Trying on vintage wedding dresses at the thrift store!

[@MaeArt725]

The last ones real cute, maybe layering something with it could make it a cute casual outfit

[@julieroadnight]

Dye it a darker colour? It’s a reallly nice dress on you 👌🏻

[@JigglyPuff_JesusChristLovesYou]

@@julieroadnightperhaps pink!

[@DelightedEris]

You almost always have to size up two sizes when trying on wedding or even prom dresses I learned. I bet if you tried again you’d find some :) love the challenge

[@sapphireheart5757]

This is extremely realistic. When I tried on vintage dresses they looked really good… as long as you ignore the fact the back couldn’t close. 🤣

[@kaiaclark8383]

I thrifted a gorgeous designer 50s two piece ball gown style wedding dress. The top is a halter corset with hand beaded bust cups and the cutest little bow. The bottom has a built in crinoline and a small train (it's very poofy). AND it fits perfectly! I got it for $15 back in college, years before I even met my husband lol. You'll find your dress in time!

[@nevermoreart]

i thrifted a gorgeous wedding dress a few years ago too and this comment gave me hope! i'm only 18, so marriage seems pretty far for me at the moment, but i can't wait to possibly wear it on my wedding day... it's got loads of tulle in the skirt and gorgeous puff sleeves with little pink roses and even a huge bow on the back, it's super pretty!

[@kaiaclark8383]

@@nevermoreart I think I thrifted my first wedding dress in highschool! I dyed it and used it as a prom dress and then shortened it to use as a fairy costume for ren faire! Been legally married for a few years now (I'm 23for ref) and stlill haven't gotten the opportunity to wear my dress bc I haven't had a ceremony (and likely won't). But I have to get pictures in it at the very least!!

[@liav4102]

Kid 16 is basically an adult small but a little shorter which is a fantastic thing to know as you can get a lot cheaper fan apparel in the kid section

[@maggiee639]

Remember vintage sizing is crazy different. A size 8 vintage is a 2 or a 4 depending on the period/ cut of the dress.

[@dishdash5457]

With thrift store wedding dresses a lot of people would have done alterations to them to fit their specific body. Some brides buy a dress and lose a few sizes; whilst some might gain. So you might find that the size indicated might not always be an actual one.

[@FairyFuneral]

Noooooo that kids dress was so cute

[@mandi3891]

Yes 👏 I tried my hardest to find a second hand wedding dress. Turns out all of the dresses in my size are either extremely ugly or fast fashion brands. Finally I just gave up and bought a new one.

[@siiri._.]

My grandmas wedding dress fit me when i was 11 lol

[@miha1216]

I found the perfect wedding dress that fitted me perfectly Now im ready to get married i just need a patner lmao

[@alanafay]

HAHAHA that’s so real lmao congrats anyway !!!!💜💜💜

[@liadanducky]

Always fun when a kid’s dress fits but the adult ones don’t😂😂😂😅

[@RoughRickRyder6969]

That kids dress would have been great with like a slip underneath.

[@BeaconPC]

The last one looked so adorable ❤ But the first one 😂

[@KSkjold]

Key is to know your measurements or know your vintage size range. I am a current size 3/4 so I know that a size 12/14 in vintage almost always fits. Sometimes other sizes fit also but it depends on the shape of the item. It amazes me sometimes tho how small vintage clothing is 😅

[@kahnabull1694]

That last one may very well have been my actual communion dress from 1994. 😂 I seriously doubt it, but it looks soooo similar.

[@Iza_bell_a]

I love the fact your looking for a vintage wedding dress, I actually got my dress in a thrift store and I love it so much! ( I'm pretty sure mines from the 60's )

[@alanafay]

Yes! I’m not even engaged but I have always envisioned getting a vintage / antique wedding dress, ideally cheap from the thrift store. I’m a huge thrifter!

[@Anna-ww4pv]

People were thinner in the 70’s and 80’s.

[@adaharrisonn]

That's because you're not an XS or whatever. I'm the same (based on visual estimation we are about the same size and shape) and let me tell you vintage is so rarely for anyone but size small-extra small. I never find vintage anything in my size, everything is soooo small.

[@alanafay]

Honestly yeah, I’m a size small 4/6ish with a 28” waist, but I’m curvy so that seems to be the issue. However, I actually get lucky and find vintage that fits me ALL THE TIME, just .. wedding dresses are hard. I feel like women so often lost weight for their weddings and also the dresses were tailored to specific measurements so idk. Also, people were generally smaller than today. Idk

[@helmaschine1885]

The reason is that most people don't have kids that are XS and so they can't easily be changed, so they flood the market. Meanwhile, medium or large can be easily remade to be more modern.

[@Volzotran]

​bruh you're not a size small... skinny people exist @alanafay

[@raerohan4241]

​@@Volzotran She's considered small in the U.S.

[@alanafay]

@@Volzotran why are literally all my clothes a size small then 😭

[@JulEnglefaris]

"Vintage, from the 90s" COME ON 😭

[@alanafay]

Hey! Vintage just means 20 yrs old or more :) 90s has been vintage for a while. This is a question I get a lot!

[@mindypweightloss]

90's is vintage now? I'm crying... 😭😭😭

[@real_cherita]

I’ve heard people refer to 2010s clothing as vintage as well😢

[@houseplantgirl1]

Need that last one 😩

[@hollypierce3076]

These are the try on videos I like to see! It makes me feel better about when I got thrifting for vintage clothing and NOTHING FITS😩🤦🏻‍♀️😂 I swear people were smaller back then because wow it's hard to find anything bigger than a medium/large, and this girly is an xxl (losing weight but not fast enough for my liking) By the way, the last dress was cute in the Japanese Kawaii sense! 🤍🌸💕

[@SirMarcutiotheCat]

omg i think i had a nightgown exactly like that one back in the 90s early 2000s lol

[@danacaro-herman3530]

Don't worry hun, you're absolutely beautiful ❤️

[@samjaneczek9570]

Love realistic thrift try ons. I tend to gravitate towards the women's section more than the men's so most things that look like they fit don't end up working out. Even the men's pants section tends to not work out well. Easy way to save money though, haha.

[@cauliflowerthecat]

THE KIDS DRESS WAS SO CUTE??

[@alanafay]

UGHHH I AGREEEEE

[@MsBrendalina]

I own my grandmother's 1949 wedding dress. But, sadly, I'm too fat to wear it 😭

[@grovesy333]

You’re beautiful as always 😍

[@MacyJacob]

I shuddered why you said you left the last one behind 😭😭😭😭😭

[@tamaraarcher855]

Just FYI wedding dresses don't have the same history of vanity sizing that our everyday clothes do. That goes for modern wedding dresses too. So your likely to me a much larger size in wedding dresses. Don't feel discouraged. This is just what your size would be if vanity sizing wasn't around to fuck with our minds.

[@riquelgarten8853]

I had that last one in pink when i was a kid! ❤

[@MadScientist-um9ui]

Love the real content❤

[@aspentaylor2028]

I WANT THE LAST ONE SO BADDDD 😭

[@rocksandmoss6669]

I’m always so sad trying on my grandmas old clothes because I’m too big for them. I sometimes wish I got more of their genes and was smaller so I would fit better…

[@MissSchnickfitzel]

Theres so many normal or even big sizes in vintage. Huge misconception everyone was tiny. Lots of people just buy teen clothes and wonder why they are small 😅. Probably only high fashion.

[@jkdonnie23]

Why are there only 100 comments? This is fun and cool

[@wow.za.]

I get the struggle 😭

[@mushrumes3127]

I might take the first dress cause it's basically jilbab lmao

[@Sami-cv5je]

That white child's dress... I had in white pink and beige

[@80sKitty]

I like this more realistic video 😊

[@jessierichardson727]

Omg I tried on quite a few and they were all SO SMALLLLL and I’m an AUS8 😅

[@delanybuss1807]

Try Mormon thrift stores they always have weddding dresses there

[@felicita6577]

Wedding dresses for grown women couldn’t fit you but a child size dress could ! That says a lot about how society treats women , and it’s so sad 😞

[@alanafay]

THANK YOU finally someone gets what I was implying there 😭😭

[@Kytti-not-kitty]

also remember children's things would have been stretchy/made to run and play in and to fit lots of kids but wedding dresses will have been heavily tailored for the og wearer.

[@sunglassesemojis]

I don’t understand, what does it say about how society treats women? If women are under much less pressure to be skinny nowadays doesn’t that mean we treat women better?

[@christinajones4171]

You put a slip on under the last dress

[@Beanz-on-Toast]

Id have grabbed that child dress and wore a slip under it. That was mad cute

[@teresapeters7682]

❤

[@conqueringthelabyrinth]

Not me cringing at the fact that the 90s are now vintage....

[@JazzyBabe56]

guess we were all too skinny back in the 70's...

[@cristiniarguedini6186]

Nah we all too fat now

[@arefish7630]

Yet the kids dress fit. It probably just shrunk

[@tuckerlocke1504]

@alanafay You are beautiful and very cute. You look super cute in everything

[@MB-vz8yj]

Soooo the 90’s is vintage now 😢

[@alanafay]

2004 is vintage now, technically speaking. The 90s has been vintage for a while

[@Banyo__]

Vintage items are pieces that are between 20+ years old and 100 years old. Anything older than that is considered to be antique. This is a widely held standard in the fashion industry.

[@cappyfann750]

Buy several dresses and use the fabric to make a wedding dress that will fit.

[@shadawg9195]

😮

[@pompommania]

The dresses are too small. That's why. A size 12 now isn't a size 12 then.

[@whereisthebeach8664]

The 90s is vintage?!!! FML 😂

[@alanafay]

Yep! 2004 is technically vintage, anything 20+ years old.

[@whereisthebeach8664]

@@alanafay I humbly disagree 😂😂😂

[@alanafay]

@@whereisthebeach8664 that’s okay! But it’s not really an agree or disagree thing , it’s like a fashion rule; you’re welcome to look into it 💜

[@whereisthebeach8664]

@@alanafayI am only kidding with you :) I was born in the 80s, so you can see why 😂😂.

[@alanafay]

@@whereisthebeach8664 oh I apologize, I have a tendency to take things way too seriously 😭💜 you’re all good! I’m sure it will be weird to me in 20 years when the clothes I’m wearing are considered vintage

[@azusa004]

just please don't rip them

[@alona3871]

They're just not your size.

[@maerose5960]

maybe your just curvy???

[@suekayacik4651]

I dare to say women grow in the last 2 decades I would never fit in that stuff I am not that fat but almost 6 foot

[@Lazydaisy646]

Maybe try on dresses in your size

[@Cannibalizee]

I mean, why are you trying on dresses that are quite obviously too small for you, in the first place?

[@michelarose9486]

I gotta b real ur arms are pretty skinny

[@pandoraaaraseth1040]

A kid 16 is an obese child size. It should fit almost all adult women.

[@alanafay]

Hey love, a kids’ size 16 is for 16-year-olds. It generally corresponds with an adult women’s XS or S. Hope this helps

[@Ottolineification]

Maybe you should try clothes in your size. This is ridiculous

[@alanafay]

Sorry I can’t necessarily tell just by looking at it if it’s gonna fit me. And neither can most of the population so this is relatable content which is why people like it.

[@grammarpolice9219]

Wait a min this is a guy?

[@alanafay]

yes and I have a ginormous 🍆

[@grammarpolice9219]

@@alanafay idk if ur joking but ur bio says “goofy guy” but ur not one 💀

[@alanafay]

@@grammarpolice9219 it’s a joke love