Finding your best style and size can be challenging, especially when you are expecting. To help, we offer a selection of dedicated Maternity Styles designed with extra room in the waist and belly to comfortably accommodate your changing body.
You can order our Maternity Styles in either standard or custom sizing. However, choosing the right path depends on how far along you'll be:
- Standard Sizing (Recommended!): If this is your first pregnancy, or if you will be further along by the time of the wedding, standard sizing is usually your best bet. Standard size dresses are fully returnable, giving you peace of mind if your body changes more than expected!
- Custom Sizing (Proceed with caution!): While we do offer custom sizing, we highly recommend avoiding it for maternity wear. Because pregnancy bodies are beautifully unpredictable, a custom dress made to your current measurements might not fit by the time your event rolls around. Since custom dresses are made specifically for you, they are final sale and cannot be returned. Standard sizing is definitely the safer, stress-free route!
You can read below for more information about the option you are interested in.
Standard Sizing Guide
Ready to find your perfect standard size? To determine which size will fit you best, grab a measuring tape and measure your bust, under bust, and hips. You can then compare your numbers to our maternity size chart, which is conveniently located on every dress's order page.
Pro Tip: If your measurements fall between two sizes, we always recommend choosing the larger size and having it altered closer to your event. It is much easier for a tailor to take a dress in than to let it out, ensuring you stay comfortable and confident as your body changes!
Custom Sizing Guide
If you decide to custom-order one of our Maternity Styles, we will need a few specific measurements at checkout to get that perfect fit. Please provide your current bust, under bust, belly, hips, and hollow-to-floor measurements.
While most of our measuring instructions can be found in the video on our size chart page, here is exactly how to measure your under bust and belly:
- Under Bust: Wearing a well-fitting bra, measure around your ribcage directly beneath your bust (using the bottom of your bra band as a guide). Make sure the tape is level all the way around, and keep it slightly loose for comfort.
- Around Belly: Wrap the tape around the fullest part of your belly/waist. Keep the tape level and slightly loose so you can breathe easily!
Adding Wiggle Room for Custom Sizing
Our maternity patterns are specially designed with extra room built-in automatically, so you do not need to add anything extra to your measurements. However, if you would feel safer having a little extra breathing room, you can add an additional 0.25 - 0.5 inches (0.5-1.25cm) to your bust, under bust, belly, and hip measurements.
Looking at a Non-Maternity Style? If you plan to order a regular dress and alter it for your pregnancy, these guidelines won't apply. Please follow our custom sizing guidelines under the Non-Maternity Styles FAQ here.
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