Wedding Forum - What's your budget for your wedding dress?...

As we all know, all too well, what we want and what we can afford are two very different things. Budgets come into play, especially as the planning for a wedding unfolds. For the bride, the dress can hold a higher place on the list of spending priorities, and setting a realistic budget for the wedding gown depends on several budgeting factors, like who's paying for what, for instance.
So those who don't know, I have had issues getting to my dress fitting, then finally making it but had a horrible dress fitting experience. I originally had my mind set on M0r! L33, then that soon I changed my mind due to the their price, now I am in love with ********! The gowns are beautiful and expensive. I am new to this so my budget had to be adjusted a few times in order to get the dress that I want. I now have a budget of £3000...Is that crazy?

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To me that is a waste of money, I budgeted £500 but spent less than that. I just don't see the point in splashing out that much on a dress that I will only wear once. That is my personal opinion only.

If you want to spend that and can afford it then its entirely up to you. Its a case of looking at the overall wedding budget and weighing up what's important.

With a £3K budget you open yourself up to getting many items and if you are choosing an inexpensive site then I think you are being way over generous with that budget anyhoo. You could get a dress from a store for that and still have money left over.

I watched a programme in which a lady had a large budget, she had seen one dress which was very very expensive, then tried on another dress which happened to be mine and was overwhelmed with it. Mine was £1500. It's not all about the amount.

I didn't really have a budget and would have spent whatever it took to get the dress I wanted. Just so happened that the dress I fell in love with was being sold second hand for £600 instead of paying for it brand new for £1250. I would have paid the £1250 if I didn't find it second hand though. Some other dresses (e.g. J3nny P@ckh@am) start above £2000 and they're beautiful and well worth the money, so it depends what you want and what you want to prioritise in your budget.

Get what makes you happy - everything is relative and if it is the difference to u feeling incredible on the day vs meh then its worth it. I was very lucky and got a naomi neoh in a sample sale so having dress of my dreams in my budget - win win

Is this even a genuine post? I mean it originally included a link and as several others have said, M0ri L33 is WAY under £3k, so dunno why you'd change your mind on price.

My budget was 500 but when we went today we found THE ONE and and so it's ended up being a bit more! :-)

I don't get it? Are you asking if £3000 is enough for a dress? Some people don't even spend 3K on there whole wedding! I get that evey one has different budgets but that is a very lots of money to spend on you dress. You should be able to get what ever dress you want with 3k. or was it a typo and you meant £300? X