Wedding dress shopping

How soon before the wedding should you start shopping for wedding dresses??

My wedding is in February of 2023 so I thought I had a decent amount of time

My soon to be sister in law is telling me it takes MONTHS just for a dress to ship though.

I’m confused because I was planning on going to a bridal store and trying on dresses there…… Vs what my sister in law did which was pick out a dress online off of some online-only store and ship it and try it on and hope to god that she loved it and that it fit

Should I have started looking already??