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How to choose between two wedding dresses

When you love two different dresses equally for a small wedding, deciding which one to wear becomes overwhelming. This indecision stops you from moving forward with necessary alterations like hemming and fitting, leaving you stuck right before the big day.

What people tried

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Doing an outfit change from formal to casual
  2. 2
    Wearing one dress to photos and one to the party
  3. 3
    Using both dresses on both occasions

In their words

Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.

r/weddingplanning2 people · September 2026

What I’m struggling with is I really like both of these dresses.source ↗

I’m not sure which one for which!source ↗

Would drop off to get hemmed (and straps/bust altered for floral since it’s a little loose) in next day or two.source ↗

starry-boi · r/weddingplanning · 2 upvotes

I am stressing about it now cause I don’t know what to do, do you have guys any ideas or suggestions?source ↗

Havean_24 · r/weddingplanning · 1 upvotes

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