Past Brides, did your bustle break? good info to future brides

P: 7/12/2009 7:22:31 PM

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My wedding was last night, the best day ever..............but I wanted to ask other brides, did your bustle break?
Mine did, i had 8 safety pins holding it up - many brides at my wedding told me they always break and that theirs did too.
I wanted to take a poll that I thought would
1) be interesting and
2) be good information for brides with weddings coming up

Posted: 7/12/2009 7:22:31 PM

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P: 7/12/2009 7:41:48 PM
Munchkin Cut Rock Total Posts: 403 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/3/2004	Mine broke and it was a hand made, custom gown. I have a funny photo of a inebriated friend trying to help "fix it" by stuffing my train down into the back of my bodice! However, I danced all night long. I genuinely don't think any bustle could have withstood all the bouncing around I did. Make sure you have pins in an emergency kit, and make sure they are sturdy pins. My train would have bent any small pins.
Posted: 7/12/2009 7:41:48 PM

P: 7/12/2009 7:59:24 PM
emeraldlover1 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,475 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/20/2006	Most brides I have know said their bustles broke. I only have one tie for my bustle so I asked for extra backups just in case. We will see at my next fitting how that works. EM1
Posted: 7/12/2009 7:59:24 PM

P: 7/12/2009 8:59:16 PM
Clairitek Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,848 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/21/2008	I said that my bustle broke but I suppose technically it didn't, but my dress is permanently damaged from the bustle points and getting stepped on. My dress was two layers of silk organza over the lining. I got stepped on A LOT. In hindsight, I would have had the seamstress pull my bustle up more so it barely brushed the floor. Every time my dress got stepped on it pulled the little stitch where my bustle points were through the delicate organza. I now have HOLES in my train. I was going to try to re-sell my gown but I think that I will just keep it. Might be good to tell you that my bustle was a French style with 5 points (a ring and a set of ribbons to tie on to the ring). *----** C-tek
Posted: 7/12/2009 8:59:16 PM

P: 7/12/2009 9:08:48 PM
SarahLovesJS Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,973 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 2/3/2008	Didn't break..but did come undone at one point after I did a lot of dancing and had to be rebustled lol. But it held overall. She did I think an 8-point french bustle? Mrs. S<3JS
Posted: 7/12/2009 9:08:48 PM

P: 7/13/2009 12:39:59 PM
Hudson_Hawk Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,499 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/2/2006	My bustle broke but only because the seamstress didn't make it 'quite' short enough and my mom stepped on it and tore it....way to go mom.... That's Mrs. Hudson_Hawk to you... Over and out.
Posted: 7/13/2009 12:39:59 PM

P: 7/13/2009 12:42:23 PM
jstarfireb Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,157 Last Post: 11/24/2009 Member Since: 3/24/2007	Nope, but mine definitely was too long. I kept stepping on it during the dancing, and it (1) was really annoying, and (2) got incredibly dirty. ************************** "In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song." -Muriel Barbary
Posted: 7/13/2009 12:42:23 PM

P: 7/13/2009 12:46:03 PM
so cal girl Cut Rock Total Posts: 183 Last Post: 10/6/2009 Member Since: 3/22/2007	Yup, mine broke as well. My wedding planner tried sewing it mid-reception, but everyone was still stepping on it. So now I have a beautiful Vera Wang gown with tears all in the train
Posted: 7/13/2009 12:46:03 PM

P: 7/13/2009 5:28:57 PM
Yimmers Cut Rock Total Posts: 118 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 4/30/2008	My ends of my train was designed to tie to separate points on the back of the gown. Hubby stepped on one side and ripped it from its tie. I ended up throwing the train over my arm and walking around it with the rest of the night. Luckily, it was lace and not very heavy.
Posted: 7/13/2009 5:28:57 PM

P: 7/13/2009 5:44:18 PM
dboatsupreme Rough Rock Total Posts: 70 Last Post: 7/13/2009 Member Since: 3/9/2009	Eeek! That sounds scary. I hope mine doesn't break...
Posted: 7/13/2009 5:44:18 PM

P: 7/13/2009 5:54:50 PM
ms.halo Cut Rock Total Posts: 315 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 4/1/2009	I don't know what kind of bustle I had, but it had 16 ribbons underneath that tied into eight knots. My husband tied them up right after the ceremony (in Jewish tradition, the couple spends about 30 minutes together alone between the ceremony and the reception). None came undone and the bustle was perfect all night. Several of my girlfriends had bustles that broke, especially if they were buttons or hooks.
Posted: 7/13/2009 5:54:50 PM

P: 7/13/2009 6:08:06 PM
NewEnglandLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,153 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/27/2007	I had an 8-point french bustle and all of the ties except for one broke. The first one or two broke maybe 3 hours into the night? But my reception was more of a dinner-party reception, no real dancing, so I was surprised. Once one or two went, though, they all seemed to go! I was carrying my dress around by the end of the night, but I didn't really mind.
Posted: 7/13/2009 6:08:06 PM

P: 7/13/2009 6:15:09 PM
Ara Ann Ideal Rock Total Posts: 582 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/5/2009	I had an overlay of lace on my gown, with buttons and hooks to hold up the bustle, but we never found two of the hooks in all the fabric, so after about 25 mins., we finally resorted to pinning it up...it worked fine and held all night.
Posted: 7/13/2009 6:15:09 PM

P: 7/13/2009 6:18:43 PM
KimberlyH Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,552 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 6/15/2006	It took 20 minutes for my mom and a friend to bustle my dress, but once it was done it stayed put the entire evening and it looked beautiful.
Posted: 7/13/2009 6:18:43 PM

P: 7/13/2009 8:53:29 PM
havernell Cut Rock Total Posts: 490 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/10/2006	The back of my gown/train was kind of weird shape, so a traditional bustle didn't work on my dress (unless I wanted a big butt-pouff, which I did not). So, instead of a bustle, I had a loop sewn into the underside of the train that I hung around my wrist when I wanted the train off the floor and essentially "carried" it. It was actually pretty fun to have it looped around my wrist and the loop stayed attached all night (plus made for some fun first dance photos). So, that could be an alternative to a bustle for those of you who have shorter trains (I don't think it would work for a long train unless you have reeeally long arms ;)
Posted: 7/13/2009 8:53:29 PM

P: 7/13/2009 10:02:31 PM
Haven Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,072 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 2/16/2007	I voted that mine didn't break and stayed up all night because as far as I knew, that was what happened! I had A LOT of satin ribbons sewn into my gown for my bustle, I can't remember if it was 16 or 24 sets, but it was a lot. They all stayed in place except for one, which tore a bit where it was sewn in. I stepped on my dress quite a bit that night when we went to the fireworks, so I think that is when it must have happened. Otherwise, my experience with the bustle ties being sewn in with tie ribbons was fantastic. ********************************************************** "I'm sorry I ruined your lives and crammed eleven cookies into the VCR." - Buddy the Elf "Let your inner Liz Taylor out and rock it." - diamondfan
Posted: 7/13/2009 10:02:31 PM

P: 7/13/2009 10:31:31 PM
Gypsy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,306 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/9/2005	My bustle was up almost the entire day. I think my skirt was down for an hour total. Had no issue with it. Zipper broke though. NO plastic zippers.
Posted: 7/13/2009 10:31:31 PM

P: 7/13/2009 11:04:09 PM
honey22 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,950 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 7/29/2007	My best friends bustle kept on coming undone. I plan to have a bustle put in, but in reality I will probably just hold it up with it's little tie. There is something about holding up your wedding gown, I know it's not practical but it looks so darn fabulous in pics when the bride has gracefully got her train linked onto her hand. Ahhh, can't wait!!! Wedding Date Take 2: 26th November 2009!
Posted: 7/13/2009 11:04:09 PM

P: 7/13/2009 11:40:09 PM
newsboysgrl777 Cut Rock Total Posts: 371 Last Post: 10/20/2009 Member Since: 1/25/2008	WOW! I am so surprised at these results...I think bustles are great in theory, but if you dance AT ALL, it won't hold. At first, I wanted an under-bustle...but I had to switch seamstresses (long, irritating story) and the second one wouldn't do it the way I wanted. Anyway...I wonder if my bustle wouldn't have broken had it been done the way _I_ wanted??
Posted: 7/13/2009 11:40:09 PM

P: 7/14/2009 2:20:17 AM
bee* Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,105 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/14/2006	Date: 7/13/2009 6:18:43 PM Author: KimberlyH It took 20 minutes for my mom and a friend to bustle my dress, but once it was done it stayed put the entire evening and it looked beautiful. Mine was the same-it took a while to bustle it up but once it was, it stayed perfect for the night.
Posted: 7/14/2009 2:20:17 AM

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