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You remember the one: big and white and big

Whether that means taking in a gown to make it smaller for your hips, bust, or waist (or maybe everywhere), adding cups, shortening straps, hemming the length, and adding in the bustle for your train, alterations are a standard part of the whole process

Meguire Hennes is the fashion staff writer at Marie Claire, where she breaks down the celebrity looks living rent-free in her head (and yours)

You can also make it ahead and store it in the refrigerator for up to 2 days before baking

The fabric alone sells me on this dress

LOVED THIS TOP ORBUSTIER BUT WANT TO COMBINE IT WITH DIFFERENT STYLE OF TOP OR BUSTIER OR SKIRT