Wedding Forum - Bridesmaid Dresses...

Hello lovely ladies :)

What sort of prices have you guys paid/will be willing to pay for bridesmaid dresses? I can't believe the price of some of them!! The problem I've got is that I need the same dress in 4 different colours!!

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eBay £40 xx

Hi, I am having 4 different colours (pastels)...it was quite difficult doing it that way and as we were very limited on time we ended up getting the expensive ones from the bridal shop - we got a 15% discount but they were still over £200 each...
what colours are you having? unless you have a lot of time to look around the only real option for getting them for under this is to go for one of the chinese dress options or maybe BH$ or Debenham$. I just can't see you being able to get four dresses all the same in normal high street shops in 4 different colours...unless four different dresses is an option? xx

Not sure where we're getting ours from yet, going to price up buying the material and getting a seamstress to make them and also looking on the bay, seen some nice one's from between £20 - £50 but obviously it's knowing whether they'll suit my girls and whether it will be the right colour.

I'm not wanting to spend too much as we want short dresses and I'll be getting their shoes as well.

i had a budget of £180 but went over as i fell in love with one mines actually cost £215 and i have 6 bridesmaids and they all love the dress xxx

Im making mine im really fugal on clothes, i refuse to pay over £30 per item of clothing. so theres no way im spending £100 or expecting my bms to pay that for a dress for 1 day, but the ones in making are the multiwrap ones.

which im hoping I will shorten them and that my bms will be able to rewear as they are so versatile.

I paid £80 off of e bay and the quality is brilliant.. Better than most of the ones that the girls tried on. They can make them to measure and they fit perfectly (saves on alterations and can even put in their heel height so that the dresses are perfect. (They do them in lots of different colours too so you can order as many different colours as you need. Photos are in my album.

My FSIL managed to get 9 matching dresses in different colours for her BMs from the bay (a pic of her twin in one of the dresses is in my album) so it can be done. She got them from a supplier in China and I think they were about £30-£40 each.
I paid about £25 for each but my BMs are wearing sarees rather than dresses (pic in my album) and I managed to find the these going super cheap as the line had been discontinued and they wanted to get rid of UK stock before the new lines arrived from India. To put the price into context the saree my Mum will be wearing cost £600 (after haggling the price down) so if you do find something in the shops then it is worth asking about new stock arrivals to see if you can get a discount.

I have found some on ebay but its a shop about an hours drive away they make to measure and do loads of different colours and ther £45 I can't afford much more than that as I got 8 bridesmaids to dress

I really really really wanted to get high street dresses but after 7 months of searching for the right colour and a style to suit 6 different shaped BM I ended up blowing the budget completely and getting de$$y dresses! £140 each and I havent paid the alterations yet! Its the only thing we went over budget on though everything else we have saved on, and it was causing a lot of stress to me so was worth it!! xx

Mine were £235 each for the 2 adults and £99 for the FG. All from the bridal store my wedding gown came from.

Bridesmaids dresses are crazy prices! Have searched and searched high street and department stores but can't find anything in burgundy for my budget (£50 per dress) so am having to order offline. Fingers crossed they come through ok!

I am hoping to spend around £50 each, I am only having 2 bm (h2b little sisters) but they will be 12 and 14 so kind of awkward ages. I dont think his mum will be happy with that though and will expect us to buy expensive dresses.

I've seen a few one the bay MrsH my only worry is length ad one of my bridesmaids is nearly. 6ft x

3 of mine are wearing floor-length chiffon dresses from a bridal shop; 1 of them cost £170 (she doesn't need alterations) another £250 (£170 dress plus £80 alterations), and the last one £310 (dress cost an extra £60 as she needed an extra length one; alterations were again £80).

Then my chief bridesmaid is wearing an ivory dress from R1ver 1sland. It cost £50 but we're making a lot of alterations inc to the bust line, nipping it in at the sides, taking it up and adding a small slit at the back for movement, and removing shoulder pads and adjusting the shoulders. I'd say we're probably looking at maybe £150 for alterations, so hers will come in at about £200 :-s

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