Brides Above Size 18, Read This!

There is something wrong with the size-inclusive wedding-dress shopping, and it isn’t women with curves.

- Kelsey Miller

I’m standing in a dressing room, jammed into a dress five times too small for me. My arms are extended, Frankenstein-style, because the sleeves are so tight that if I bend my elbows I may burst through the lace. This is not how I imagined shopping for a wedding dress! Actually, I never imagined I’d buy a wedding dress at all. I’m a size 20-22, and shopping for my everyday clothes can be hard enough. While I’m used to buying things online all the time, because most stores aren’t size-inclusive, I knew that wouldn’t be an option this time; this purchase would be too expensive, nonreturnable and, you know, the dress I’d get married in! I had to try it before buying. But as I’d soon discover, many bridal samples were 12s or 14s – too small for me to even get into. So I began my dre