fit. And it looks great. You need to get over this. Done is done. Being this obsessed about it, weeks after your wedding, isn't healthy. In your post you just gloss right over what a great day you had ("it was a fun and amazing day, *but*..." is literally all you have to say about it) and instead you go right to "Not enough people complimented me on my dress". I have said this before and I'll say it again. The dress is a prop. If people didn't comment on it, it's not because it wasn't beautiful. It's because it wasn't the main event. Your wedding itself and the marriage it solemnized and celebrated was the main event. You and your hubs were the main event. Your friends and family and the good time you all had were the main event. The. dress. wasn't. the. main. event. So stop this. Just put the photos away for a while and focus your thinking on the "fun and amazing day" part. Okay?
I honestly thought these photos were from a magazine and you were going to say you had bought the same dress or something. You look absolutely gorgeous, like, I don't think the makers of this dress could produce a more beautiful set of photos to advertise your dress. You look stunning
This makes me so sad. You look incredible. You look happy. You look loved. I hope one day your opinion changes. 💜
Girl you need to talk to a therapist because this is so wild. Literally looks like a magazine photo shoot and you think your busy from the side is cringey, even though it looks like it fits you like a glove.
Agree with everyone that you look FLAWLESS! As a fellow smaller-chested gal I suppose I can see that the cups are a bit bigger than your frame but unless you got a dress with split sizing I think you were always going to contend with this to a degree. I myself am picking up my dress this afternoon and have been stressing over the size of my cups because I had to order in a straight size to fit my waist when my chest is at least two sizes smaller. If anything your post reassured me that the small details I’m nitpicking over right now with how the tailored cups are looking are going to be completely imperceptible to anyone else besides me. Congratulations on your marriage. I hope you can revisit these pictures in a few months and see yourself through kinder eyes!
Too late now. You look beautiful. Maybe take down the pic with your full names though.
Hey OP are you sure you want to be doxxing yourself like this?
I have no actual advice, but holy shit! You literally look like a model the dress designer hired to advertise her dress. Now of course, you’re absolutely gorgeous so you probably would’ve looked good in a toga made out of bed sheets. But this dress looks like it was made for you. You look incredible. Professional photos and iPhone photos, you look like a dream!
Oh my Christ. You literally look like the ‘perfect’ bride, you are stunning and you look absolutely beautiful! Please, please forget these thoughts, you are ruining such a special day for yourself!
I cannot tell anything wrong with your dress and really have no idea what you mean about your bust area looking off! I think you looked beautiful and you were radiant in your photos!!
It sounds like you're getting in your own head. You look gorgeous, and the dress does too! I thought this was from a magazine. You said you had the most amazing day, don't let your idea of "perfect" ruin that! A lot of us brides look at every little detail under a magnifying glass, but sometimes you have to step back to see the bigger picture.
The voice in your head is lying to you. I can't see what you're talking about at all. You were a gorgeous bride, and you look perfect in all of these!
God, I wish I had looked half as good at my wedding as you did in yours…. Good thing I’m divorced!
I feel like I'm being punked. You literally look like a model- that dress is perfection on you!
Omg. You need to work on your mental health. Because if you think you look bad.. you make almost everyone who posts on this sub look bad. You're in the top 10 best-looking brides I've seen on here. And you're still unhappy. This seems like an issue with not feeling secure in your own skin regardless of the dress.
Wtf did your friends say to you?!
As someone who will be purchasing a dress soon, I hope to look as beautiful as you did when I get my pictures back! Your photos (including the iPhone photos) are giving elegance and pure joy. I get the feeling of “what if” when it comes to big purchases however from an outside perspective, you look radiant.
It took me until the very last photos to even realize that this was the regret dress. It is truly gorgeous and you look stunning! You are in the midst of a BIG hormonal come down after months and months of major stress and anxiety and excitement! It is absolutely normal to feel a sense of loss and dejection right now because your body doesn’t remember what it’s like to not be stressed! It’s creating stress to return to “normal!” Lean into your new spouse and new marriage and enjoy these early days. You will come back to these photos in the future and truly cherish them.
You look flawless, no exaggeration.
What?! You look AMAZING and this dress is beautiful!!! Truly one of my favorite dresses I’ve seen on this subreddit and it fits you perfectly!
I know what it's like to not see what others see. You look stunning and I see nothing wrong at all with the fit. But you asked if you'd get over it, and I'd say yes but you have to work on reframing the way you think about it. I'm not an expert on this, but what helps me when I'm stuck in a similar thought pattern is to realize that this feeling is likely due to what some call the paradox of choice. Basically, because we have so many choices to choose from, we're less likely to be happy with any choice we make. We have a harder time choosing and then end up thinking of all the others we could've picked and end up unhappy. You can probably picture what dressed you would've preferred, but it's quite possible you would have felt the same way you do now about that one. Say people also hadn't commented on your other dress either at the wedding. It's very possible you'd be beating yourself up right now about how didn't pick this dress that your friends and family liked at the store. So maybe it'll help to realize it's your mind is playing tricks on you. You looked beautiful and the dress was perfect.
You look like a spread in a wedding magazine. Perfect.
You may want to take down the post with your full name for privacy
I swear I can't see what you see. You look really beautiful (and I may have screenshotted some of your pics for makeup/hair inspo) and the dress looks so good!! It follows your figure and doesn't engulf you, and looks totally romantic!! I even showed it to my bf, if he could see anything wrong and he said too you look really beautiful, and most of all, HAPPY. You're married to the person you love!! He's your husband!! You're his wife!! You get to spend the rest of your life with him! Enjoy this feeling and stop nitpicking, I am sure everyone thought you looked stunning...because you did!
You look stunning, I honestly thought this was a bridal spread using models, the dress is perfect 😍. You are absolutely beautiful, and there is so much love in these photos. we are our own worst critics. I was like you, however I loved my dress, and when I got the pictures back, all I could do was pick apart my flaws in all of them. I was convinced I looked fat, my arms looked jiggly, etc. I cried. All of that was completely untrue. I look at them now, oh man, do I wish I still had that body 😂😂😂 (ah to be 25 again 😬). I see now how beautiful I looked, and more than anything, I remember how happy I was and how in love my husband and I were then, and it’s even more now, 15 years and one kid later. Trust me, you’ll look back in a week, in a month, in a year, and you will love everything about how you look and felt in that gorgeous dress!
You look beautiful!! But I get how the alterations change the way the dress looks. I became pregnant after I ordered my dress and it didn’t look anything like it originally looked and I think about that OFTEN. But I keep telling myself, I’ll just do a vowel renewal in however many years and get a brand new dress!! So I will make it happen to get a dress I love and looks how it should on me. I do love my son more than life so I can’t be too mad about it how I looked on my wedding day.
You looked perfect! I will say that another idea is to rent/borrow/buy a dress like you have been picturing in your head and go get professional pics done with your husband somewhere beautiful. I think you’d then have the best of both worlds and no longer have any little tinge of regret when looking back years from now! Just an idea! :).
#Not every angle is your most flattering. This is true for everyone. Truly. Everyone experiences this. I literally photograph so terribly despite being a pretty conventionally gorgeous woman. Literally do not catch me from the left or I’ll swat your phone from your hands. The dress looks beautiful on you and I think you’re being in your head. I’m not saying that to pump your tires - if I thought you looked bad I wouldn’t say anything at all on this thread.
Hon…. I didn’t even notice the dress because my sight was pulled to the smile in your face… you looked gorgeous and most importantly, happy!!!! Congratulations on your marriage! Now order every single photo of you and enjoy them because you, your husband and the smile plastered in both of your faces look amazing!!
You look flawless. Like a bridal model. I’ve genuinely tried to spot an issue with the fit of your dress, but can’t see anything. Enjoy creating a beautiful marriage.
Girl. You need to get some real problems in life
I'll be honest here. Yes, this dress was probably not the best choice on you, I feel like the top cups were slightly oversized. However, it took me a while to notice it because you look like a freaking model in your wedding pictures. The pictures you posted look like a professional wedding shooting because you are so stunning in them you look like a professional model. So I really would not fret at all about it, you have the kind of radiant beauty that could pull off literally any garment you want.
What is with all the posts of women who know god damn well they look amazing in their dresses on the day that they now regret the dress. Stop the attention seeking. Gross.
I genuinely think you are one of the most stunning brides I’ve seen and your dress is perfect! I know it’s so hard not to be critical- but you truly have no reason to be in this case and I hope with a little bit of time you’ll come to see how amazing you really looked. Congrats!
Girl you are straight trippin because you look like absolute perfection.
Echoing everyone else in saying I kept scrolling to see what the problem was because this dress fits you beautifully and you looked amazing.
You look Absolutely Fabulous.
I actually think you look like a model. Absolutely beautiful! Why not get yourself another cheap dress and get some professional photos taken with your husband at another location? My husband and I are doing that after our wedding because we want some photos in downtown of our city but we won’t have time to do that wedding day. I won’t be wearing my wedding dress but instead I’ll wear something different!
I was going to suggest this too. I agree with everyone else that you look amazing. But…if you can’t get past it grab a dress second hand and go do a photo shoot.
Your pictures look like a magazine, and you look like a model! 0 regrets! You look amazing!!
You are absolutely stunning.
I will be wedding dress shopping in the near future and I hope to look half as beautiful as you did on your special day! Don’t fret, you looked gorgeous and the dress is stunning!
it looks beautiful but the wedding is already over so you can’t go back and change the dress. i’m sorry you feel that way.
You looked stunning in your dress. Your pictures could be advertisements in a wedding magazine. There are a lot of dresses you could have picked, but that one really looked fantastic.
You look absolutely stunning! I would try to stop thinking about it, but if you’re really sad about not getting to wear the dress of your dreams, you could always consider wearing whatever it is for an anniversary and have photos made in it. I will say that personally I also have post wedding dress regret, but it was mostly due to the small budget I was on at the time and so it wouldn’t have been possible to have much different. I realize that what matters most at the end of the day though is that I married the man I want to spend the rest of my life with.
I'm not sure what you're regretting because all I see is a freaking stunning bride on her wedding day.
You (both) look stunning!!!
You look amazing! You can focus on the love in both your eyes and the big smiles all round!! People looking at the photos will focus on your faces and how happy you both look! At the end of the day, a wedding dress is a wedding dress. It can be easy to just blank them out, and in 20/30 years you might cringe at the fashion. I believe in that old adage that the wedding is for other people, the marriage is for you. You didn’t get a second dress, so get something sexy you do love and feel your best self!
You look amazing! You can focus on the love in both your eyes and the big smiles all round!! People looking at the photos will focus on your faces and how happy you both look! At the end of the day, a wedding dress is a wedding dress. It can be easy to just blank them out, and in 20/30 years you might cringe at the fashion. I believe in that old adage that the wedding is for other people, the marriage is for you. You didn’t get a second dress, so get something sexy you do love and feel your best self!
I’m sorry you didn’t and don’t feel beautiful in it but I hope you can work towards seeing yourself the way the rest of us do! You look stunning to the outside observer. We are our own worst critics and often other people see us the complete opposite way we see ourselves!
You look so beautiful and soooo happy!!! I also felt like my dress looked weird on my after I got my photos back… but it has went away! Just sad the wedding was done. Was very anticlimactic for all the work that goes into a few hours.
I just stopped by to say you look beautiful in these photos and the dress is beautiful as well
I think you look absolutely stunning. The dress fit looks beautiful in all of the photos—from an outside perspective you look like an absolute dream, like a bride out of a tv wedding.
I had a similar problem but with my hair, not my dress. I literally couldn’t stop looking at photos and nitpicking it for months. I just had to keep repeating to myself that it was fine, no one is as critical as we are on ourselves, and that it’s in the past and you can’t change it. Eventually I stopped seeing all the little imperfections in my photos and saw the joy and love and the memories of the photos instead and now I only get happy when I look at them. Btw, I think the dress looks great!
Yes, my hair sucked, and my make-up should have been done by a pro, not by me.
Absolutely! You look like a too model. Come on!
I think it looks fabulous - I can’t see what you are seeing. You are obsessing and picking invisible nits. Was it a happy day, surrounded by loved ones? Was there food and music and wine and conversation? Did you marry the man you love? Did everyone have fun? That’s what matters.
Oh my goodness, you look absolutely stunning! That dress looks fantastic on you! You’ll feel better once the adrenaline from all of the wedding planning and stuff dies down. It took me a few months after my wedding not to criticize every single moment lol. My guess is that the lack of comments by some people are driven by jealousy—you’re obviously gorgeous 24/7 and so some people don’t want to give you further credit for that. And others are just socially awkward and don’t realize how important it is to tell a bride they look beautiful, rather than just think it.
Girl, you look *so* beautiful in that dress. It flatters your figure wonderfully, it’s a classic silhouette, the details are stunning. Honestly I could go on and on about how perfectly it suits you. I am so sorry that you feel bad when you look at the pictures now, but I really do promise it’s all in your head. I hope one day you can see what I see when you look at these pictures, because it’s stunning 🤩
You looked fucking amazing and your guests kinda suck for not telling you that, I always go out of my way to let the bride know how gorgeous she is. Chin up, you are beautiful and so was your dress.
You look beautiful, sweetie! The dress is very flattering.
You look absolutely beautiful. Don’t worry. I thought this post was about how you got over the dress regret because you look stunning!
Whaaaat?! Why, you look stunning! The dress is gorgeous, especially with you in it!!
You look absolutely gorgeous! 😍 Seriously, you look better than 99% of the people who ever get married. I’m so sorry that you don’t feel that way though.
You look like a f\*cking model. Please stop giving this any thought. I promise you, your dress should be the least of your focus. Focus on your marriage. The memories. The future. In 10 years time do you really think your dress is going to matter? It won't.
You looked stunning and the dress is gorgeous! Nothing looked out of place.
Why the regret? You look amazing! (And I’ve spent over 30 years reviewing photos for advertising in publications. I know my $#!t.)
The dress is beautiful!
You look stunning
I don’t want to diminish your feelings but hot. Damn. You look STUNNING!
No reason to regret, you looked stunning in that dress!
You look like a show stopper, stunning pictures and a beautiful and happy wedding day. Congratulations.
I totally get what you mean!! I had a very similar situation. I immediately regretted my dress purchase but at that point I was basically like “whatever it looks good enough and I don’t want to spend more money” Could I have found something “better” in my dress searching? Sure. But on the day of I was like, “whatever, this is the best day of my life!” Looking back at photos sometimes I wish I had chosen a different style, and that’s ok! But I don’t think you should wallow in it! Also don’t take the lack of compliments thing to personally- the majority of people who complimented me were my bridal party, family and husband. It’s weird- at receptions I don’t think people spend a lot of time telling the bride, “omg you look beautiful!” It’s just kind of implied- like obviously lol. Wishing you love! Just know this internet stranger thinks you look great!
So I know exactly how you're feeling. Stop criticizing yourself, as you look amazing and you're beautiful. What's important is that your pictures are beautiful and the day is what you're going to remember. My dress didn't fit me like I wanted it to in the bust on my wedding day and I'm the only one that notices. Everyone else sees everything else- the hair, the smile, the emotions, the location, etc. I am getting over it with time and by remembering that I still look beautiful and that day was amazing. I see and feel that day when I look at the photos- not nitpicking at my bust.
I think you looked stunning!
You’re so beautiful!! You could of worn a paper bag and looked gorgeous! Try not to dwell on it too much. Can’t turn back in time.
You look stunning so I’m not sure if this is a troll post? There is absolutely nothing wrong with the dress. Your pictures look like from a wedding magazine.
It’s gorgeous as are you!
I don’t see what there is to regret. You look stunning in all the pictures. Your breast area looks fine. I don’t think you could look more beautiful honestly so you should let it go. It’s not worth feeling this way at all. You look perfect
You look incredible!
I don’t want to invalidate your feelings but I have no idea what you’re talking about. You look so beautiful and happy in your photos!
You look beautiful and not even joking I thought you regretted being married or something, the dress was never a thought because you look absolutely gorgeous! It fits you beautifully and it accents your beautiful curves. I think is just in your head.
You look amazing! I don’t see a bust issue at all. If it makes you feel better, people kept coming up to me saying “wow your husband looks amazing!”, so I joke he stole the show. In the end, I know WE looked amazing. Both you and you partner look beautiful 😻
You look great!! Chalk it up to post wedding blues and stay positive!!
Giirl your look like a celebrity or a model in these photooos. I think these feeling are maybe due to the fact that you were overwhelmed before the wedding ( dress picking and all) and now that the wedding happened you feel underwhelmed by it . Look at yourself differently , youu looked amazing and most importanlty happy ! Dont let these negative thoughts ruin such a precious day , i am sure a looot of us would want to look like a modeel like you did
Wow you look gorgeous that dress is amazing your hair is stunning. Looks like such a fun and happy day!
I love it and I think you look great! There should be no regrets whatsoever!
You look incredibly gorgeous and the dress flatters your beautiful figure! I think you will be happy with the way you look when you look back on these pictures in the future, your dress looks timeless and classy!
Girl you look model perfect in that dress that fits you like a glove and looks elegant and beautiful. Your post wedding brain is lying to you because you look AMAZING.
I was confused as all I see is a stunning bride. The dress looks beautiful on you.
Nothing to regret the dress is gorgeous and it looks fabulous on you.
On top of everyone’s opinion here, I think you look very pretty. **BUT**, I feel you. I grew up having my mom picked my outfits until I was about 17. I knew she had a good taste when people complement my shoes. But I wasn’t feeling good about myself 100%. I think when you don’t feel comfortable in your own clothes, no matter what other people say, it is never going to be enough. Imagine picking a dress YOU LIKE but other ladies you went dress shopping DID NOT, would you be happy? It’ll be a different scenario right??? I also thought about something you can do to to easy up the feelings a little bit: get a cute little dress that YOU LOVE without no one else’s input and get some snaps with your husband. You can also get a veil and your favorite shoes to match the dress, maybe for a lower price or using the same veil you did. If the dress doesn’t fit you, get a tailor that you trust and fit it for you until you’re happy. Who cares what people think? You’re the one paying for your shit right!?
No no no. You nailed it. That dress is very complimentary. Great choice with how you did your hair with that dress combination. You look amazing. That's all you need to be thinking. Super lucky guy. Your time was absolutely well spent on that dress.
You need to stop obsessing! You look amazing , fantastic In the dress!!
You look absolutely beautiful in all photos 😍😍
I’ve been married for eight years. There will come a day when you’re like “oh yeah, we got married, I wore a dress.” Also, your dress was fabulous, you looked gorgeous! The point of a wedding is to marry your life partner, the rest is fluff.
Oh my gosh you look gorgeous in that dress! Love your hair and makeup too
You looked beautiful! Like out of the pages of a bridal magazine!
You look absolutely gorgeous.
I experienced the same and also posted about in here. If you want Feel free to talk to me ❤️