What is your budget for the dress?

[LTLFAITHY]

P.S. I just Googled the Claire Pettibone Dew Drop dress!! Holy amazing dress!!

LOVE IT! 

[red400]

1000.00 is my budget for the dress

[jello]

Originally Posted by LTLFAITHY 

 

Question about sample sale dresses ~ Are there any brides who have purchased sample sale dresses that are very petite? I am 5'2" and about 112 lbs. so every sample I have ever tried on has been WAY too big. I would totally be up for purchasing a dress this way, but I just can't imagine how they would make any dress look right. I know they can work wonders with those clamps, so I imagine they can do even more removing fabric, sewing things up, etc. but I'm still skeptical about whether the dress would look "right" because there are just some things I feel will still be disproportionately too big. Thoughts?? 

 

I am 5'5" and 115 lbs (normally street size 0 or 2), and I bought my Watters sample dress in a size 8.  I LOVE my dress and it would've been around $1000 new, which was the top of my budget, but the sample was only $300 so how could I resist?!  It's at the tailors right now.  The tailoring bill will be around $300, so total $600 which is still a good bargain. 

 

Some dresses are easier to alter than others.  My dress is plain silk, which is the easiest.  Anything with a lace overlay is difficult to do, because they need to match up the lace pattern exactly after it's been cut and re-sewn.  Similarly, if there's complicated pleating or appliqué flowers, that makes it more difficult to alter. 

[ReginaB]

My goal is to keep the dress and all alterations around $1500. Would go as high as $2000, but hope we don't have to. Do you have any ideas of the dress you're looking for?

 

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[taylorK]

I set aside $1500 for my wedding dress but ended up spending nearer 2000 because of all the alterations...also i didn't count accessories in that budget so veil etc was a lot more  

You only get married once! 

 

Tay x

[red400]

Around 1000.00

[wallabymeisje]

i around 1000 too I wanted to spend 500 but my brother stepped and upped my budget when i found my dream dress

[LTLFAITHY]

Originally Posted by wallabymeisje 

 

i around 1000 too I wanted to spend 500 but my brother stepped and upped my budget when i found my dream dress

 

Oh, what a sweet brother you have!! 

[Cherina]

My budget was $3500, my dream dress was $1800 I negotiated it to $1500

[meghunterbell]

Hi there!  I sent you a PM regarding your dress.  Hope you received it!