I'm wondering how much we should budget for my dress/outfit? I will need a specially made dress rather than off the peg as I'm very short but don't want to spend the earth. I've seen some good dresses locally costing upwards of £1,000, is that reasonable?
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
I paid £199 for my dress. It was on sale and originally £700. I'm short too and knew any dress I bought would need altering, in at least length. Luckily, my sister is doing this free of charge for me as well as taking it in. I'll need it dry cleaning before partly due to it being on a sale rail but also because it will be in a box for several hours when we travel to Vegas. This will cost $85 so all in all it's costing me about £250. You can get some bargains if you shop around and unless you want to, don't *need* to pay that much x
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CommentAuthorRachie :D
The one I love is £700 but I went in a local shop today where not one dress is under £1000. I personally think its extravagant but if you have the funds and the wish to spend that on a dress then its your choice xxxx
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CommentAuthorLiz3yy
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Good for you! My OH thinks I should spend most of our budget on my outfit but unless I really struggle to find something I don't see the point, especially as I'll only be wearing it for one day!
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Most shops will shorted the dress for you and do the side seams for around £100 so it is possible to buy an off the peg dress. Some designers allow you to order the dress is either a longer or shorter size anyway. The best thing to do is speak to your local shops and get some advice from them. You may be able to get one in the sale and have it altered depending on the design. You can pay anything you want for a dress so it is up to you if you feel it is reasonable for the price and if you think it is worth spending that much.
I'm quite short and my bridal shop are hacking the bottom of my off-the-peg, £250 dress, off for me :)
It doesn't need to cost the earth if you don't want it to :)
CommentAuthorLittle Kettle
I chose a dress that I can have the train cut off and made into a shawl then have the whole thing dyed so it can become an occasion dress afterwards. Plus I get to wear mine twice - once in Vegas and then a month later in London! I personally couldn;t justify spendind a fortune on something I'm not going to wear that much. But that's just me (I rarely pay over £30 for a pair of shoes that I'll wear to death)!
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CommentAuthortilomilo
have you thought about going through Ann - if u have seen a designer dress u want, she maybe able to make a similar copy of it - and she makes them to measure too i think, the one i wanted was around £1400, but seen it on Anns site for £175, and there are loads of good reviews and actual pics of real brides on book of face xx
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CommentAuthorMadam Butterfly
What is Anns site tilomilo? x
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CommentAuthorBeskiboo
Have not even thought about the dress and someone told me to budget £1000 for one, thought it was a bit extreme, glad other people agree.
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Beskiboo you can spend as much or as little as you want. Even if you fall in love with a designer dress you can always have one made up in cheaper fabrics etc to cut down on costs or there are some great sales on in the shops in Jan and July time on the designer dresses so plenty of sale rails to grab a bargain too. Yes if you are paying full price for a bridal shop dress then you can easily spend between £850 and £1000.
CommentAuthorlovelylainee
I love a dress that costs £1140 - i haven't bought mine yet and it may not end up being the one when i go try it on but my appointment is in march and i am being optimistic. Gonna try on half the shop cuz the lady says they have new stuff coming in and not all stuff costs that much so just go and try onlots of dresses as you may find the dream dress for under a grand xxx
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CommentAuthortilomilo
hey hun, i posted a link on my homepage :)
One ring to show our love, One ring to bind us.
One ring to seal our love, and forever to entwine us.
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CommentAuthorMadam Butterfly
Thank you..will have a look :)
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CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Thanks for all the comments, once I get my cast off I will start looking properly :)
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorUnknown
i paid 795 for mine then had to add the tiara, veil, shoes and hoop. all in prob about 1100 xx
CommentAuthorfuture-mrs-watson
I can recommend an AMAZING wedding dress lady who designs and makes them from home. None of her gowns have cost over £1000 and she will stick to your budget, be that £250 or £1000. She is just so so lovely and amazing at what she does. If you want her website just let me know Liz3yy xx
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
Originally my h2b auntie was going to make mine and it cost £107 for the material, picked it all out myself, but then i saw my dream dress in a bridal store in darlington called Grace Bridal who sell preloved dresses, an Ian Stuart dress for £600, just lucky it was for a taller bride and it is just the right length, so had to go with that. But having it made is a great option if you are on a budget and it doesn't have to cost £1000! Good luck. :)
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CommentAuthorxx Mrs Winrow 2B xx
hi, mine was £800 but my dad is paying for that for me so it has not come out of our budget which is good as i would never have been able to afford it, hes just been putting away £120 every month and it will nearly be paid off :-) xx
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
That's a point, should I have a veil?!
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Find your dress first and then decide once you have it on. Some dresses look better without them. Also depending on what the detail is like on the dress will determine what length you have too as if the back of the dress has loads of detail on it you don't want to hide it with a cathedral length veil just as if it has lots of detail you don't want to hide it.
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Using an iPod touch with this site isn't easy! Lol
My friend got married last year and a dress hand made from scratch in silk, cost her about £1,000. she did look amazing but I hate the thought of spending that much.
It's interesting to hear what others have done, hopefully with some shopping around I can find something lovely for less than the price of a small car! Lol
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
The material I bought initially was duchess silk and had lace and still only came to £107, there are so many different materials you could buy but not spend the earth on. I am not having a veil, I would just get annoyed with it, so I am having a really big flower clip in the side of my updo, and a veil would have made my dress too fussy, it already has a lot of detail in it. Good luck! :)
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CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Sounds lovely, I was thinking maybe having a little tiara or some flowers in my hair. I can't wait start looking at dresses properly now :)
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorGregorysGirl
Tiaras are always nice, or you can also have some really lovely vintage hair slides that i wish i could describe but can't lol. The one i saw would have followed my hair line round my ear, i will try and find a pic and put link on your wall, just to see if it something that you might like. It is really exciting shopping for your dress, just make sure you try on every style and wear some good undies, i wore awful unsupportive ones when i went and it didn't do the dress any justice, lol. The 2nd time it looked loads better! :)
Finally reunited with the love of my life
Never to part again
This Saturday I will finally be Mrs Codling!
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
I agree about undies, I plan to have something that sucks it all in but nothing Bridget Jones style! don't want to disappoint Hubby on our wedding night! lol ;)
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
You can get changed just before you retire to bed so he never gets to see the Mrs Bridget Jones he just married and sees the sexier version ;)
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Somehow I don't think I'll get the chance to undress before bed, he'll want to do it for me! LOL!!!
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorXLittleMissMe!X
Can't you nip to the 'loo' just before the party is over to change? That is what I'm doing as our room isn't too far away from our function room so it will be easy enough to do.
CommentAuthorsam73
My budget was around about £900 i thought but i went into one shop tried one on - it was lovely and in the sale for £500 so i thought bargain then the shop owner said if you take it today ill give you another £100 off so i got it for £400, it does need altering but i got my perfect dress for £400, £500 lower than my budget!
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
That's fantastic Sam :)
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorCroc
my day time dress is 2300 quid and my night time wedding dress was £35 ... each as lovley as the other my mummy paid for my dress... my veil was free and my wedding jewellery as present so my out lay was £35 bargain haha
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CommentAuthorMrs Hinch2B
The dress I love is £800 and my wonderful mum is going to buy it for me :0) YAY!!
Bridezilla.... Me?? I have no idea what your talking about!!
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CommentAuthorHeidi
A lot of the dresses i was looking at were £1,000 but then i found my dress! asked the price and it was £600 (on sale from £750) x
CommentAuthorpanther_87k
liz3yy ive put a link on your wall
CommentAuthorLiz3yy
Thanks very much :)
Can't wait until the day I become Mrs. Johnson :)
CommentAuthorSoon2beMrsHall
I have a budget of £300 for my dress so i dont have a lot
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CommentAuthorfuture-mrs-watson
I bet you'll still find something amazing for that though Mrs Hall2B :) you still have plenty of time.
Liz3yy I also put a link on your wall :) x
CommentAuthorYourFirstDanceBride
I got mine in and end of the line sale (there will be some coming up about this time of year) And it was reduced to £299 from £799, so quite a bargin and I love it. I couldn't have designed one better for myself.
CommentAuthormrs pinkalice
mine was 3875 but i was willing to spend anything up to £1000 x
CommentAuthorpixie.bunny
Mine was £300 in the sale, my friend is altering it for me for free as i'm too teeny! :) However I was quite happy to spend up to £1k on mine.... I just fell in love with the one I bought! :D Xx
CommentAuthorMrs.Caz.Lewis
i got mine off ebay, its absolutly stunning and u wont be disappointed, rule is to make sure they have more then 99.5%, mine cost £79 to my exact height weight and everything :) even custom color, mines white and turquiose. x
CommentAuthorJulie-Louise
who is Ann? I've seen alot of people mentioning her, des she have a website? Is anybody buying dresses from America or abroad? I seen gorgeous ones for the fraction of what you would pay over here and thats including delivery but Im iffy about not havig tried it on first...
CommentAuthorMrs.Caz.Lewis
Julie-Louise i had mine off ebay and it was made in china. thing is if it doesnt fir or you dont like it u can send it back for a full refund. hope tha helps
CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
mine was £825 but will need alterations on top as I'm quite short with big boobs!
Can't wait to be the better half of
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CommentAuthorhjl2001uk
meant on top of the price not on top of the dress. You could get confused with my big boobs comment! lol
Can't wait to be the better half of
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CommentAuthortilomilo
Hi Julie louise - anns website address is on my page - i will post it on urs too :)
One ring to show our love, One ring to bind us.
One ring to seal our love, and forever to entwine us.
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CommentAuthorMrs.Caz.Lewis
tilomilo, the pink writing under your post is what my fiancees ring means lol :) cool, got him a welsh love ring and its got welsh scribing on it and it translates to that lol :)
thanks tilomilo...and thats good to know MrsLewisToBe...I'm guessing you would have to order it like 6 months in advance just in case alterations are needed!
