How much was your wedding dress/link

[Anonymous]

Looks like dresses are generally 10% of wedding budget

[Anonymous]

$600 dress from I Do, I Do.

$60,000 wedding.

[Anonymous]

Wedding dress: $8500ish
Overall wedding budget- maybe 150k?
Wedding was in 2010

Monique Lhuillier

[Anonymous]

Are the expensive dresses really worth it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are the expensive dresses really worth it?

I bought a $3000 dress when most of my friends were spending $1200 or less and I feel it was worth it. I tried on dresses from $700-$4000 and the cheaper ones didn't have as nice of detailing and they used a lot of synthetic fabrics. I also have no idea if this is true or not, but the sales lady at the bridal store said that the cheaper dresses tended to take longer from the factory as they were all made in China and the Chinese factories closed down for a month for Chinese New Year, whereas if you ordered a dress that was made in Europe or the US, you'd have it quicker. I had my dress in about 5.5 months from Spain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:About $500

$25k for everything

Dress was similar to this one, but had teeny tiny little pale blue flowers on the front as decoration, like a beading essentially. It was very pretty.

http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_extra-length-wedding-dress-with-removable-sleeves-4xlntv9010_all-wedding-dresses

Different dress, similar figures - my dress was $400 plus another $50 or so in tailoring. It was a white dress from Nordstrom. Wedding itself was somewhere between $20 and $25k - we didn't keep great track - and that amount includes clothes, rings, pizza party the night before, etc.

No link; was five years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the expensive dresses really worth it?

I bought a $3000 dress when most of my friends were spending $1200 or less and I feel it was worth it. I tried on dresses from $700-$4000 and the cheaper ones didn't have as nice of detailing and they used a lot of synthetic fabrics. I also have no idea if this is true or not, but the sales lady at the bridal store said that the cheaper dresses tended to take longer from the factory as they were all made in China and the Chinese factories closed down for a month for Chinese New Year, whereas if you ordered a dress that was made in Europe or the US, you'd have it quicker. I had my dress in about 5.5 months from Spain.

I had my $900 dress in 4.5 months and it was silk and silk taffeta. Loved it!

[Anonymous]

$4000 Judd Waddell dress
$75 k budget
Eloped. Still have the unworn dress in my closet. Married 11 years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the expensive dresses really worth it?

I bought a $3000 dress when most of my friends were spending $1200 or less and I feel it was worth it. I tried on dresses from $700-$4000 and the cheaper ones didn't have as nice of detailing and they used a lot of synthetic fabrics. I also have no idea if this is true or not, but the sales lady at the bridal store said that the cheaper dresses tended to take longer from the factory as they were all made in China and the Chinese factories closed down for a month for Chinese New Year, whereas if you ordered a dress that was made in Europe or the US, you'd have it quicker. I had my dress in about 5.5 months from Spain.

Your logic that the more expensive dress was "worth it" relies on (1) nice "detailing" making a dress better; and (2) non-synthetics making a dress better. So long as the dress looks good and looks good on you and it's a style you like, those things seem like unnecessary upgrades that aren't adding any more value for something that you'll wear for literally 8 hours. Also, 5.5 months from spain seems like an offensively long wait for a wedding dress. Mine was 2 months. not sure where it was made. $1000. It sounds like the lady at the bridal store was selling you a line and you bought it.

[Anonymous]

My dress was Christos. Don't remember how much.

I specifically loved the flowered cap sleeves in a sea of strapless dresses.

http://www.weddinginspirasi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/christos_spring_2011_winter_wedding_dress.jpg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are the expensive dresses really worth it?

I bought a $3000 dress when most of my friends were spending $1200 or less and I feel it was worth it. I tried on dresses from $700-$4000 and the cheaper ones didn't have as nice of detailing and they used a lot of synthetic fabrics. I also have no idea if this is true or not, but the sales lady at the bridal store said that the cheaper dresses tended to take longer from the factory as they were all made in China and the Chinese factories closed down for a month for Chinese New Year, whereas if you ordered a dress that was made in Europe or the US, you'd have it quicker. I had my dress in about 5.5 months from Spain.

Your logic that the more expensive dress was "worth it" relies on (1) nice "detailing" making a dress better; and (2) non-synthetics making a dress better. So long as the dress looks good and looks good on you and it's a style you like, those things seem like unnecessary upgrades that aren't adding any more value for something that you'll wear for literally 8 hours. Also, 5.5 months from spain seems like an offensively long wait for a wedding dress. Mine was 2 months. not sure where it was made. $1000. It sounds like the lady at the bridal store was selling you a line and you bought it.

NP. Agree with you, as long as the dress FEELS good, too! Synthetics don't always feel/breathe/move well. I had a simple style, but luxe fabric, for about $800.

[Anonymous]

$50. David's Bridal bridesmaid dress on sale.

It was perfect for me.

[Anonymous]

$60. JCrew Sophia in silk (not sold anymore) that I bought on Ebay.

[Anonymous]

My dress cost $775.

No Budget.

David's Bridal A line dress, 2015. http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_a-line-lace-wedding-dress-with-side-split-detail-yp3344_all-wedding-dresses

It matters more what your body looks like. If you are fit, most dresses will look amazing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so no one who got married in the 80s wore something like this?

Probably not many current DC Urban Moms got married in the 1980s.