what?! How ridiculous Tiggs! I'm really worried about rude shop staff as i'm very upfront and i'll end up making a scene! I can't abide bad manners, there's no need for it!
CommentAuthorVx Debz xV
Thats why I was so happy to find one on that auction site, which was my exact measurements. I have no confidence so if someone wasn't all that helpful I'm likely to either cry and run out, or stand there and have a slanging match! :(
CommentAuthorL JO
I visited 2 shops one wasnt very helpfull and made me feel uncomfortable but the one last week was fab I tried on about 20 dresses and didnt even have any intention of buying any of them as I just wanted to see which style suited me before buying off a internet seller :-) x
CommentAuthorJuicy Lucy
I guess it's just pot-luck which shop you go to! I've visited the two i've booked into and they SEEM very nice and they didn't look me up and down (I really hate it when people do that) so fingers crossed
CommentAuthorKatie
One of the shops I went to was lovely but only stocked 1 dress above a 14 and the other one I went to was awful and made me feel like I shouldnt be there because I couldnt afford it and couldnt fit in anything they had.They made me try on size 12s im a 20 for gods sake lol
Not nice so I to wet down the internet line.Im using the same company as Tiggs
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the dress i had made is custom,so it makes me feel special knowing its not just off the hanger if that makes sense,,the lady who did my alterations on the length was amazed at the quality,its silk tafetta really beautifull fabric,and the shade of pink is just right,not jordan pink mind lol,more a salmon pink,,but i love it,i got it in 2008 and even now when i take it out to air i still get a lump in my throat
CommentAuthorNicci
One shop i went to puts £300 on the price if its a size 16+! That was me bu ggerd! lol x
CommentAuthorDaffy
£350 :)
Daffy
CommentAuthorLisa"n"Iain
mine is £850 - way more than i expected to spend- but i HAD to have it. x
CommentAuthorKatie
The shop I went into was the same Nicci I thought frig that im not paying 300 just cos im larger than a 16 and anyway they are 2 sizes smaller than normal dresses so technically a good 50 percent of people would have to have this surcharge grr
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CommentAuthorsbride
Mine was £295. My budget was £200 so went over budget but my mum paid for it anyway! So really it cost me nothing. I will probably need alterations though.
I am now Mrs Stacey Stiles and loving it!
CommentAuthorKatie
Thats still a good price Sbride
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CommentAuthorlizzyleek
My budget was no more than £500 and I got my dress for £395 should have been £810 but was put in the sale by mistake!!
CommentAuthorb2bnicola
Mine was £725 and £40 to hire the underskirt x
Happily Married! :) xxx
CommentAuthorJuicy Lucy
I'm just shocked by how much people take advantage and take the p*ss out of weddings! It's hideous! £300 for size 16 upwards? Ridiculous! I know musos do it too though, and I have to say i'm quite proud to not take that approach, it doesn't make any sense, i always ask people what their budget is then tell them what i can provide within their budget, simple!
I'm quite scared about the dress fittings now!!! eek!
CommentAuthorkatrinatudor
my dress was £400 and alterations are free! =]
CommentAuthormym72
Sophie - yeah I was looking for a bridal shop in Leeds (or York) at one point. I tried one in Wakefield and they were the most ignorant and rude shop I'd ever been in. They were offhand with my bm and because I didn't commit to buy there and then, they were rude to me. I finished up trying the Bridal House in Leeds city centre and they were completely different. Tried the dress on (as well as about another 5 lol) - then went back the following week to try again and put a deposit down (just knew it was the right one).
CommentAuthorEriksfjord
Mine was £725. Fell in love with it immediately. Didn't really set a budget - only went to have a look to get an idea on prices and that was that!
CommentAuthorclare
£300.00 for mine including alterations its luvvly
CommentAuthorKaya
Lol. I went to a dress shop in York and they were pretty rude to me til I tried on a £3500 dress and fell in love with it and my nan said she'd buy it for me.... then they couldn't be nice enough!! haha
But in the end I just couldn't justify spending that much on a dress... lol. So now I'm going for a dress that's just over £1000 excluding alterations x
Now Mrs Cobb!!!!!! :-D
CommentAuthorKirsty
Have set a budget of £1000 but hope to get it cheaper time will tell :-) x
CommentAuthorMrs.Caz.Lewis
i really dont know what dress i want yet but if i get the one my fiancee likes then it will be £155, if i get the one my mum and i like just a tincy bit more then the one my fiancee likes then it will be £100........ dunno what to get and do lol! oh well! x
CommentAuthorlauzcdc
I got mine in a sale from a local bridal shop for free! They had a one day sale on all gowns to clear stock- buy veil and tiara and get dress free! They only advertised for 1 day and my h2b's grandmother heard it, I thought she had lost the plot! I had budgeted £1000 xx
CommentAuthorMelly
I'm making my own, and the material cost me £100, and thats for my dress, matching waistcoat for h2b, bridesmaid dress and best womans dress. Never set a budget for a dress, and i never intended buying one. xx
CommentAuthoremster
Set a budget of £1000. Fell in love with one at £895 and managed to get it for £250 :-) xx
CommentAuthorKirsty
Wow Emster huge saving lucky you x
CommentAuthorKerryBolderson2be
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mine was around £50 from ***the bay of e .. was custom made in china and is beautiful. dont see the piont on spending thousands when your only going to wear it for one day x
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CommentAuthorMrs Jones
£1175, which was £25 under budget as had budgeted £1200. Will need alterations though as the hem is going to have to be hiked being a mere 5ft!
First Date 26 April 2014
Proposed 27 June 2015
Happily Married 18 June 2016
