Long-line bras in DC/MD/VA?

[bironic]

I'm the maid of honor in my best friend's August wedding. (I hope bridesmaids are welcome in this community!) I have the dress (in dark blue), I have the shoes (silver), I'm brainstorming on the hairstyle -- now it's time for the bra

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[ipsafictura]

You don't wear an unusual size, so pretty much any department store in your area should be a good bet. Most of them have a "special occasion" section which has strapless and longline bras that are designed to be worn under formalwear. If there is a Macy's near you, they usually have a pretty good selection of that kind of thing.

(And yes, of course you're welcome!)

[bironic]

Maybe the websites are showing fewer styles than the stores actually have in stock? It's also entirely possible that I've never noticed those sections of department stores because I've never needed to buy a bra like that! Hm. Maybe I'll make a simple mall trip and hit Macy's, Penney, etc., hoping I can remember the fits from one store to the next.

[ipsafictura]

Yeah, there are usually a great many more styles of the more "specialty" bras at Macys than they display on the website. Do you have your dress in hand yet? It's a lot easier to shop if you can try stuff on with the dress to make sure it looks nice and is low enough in the back, etc. Depending on how close the fit on the dress is, you may be better off with something like this to avoid any kind of line. That's sometimes an issue with dresses in that style.

[bironic]

Hm. Like a dress under the dress. Interesting. I wonder if that wouldn't be too warm for an August ceremony.

The dress is due in to the store in mid-May, and yeah, I'll definitely need to check that the bra doesn't show in front or back. Which raises a chicken and egg problem: do you do dress alterations and then pick the bra, or the other way around?

Questions, questions. Thanks for the help!

[ipsafictura]

Definitely get the bra before doing alterations. You want to be wearing everything you will be wearing for the ceremony when you go for fittings/alterations. So, same shoes, same bra, etc.

[bironic]

Got it. Great.