Hi there, having used the wonderful uk bride forums previously for my wedding in 2012 and knowing how useful they can be I am now posting on behalf of my friend who is planning a wedding very quickly for September this year. She is on an extremely limited budget and I wondered if any of you ladies were in the same boat and how you have managed to find your dream dress? She has been looking at going down the route of an online purchase shipped in from Hong Kong but I am worried that this won't end well? Please do let me know of your experiences if you yourself have purchased from online distributors that come from abroad bad or good. Also any other ideas of where we can look for her. She isn't at all adverse to buying a secondhand dress but she has limited time to be driving around the country to different ladies houses to look at probably many dresses, if anyone knows of any good secondhand bridal shops in the Lincolnshire area I'd be also grateful to know, similarly any discount warehouses that are good. Really, any ideas would be welcome. Thank you very muchly in advance xx
CommentAuthorMrsC2bee
First thing I would do is go to local bridal shops and try on dresses as they feel different on to what u think ur like n nothing worse than ordering a dress and not liking it. Then once she decides on the style and maybe even likes a particular dress I'd go on gu**ree and bayofe and even book face pages to see if anyone is selling that dress or similar and if no luck the li*htintheb0x is Chinese site but gets a lot of good reviews and I'm told as long as u measure correctly then they are fine ( but read reviews on specific dress as will give u head so up whether its nice and if needs to order bigger/smaller :)
CommentAuthorCamilaL
There's "she who cannot be named", she is based in the UK and has great designer dresses and charges about £200 each. If you want, I can pop the website on your wall.
CommentAuthorGlitterfairy
I shall bump the China dress thread for you.
I ordered from a china site for my bridesmaid dresses and they were brilliant. Also might be worth checking the bay.
Our wedding day - 6 October 2012
CommentAuthorGemmaS8204
If she g00gl3s wedding dress outlets something may come up, that's how I found a few in my area definitely worth having a look as you can get a bargin x
Thanks everyone so far, some brilliant thoughts and ideas and yes please to all those offering to bump threads and post websites, fantastic thank you xx
CommentAuthorEmily17
I got mine from the W3dding Dr3ss Fact0ry 0utlet and they were fab! max price of a dress there was £500 but go down to £150 I think. mine was 320 and is so so perfect :)
Met in 2009
He proposed Jan 2014
Will become Mrs P 7th October 2017
CommentAuthorthefuture:Mrs_Hurren
Look on line Is a good place to start or factory outlets are the best. :)
CommentAuthorRachaelB76
wedding dress outlets are fab and located all over x
CommentAuthorDanielleS0709
She should go to a few bridal shops and see if they are selling off any of their sample dresses
21st May 2016 xxx
CommentAuthorRebeccaS987
How much max is she wanting to spend on the dress?
CommentAuthorKirstyR386
There was a second hand wedding dress shop in Lincoln called Th3 Br1dal R00m, in The Mall off the High St but I'm not certain if its still there. Could be worth a look though. X
CommentAuthorlaulyloon
Thanks everyone, we are going to a wedding dress outlet in Leicestershire on the weekend for a look around, fingers crossed the trip will find her THE dress.
CommentAuthorStephanieM158
I'm going to the outlet in stockport in a few weeks. Theres a few i've seen that are at bargain prices!! Its open everyday from 10am. x
Met 2004
Engaged 2014
Getting Married 2016
CommentAuthorEmily17
Good luck to you both xx
Met in 2009
He proposed Jan 2014
Will become Mrs P 7th October 2017
CommentAuthorHannahB299
Does anyone know of any outlets in the derby area?
