Hooped petticoat?

anderson8

after trying on my dress, my mum thinks i will need a hooped petticoat to make my dress sit better.
since i know nothing about this which should i go for, one or two hoops?
ive been looking on ebay, and would ideally like to get one for under £15(in true MSE style)
this is my dress

Lexxi

That's beautiful.
No idea about hoops though, sorry

mrscoles2be

Hey, gorgeous dress! My dress is a similar shape, and the lady in the shop said I would need 1 of the 2 hoop peticoats. I got 1 from ebay for £15, and it's exactly the same as the 1 you can hire from the shop for £60! Very MSE!!! Hope this helps xx

floss2

Lindaatno9 is your best bet, she will be able to help you by advising which petticoat you need for that style of dress.

lindaatno9

I'd go for a 122 (jupon) but you can't get these for much under £50. If it's a duchess satin dress, it can be quite weighty so you'd need something pretty substantial. My philosophy is you get what you pay for. E bay hoops may be perfectly fine, but I've yet to see one so am unable to comment.

anderson8

lindaatno9 wrote: »

I'd go for a 122 (jupon) but you can't get these for much under £50. If it's a duchess satin dress, it can be quite weighty so you'd need something pretty substantial. My philosophy is you get what you pay for. E bay hoops may be perfectly fine, but I've yet to see one so am unable to comment.

thanks, ill keep an eye out!

Lexxi

Try preloved too, there are a few people that are selling them, not sure on the makes.
One went with a maggie soretto dress that I really want. Read the listings as some of them are advertising wedding dresses with the hoops being sold seperate

frannyann

lindaatno9 wrote: »

I'd go for a 122 (jupon) but you can't get these for much under £50. If it's a duchess satin dress, it can be quite weighty so you'd need something pretty substantial. My philosophy is you get what you pay for. E bay hoops may be perfectly fine, but I've yet to see one so am unable to comment.

I have seen dresses on Ebay, that have the 'ebay' hoops underneath them and often (not always to be fair) you can actually see the 'rings'. So I am on this with Linda, go for a decent one as it be awful to ruin the 'look' of the dress for the sake of £30!

ETA Lindas website has a Petti page for brides to buy and sell theirs.

lindaatno9

frannyann wrote: »

ETA Lindas website has a Petti page for brides to buy and sell theirs.

It did lol, but had more wants than for sales so just decided to do a job lot order with Jupon direct at a lesser cost than Princess sparkle.

Maydot

I really want to avoid the unatural look that some hoops can give. Was thinking instead of going for a net petti. The dress i hope to get is quite a heavy satin with a full a-line skirt...I have seen a 5 layer net petticoat and was wondering if this would be too much with the couple of layers of net already in the dress. I just can't imagine how its going to hang, most petti's seem to be 3 layers so are 5 going to give me a massive skirt that I really don't want?

Anderson8...that dress is absolutely beautiful, really gorgeous

lindaatno9

Maydot wrote: »

I really want to avoid the unatural look that some hoops can give. Was thinking instead of going for a net petti. The dress i hope to get is quite a heavy satin with a full a-line skirt...I have seen a 5 layer net petticoat and was wondering if this would be too much with the couple of layers of net already in the dress. I just can't imagine how its going to hang, most petti's seem to be 3 layers so are 5 going to give me a massive skirt that I really don't want?

Anderson8...that dress is absolutely beautiful, really gorgeous

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