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Unfortunately, this won’t work. This is very casual, and formal usually means floor length gown, especially for an evening wedding in a dressy city like Chicago. Add in the fact that it’s around the holidays and I believe you’ll find people significantly more dressed up than this. More on reddit.com

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You could try a store for designer dresses as opposed to just bridal stores. Like Neiman Marcus, Anthropologie (some of their locations have bridal stuff), etc More on reddit.com