Help for long train on dress for wedding in 10 days!

Hi I had quite a long train but luckily i hadbuttons down the back of it so the lady doing my alterationd added a small ribbon hook on theseem (on the outside so it gatherd up and hooked onto a button, here is a before and after shot!

not sure if it helps greatly as different styles and from what i can gather you still have some train after hooking!

One bit of advice though, my friend had a popper at the bottom of her train to 'pop' in with the other half tucked under. it kept comming 'un popped' which was frustraiting and it didnt last as the weight of the train was too heavy for it!

My dress had a rather large train, which I bustled up with ribbons inside the dress. The top ribbon was a few inches below my hips and the second ribbon was about halfway down the train. Not sure this helps much with the wanting to keep the detail on show but might be your only option.

This is my dress i too like MrsC am having a ribbon bustle, my dress has loads of detail all down the back so dont think it takes away from the design by having this although if yours is mainly around the bottom i understand your concern,

try this site i have found it useful and you just need to look for the type of bustle you want it will tell and show you step by step http://www.ehow.com/how_4885418_make-wedding-dress-bustle.html

I'm a Sophia Tolli bride too!!!!

On you tube there are loads of videos on how to bustle a wedding dress using the ribbon method which I think is better for a heavy train. If you gety them in the right place you should still be able to show off the detail, good luck!

My cousin had a hook on hers and we spent most of the evening trying to repair the hook with a hotel sewing kit after it bent and then came off! in the end we gave up and she flung it over her arm for the evening.

My train was not huge but I had a wrist ribbon inside the dress that went over my wrist. Dress looked really cute held up and it was great for dancing!

Thanks everyone for replying and for sharing your beautiful pictures! Lifesaver, I will go through in detail with my mum tonight. I didn't even know what to Google before now, and all those examples of bustles are amazing, I had no idea that's what it was.

I orignally wanted to have a wrist tie during my first dance, but when I tried it on, dress was still way too long

I can't wait to be in my dress...wish I could wear it all the time

I would definately recommend getting the hand held hoop too as a back up.

My friend's dress was so very heavy was it couldn't be bustled and she spent all evening pulling it around and carrying it over her arm.

Mine was also quite large, and I coped fine with the hand hook until probably 9pm, then I tried to bustle it, but it didn't look as I wanted it to, so by 11pm it was back down and being carried.