$600 + alterations. i don't care how much $$ you have, spending thousands on a wedding dress just seems silly to me. i loved my dress, but i'm glad i didn't (well, my parents) spend any more- it's still sitting upstairs in a guestroom closet, uncleaned and untouched - 2 years later!
$750, new and from a high-end boutique store. It fit me the best and I loved it more than the other $1000+ dresses I had tried on. I lucked out!
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$1900 on sale - Yikes! But it was BEAUTIFUL and the only dress that I fell in love with. My dad was buying it and he thought it was a ridiculous price and told my mom "can't she just find another one?" and then he surprised me and showed up one day when I went to try it on and said "you look like an absolute princess - you have to have THIS dress. We're buying it right now!" Aw! Sweet Daddy!
it was $300 and on sale from david's bridal. mom and i were going to purchase the vera wang i wanted the following week and decided to head to david's bridal in the mean time to see what styles were out there. i bought my dress then and therel and i'm so happy i did. i jumped into the pool at my reception and didn't think twice about it but in a designer dress i'd feel more hesitant (or should i say my mother would have felt more heistant lol).
i also did a trash the dress shoot and the thing got so dirty and torn up i ended up throwing it away. i should work on that whole sentimentality aspect...
$1,250. DH biitched, but I think after talking to some of his engaged/married friends he learned it wasn't that much. I know I could have spent less if I'd gone to David's, etc., but at the same time, I could have spent a lot more. My dress was a Maggie Sottero (Mirabella) - I loved it. My dream dress was an Alvina Valenta, but there is no way I could spend $5,000 on a dress... even if I could feasibly afford it!
$199 someone custom ordered it in champain pink and silver then didn't like it the shop want to sell it bad becasue of the color but it was great next to my skin (white looked horrible). I was even able to resell it for $150.
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$1500 on ebay for a once worn Monique L'huillier that originally cost $6000. I fell in love with it the second I saw it and never thought I could afford it new, so I thought I got quite a deal!
I am a seamstress, so I did all the alterations myself.?
$1500ish. I was lucky and did not have to purchase my dress as my mom was working part time at the bridal shop so she got a discount and the alterations/added beadwork at no cost. It was a Paloma Blanca.
I actually bought my dress and did the alterations at Kleinfelds (the place from the show). It was @ 2k- way too much in hindsight, but i LOVED it and it was in the low price area of that store which is crazy
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I had two (so I could decide last minute). One was a $230 bridesmaid dress, the other a $230 off the rack formal dress. I never wanted a big, poofy white thing. Considering I actually got married (courthouse) in jeans, a sweater and Converse sneakers, a frou-frou dress for our family/friends ceremony seemed stupid.?
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Re: S/O Say yes to the dress...how much did yours cost?
$1100, it was too much but I loved it...and didn't tell DH what I spent lol..
I bought it at a small local bridal shop.
It was from a local shop in my mom's town.
ditto
I paid $500 at David's Bridal, but didn't have to have any alterations done! Yeah!
$1500 alterations included ;-)
David's Bridal for $500
$50 on Ebay. Never worn, not a designer dress, but it was just what I wanted - simple and classic. My mom added the beading around the waist.
$1900 on sale - Yikes! But it was BEAUTIFUL and the only dress that I fell in love with. My dad was buying it and he thought it was a ridiculous price and told my mom "can't she just find another one?" and then he surprised me and showed up one day when I went to try it on and said "you look like an absolute princess - you have to have THIS dress. We're buying it right now!" Aw! Sweet Daddy!
It was a Piccione - had a very vintage feel.
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it was $300 and on sale from david's bridal. mom and i were going to purchase the vera wang i wanted the following week and decided to head to david's bridal in the mean time to see what styles were out there. i bought my dress then and therel and i'm so happy i did. i jumped into the pool at my reception and didn't think twice about it but in a designer dress i'd feel more hesitant (or should i say my mother would have felt more heistant lol).
i also did a trash the dress shoot and the thing got so dirty and torn up i ended up throwing it away. i should work on that whole sentimentality aspect...
EDIT (here's a pic of it):
$1,250. DH biitched, but I think after talking to some of his engaged/married friends he learned it wasn't that much. I know I could have spent less if I'd gone to David's, etc., but at the same time, I could have spent a lot more. My dress was a Maggie Sottero (Mirabella) - I loved it. My dream dress was an Alvina Valenta, but there is no way I could spend $5,000 on a dress... even if I could feasibly afford it!
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Pictures... I'm still in love with my dress:
$1500 on ebay for a once worn Monique L'huillier that originally cost $6000. I fell in love with it the second I saw it and never thought I could afford it new, so I thought I got quite a deal!
I am a seamstress, so I did all the alterations myself.?
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I can't go back to yesterday - because I was a different person then. ~ Alice
I spent way too much! $1486- including alterations. i wish i would have found great buys like the rest of you. I loved my dress though.
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