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Carllissy Oliver, Miami Beach, FL (2025)

12/20/2025

which one looks more elegant?

12/20/2025

How embarrassing is this compared to my friends' dresses? I'm the one in the middle wearing the green crocheted dress I made myself because I couldn't afford a real prom dress, and I'm standing next to my two best friends who bought theirs from actual stores and I just want to disappear.

They spent months shopping at fancy boutiques, sending me links to $400 and $500 dresses like that was completely normal money to spend on one night. I kept saying "still looking" because I was too mortified to admit my family can't drop that kind of cash on a dress I'll wear once. My mom works two jobs and there was no way I was asking her to spend a week's paycheck so I could look like everyone else at prom.

So I crocheted it. Bought emerald green thread on sale, found a pattern that looked fancy enough that maybe people wouldn't immediately clock it as homemade. Spent two months working on it after school, hiding it when friends came over because explaining why I was making my own dress felt like admitting I was poor. The bodice has this lace pattern that took forever and I nearly quit three times because it felt pointless. Why was I even trying?

I needed some metallic thread for accents and found it on Tedooo app from someone who sells crochet supplies. When I messaged asking if it would work she was so encouraging, sent extras and told me handmade formal wear is actually special, that I should think about selling my work. I'd been looking at the app anyway, seeing what other makers sell, thinking maybe I could open a little shop for the things I crochet constantly just to keep my hands busy. Now I actually have one there with a few pieces, nothing fancy, just stuff I make.

But standing here at prom between my friends in their perfect store-bought dresses, I just feel like the charity case. Like everyone can tell I'm the one who had to craft her way here instead of buying something like a normal person. People keep complimenting the dress but I can't tell if they mean it or if they're being nice because they feel bad for me.

12/19/2025

Help my mom choose a mother of the groom dress!

My brother is getting married, I have a dress picked out finally for myself, but it's narrowed down to two for my mom and we are about even on family and friends voting on which dress. They are all custom made by a designer she found through a recommendation from her crafty community on the Tedooo app, and she will keep them all regardless of the choise.

Bride hasn't given a dress code or color for mother of groom.

12/19/2025

I bought my wedding dress yesterday and I don't even have a boyfriend.

Let that sink in for a minute. I'm 34, single as a pringle, and I just spent my grocery money on a dress that might never see an aisle. But when I walked into Goodwill looking for a coffee mug and saw this hanging between a 1987 prom disaster and someone's bridesmaid nightmare, my heart stopped.

Fifty dollars. That's what the tag said. I've been to three bridal shops where dresses that looked like white potato sacks cost more than my car payment. The saleswomen kept pushing me toward "age-appropriate" styles, which apparently means covering every inch of skin and looking like a nun getting married. But this dress? This dress was everything I'd imagined since I was seven years old playing dress-up in my mom's closet.

The changing room smelled like mothballs and regret, but when I zipped it up and looked in that warped mirror, I almost started sobbing. It fit like it was sewn for my body specifically. Every bead intact, no stains, no tears, just pure magic waiting for someone to love it again.

I took about fifty photos and FaceTimed my sister, who immediately started crying and screaming, "Buy it NOW before someone else sees it!" So I did. Handed over my grocery money to a teenager who looked at me like I'd lost my mind.

Now it's hanging in my bedroom, and every morning I wake up wondering if I've completely lost it. My friends think I'm having some kind of breakdown. "You can't buy a wedding dress without a wedding," they keep saying. But what if this dress was meant to be mine? What if I manifested my future by believing in it hard enough?

I've been browsing handmade veils on the Tedooo app to complete the look, and the custom work these artists create is absolutely stunning. I even started my own little shop there selling vintage finds, because apparently I'm good at spotting treasures that other people overlook.

Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic who just wasted fifty dollars on a fantasy. But every time I look at this dress, I see possibility. I see the woman I want to become, the love I want to find, the celebration I want to have.

And if someone thinks I'm nuts for buying my dream dress before I found my dream guy, well, at least I'll be ready when he shows up.

12/18/2025

I can’t decide and I’m afraid of dress regret. These are my top 3.
Tried on dresses for the first time today. These are my top three. All of them made by my mom (she is selling her creations on the Tedooo app super cheap just because she still don’t believe in herself to list it in high price, even that customers there are telling her it’s too low!) so wanted to show her that I’m getting married with her dresses but I’m so nervous! I’m super on the fence about #3. I felt like myself in #1 and #2.

12/18/2025

Help me decide which dress looks best!

Hello, 2026 bride here! For context, our wedding will be a fall wedding with a forest-y vibe, with the ceremony taking place outside. I am also continuing my dress search with visits to other boutiques but am already pretty enamored with these options!

All are strapless, dress #1 and #3 come with separate fabric that can be used as drop sleeve options. Dress #2 are wedding separates (although can be made as a one piece).

12/18/2025

What do you think of these dresses? Which dress do you think is the most beautiful? Please help me decide. Thanks in advance. 🌸🩷💃

Elegant blush gowns that highlight femininity, softness, and modern charm—an ideal choice for weddings and formal celebrations.

12/17/2025

Help me decide which dress looks best!

Hello, 2026 bride here! For context, our wedding will be a fall wedding with a forest-y vibe, with the ceremony taking place outside. I am also continuing my dress search with visits to other boutiques but am already pretty enamored with these options!

All are strapless, dress #1 and #3 come with separate fabric that can be used as drop sleeve options. Dress #2 are wedding separates (although can be made as a one piece).

12/17/2025

Made my own homecoming dress after spending three hours crying in department store fitting rooms.

Every dress I tried on made me feel like I was playing dress-up in someone else's body. Too tight in some places, too loose in others, and nothing that felt remotely like "me." The saleswoman kept bringing me different sizes with that fake-cheerful voice that made everything worse. When she suggested I "try a different style" for the third time, I locked myself in the fitting room and had a complete breakdown.

That's when I decided to stop trying to fit into someone else's vision of what I should look like and create something that celebrated exactly who I am. I've always loved sunflowers - they turn toward the light no matter what's happening around them, which felt like the perfect metaphor for getting through high school.

I found the base dress at a thrift store for twelve dollars, then spent weeks hand-sewing silk sunflowers and autumn leaves onto layers of tulle. Each flower placement was deliberate, creating this garden that moves when I walk. The off-shoulder design came from a vintage pattern I discovered through a seamstress on the Tedooo app who specialized in 1950s-inspired pieces.

The night of homecoming, I felt like myself for the first time in months. Not trying to shrink or hide or apologize for taking up space, but actually celebrating it. Other girls kept asking where I got my dress, and when I told them I made it, their faces lit up like I'd shared some kind of secret superpower.

Now I'm working on prom dress designs because apparently half my class wants something custom-made instead of off-the-rack. Turns out when you create something that makes you feel powerful, other people notice and want that feeling for themselves too.

12/17/2025

Wedding dress done with 5 days to spare!!! From a broken arm to restarting the bodice, this has been the most difficult thing I have ever made (also my first ever wearable)!

I'm literally shaking as I type this because three months ago I thought my wedding was going to be ruined, and now I'm staring at this dress that somehow exists despite everything that went wrong.

When my fiancé proposed, I had this romantic vision of finding the perfect vintage dress, something ethereal and unique that didn't cost a fortune. But after months of shopping, everything felt wrong - too expensive, too generic, or just not "me." That's when my future mother-in-law suggested I make my own dress, and I laughed because I'd never made anything more complicated than a scarf.

But something about the idea stuck. I started researching crochet wedding dresses online, completely overwhelmed by the intricate patterns and delicate work involved. Then I found this incredible artist on Tedooo app who specializes in custom bridal crochet. She didn't just sell patterns - she walked me through every step, adjusted techniques for my skill level, and even video-called with me when I got stuck on complicated sections.

Everything was going perfectly until six weeks ago when I slipped on ice and broke my dominant arm. Sitting in the emergency room with a cast up to my elbow, I cried harder about the dress than the pain. All those hours of work, the wedding just two months away, and now I couldn't even hold a crochet hook properly.

That's when the Tedooo community really showed up. When I posted about my situation, this amazing woman messaged me offering to finish the bodice remotely. She had me ship her my work-in-progress along with detailed measurements, and somehow managed to perfectly match my tension and style. Meanwhile, other crafters sent encouragement and tips for crocheting one-handed once my cast came off.

The bodice she sent back was more beautiful than anything I could have created myself, but it was clearly made with love by someone who understood what this dress meant. When my cast finally came off two weeks ago, I had just enough time to complete the train and add the final details.

Last night I tried it on for the final fitting, and my mom cried seeing me in something I'd created with my own hands - well, mostly my own hands and a lot of help from incredible strangers who became friends. The intricate lacework that seemed impossible three months ago now feels like a map of everything I learned about myself during this process.

I keep thinking about how this dress represents more than just my wedding day. It's proof that when life breaks your plans, sometimes the community you didn't even know existed will help you rebuild something even more beautiful than what you originally imagined.

Five more days until I walk down the aisle wearing every stitch of this journey on my body, and I honestly can't wait to see the woman who saved my wedding when I thought all hope was lost.

12/17/2025

The moment I tried on this secondhand dress, everything clicked - the structure, the elegance, that museum-worthy bodice I could never afford new. Found it through a bridal consignment seller on Tedooo app who said the original bride called off her black-tie museum wedding just weeks before. Perfect condition, tags still attached, one-fifth the retail price. I was glowing until I made the mistake of sharing photos in our bridesmaids group chat.

"You're literally wearing someone else's heartbreak down the aisle," my maid of honor texted back. Now they're all piling on - sending articles about wedding dress superstitions, how wearing another bride's dress transfers their bad luck to your marriage. My college roommate even called to say her cousin did this and got divorced within a year. "It's like moving into a house where someone died," she said. "The bad energy stays." Even my sister, who's usually logical about everything, admitted she felt "weird vibes" from the photos. The dress is everything I dreamed of, but now when I look at it, all I see is some stranger's canceled wedding, their tears soaking into the silk. Am I being practical or am I literally wrapping myself in someone else's failed love story? Three months until my wedding and I can't decide if I'm saving money or cursing my marriage before it even starts.

12/17/2025

Standing in that Goodwill dressing room, I almost walked away from this fuchsia dress drowning me in fabric - until my fingers found those pockets. At 47, after my divorce, I'd been living in yoga pants and oversized sweaters, but something about this dress whispered "try." The zipper ran awkwardly down the side, the neckline looked like a tent, and I could've fit my daughter in there with me.

Back home with my seam ripper and a glass of wine, I started deconstructing what felt like my whole life in fabric form. Moving that zipper to the back took three attempts, kept catching the delicate material. I was going for a simple deep V when the fabric folded into this unexpected lapel shape. My hands just... knew. Posted the before-and-after in a Tedooo app upcycling group in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep from excitement. Woke up to dozens of messages from women asking about my technique.

One lady even commissioned me to alter her mother's vintage dresses - my first paid project since everything fell apart. That thrift store dress didn't just get altered; it altered my entire perspective. Now I'm building a whole small business on the Tedooo app, one rescued dress at a time.

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