Heather N.

My daughter was recently married in a beautiful gown from shirley's dress. She is nearly 6'2" with a 38" inseam and thin. This makes finding clothes that fit nearly impossible. I had 8 weeks to plan a wedding and finding her dream dress was at the top of the list. We were also looking for a modest dress as well. A local gown shop had the lace look that she wanted. A designer gown by Allure, however, it was about 5 inches too short and the price tag was $1,500. I happened to google "dresses for tall brides" and stumbled upon the shirleysdress site. The next day we carefully watched the measuring video provided on the site and entered in her measurements. We opted to enter her bust, waist, and hip measurements 1/2 an inch larger than what we were reading. We also were able to specify how much longer we wanted the dress and how high of a heel she would be wearing. The only additional measurement I would have liked to see was the waist placement. We did not have a problem because my daughter has very long legs and the waist was in the right place for her, but many tall people have long torsos. 18 days of anticipation later and the dress arrived in a package on my doorstep. I admit that I was really worried that things wouldn't work out, but when my daughter tried it on it was absolutely perfect. We ended up taking off the satin belt that came with the dress and ordering an embellished belt and slip off of Amazon. I am sure that if we had mentioned leaving off the belt at the time of ordering accommodations would have been made. The best part about the dress was the low price. We paid about $180 INCLUDING SHIPPING. The money that we would have spent on a more expensive gown went toward their dream honeymoon.
I am a photographer, and this dress photographed beautifully and she got so many compliments. People were shocked when they heard that we ordered it online, and even more shocked when they heard the amazing price. There were some clear strings that I had to snip off, but they were from the lace fabric itself and NOT from the construction of the garment. I found the dress to be well constructed and stunning to look at. THANK YOU shirleysdress!