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    Kalibali   October 31st, 2009  Atlanta, GA

    Bet you didn't spend $500,000 on it.  Seriously.  Here is the link to the story, and I don't even think it is that pretty or flattering.

    http://cocoperez.com/2009-09-24-is-500000-too-much-for-a-wedding-gown

    Here is the good news, if you fall in love with a dress a bit out of your budget you can always tell yourself (or whoever is paying for it), at least it isn't half a million dollars! 

     
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    tessabella76   September 12, 2009  Ohio

    I saw that dress on Fox and Friends this morning. It's beautiful but not $500,000 beautiful.

     
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    jennifer_espos   June 18, 2010  Live in NYC but the wedding's in Upstate NY

    That dress isn't really my speed, I wouldn't buy it for 1/500th of the price.

     
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    Br1tSh1n1ngStar   10/17/09  New Jersey

    Ya I don't really like it, kinda odd looking

     
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    frozen yogurt   April, 2010  

    Wow, that is crazy!! 

     
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    flamingred   6/19/10  

    ew it's not even cute.

     
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    ddubzz   06.05.10  Los Angeles, CA

    LOL!  That is nuts!  Reminds me of those $5-10 million bras that Victoria's Secret comes out with every holiday season.  I mean, REALLY!??!?!

     
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    pren79   10/17/09  SF Bay Area

    It's only expensive because of the jewels and metal. I mean, I can make anything expensive by putting a bunch of diamonds and platinum on it. It doesn't require any sense of design or aesthetics.

     
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    bruschetta   August 29, 2009  Philadelphia

    Not at all what I was expecting.  It's like a *popular* silhouetted dress just adorned with tons of expensive stuff.  Meh.

     
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    FlipFlopBride   Summer 2010  Virginia

    That's absolutely ridiculous. I can think of so many more sensible uses for that amount of money!!!!

     
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    mandM   July 4, 2009  Toronto (wedding in Romania)

    half a million for a perfectly boring dress

     
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    Laylabelle   November 7, 2009  Atlanta, GA

    Wow - that's ridiculous! I don't even like it!

     
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    Minutiae     Central PA

    Dear David Tutera: There's perfectly good jewelry you could have made with that heap of platinum, diamonds, aquamarines, and pearls. And people would actually buy it. Just saying. Sincerely, Minutiae.

     
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    Sulli301   June 26th 2010  Michigan

    @bruchetta I couldn't agree more!! haha "meh" perfectly describes my reaction to this...

     
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    AliOopsieDaisy   June 4, 2010  

    Thats outrageous. No way does that even look like a half a million dollar dress.

     
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    His Barista   09/04/2010  Portland, OR

    Yeah, I think it's ugly. lol.

     
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    babyboo     Torrance, CA

    does anyone else think it makes the model look a little... big? and if a model looks big imagine how it would make the average woman look.

    for that amount of money the dress better turn me into a supermodel :)

     
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    soon2bewed925     California

    I expected it to be covered in diamonds!

     
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    Mrs. DG   July 18th, 2009  Seattle/Tahoe

    It completely hides the model's waist with the ruffle.  I don't mind luxury items for those who can afford them, but it seems that they could do better.  They could sell a beautiful item instead of a gimmick.

     
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    spaniel     

    Meh. The dress before the jewelry isn't as nice as some $1,000 dresses I've seen. I was hoping the dress would have been special before the jewels were added, and the platinum chain is kind of lame-looking. He just made an expensive dress to make an expensive dress; nothing about it is particularly great otherwise.

     
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    Mrs. Louboutin   7.10.10  

    It looks ugly.  It actually look cheap.

     
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    Ick. That dress is hideous.

     
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    KMSull     Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    It looks realy cheap, like some people have said, but I honestly don't mind the concept... it could be kinda cool if done well! But not for that price.

     
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    MissAsB   June 6, 2009  Huntsville, AL

    It's all the diamonds and other precious gems making it worth that much.  You would think that they would have made it a more flattering fit than that and look better for the price though.

     
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    amanda.lynn   1/07/2011  Austin, Tx

    It's very unflattering...I'm not a fan.

     
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    Angeleri2bee   05/22/2010  El Paso, TX

    bah! I can't believe you would spend so much on a dress! I bet all of ours are way prettier, and mine was definitely A LOT cheaper!

     
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    lilyfaith   6/24/2012  Lakeview, Chicago

    Yeah, that's really boring. I'd much rather have a fashionable silhouette with minimal, classy details. 

     
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    2010bride2bee   September 2010  

    Looks like it has random chandelier earrings hanging from it. Blech. Ugly.

     
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    luli29     North of Beantown, MA

    wait...so David Tutera...the event designer that does that show "My Fair Wedding" is also a bridal gown designer?

     
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    lonelycheese15   October 31, 2010  West Virginia

    Wow.  I expected something with rare tiger's fur or something ridulously gaudy.  =P  I could have make that myself (or have my friend's mom do it, since I've never made a dress) for WAY less than 500k.  It's not even pretty - it makes her hips look really wide. Like Angeleri2bee said, I would bet all of our dresses are much prettier and way cheaper.  I got mine on sale for about $500 and love it.  And it has two or three times as much fabric as that does.  It has to be a sin to be throwing away that much money on one day (and not even the whole day - just the dress!) when there are starving babies in the world.

     
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    JamaicaBride   December 2009  Charlotte, NC

    He might as well have wrapped the model in a sheet and hung the jewels from that. The new Mummy Platinum Dress *rolls eyes* I bet some crazy person will buy that heap of crap too.

     
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    MzThrowBac2B   12~11~10  Bryan Tx

    Wow! I could never imagine spending that much on a dress EVEN if i had the money! It's not even pretty

     
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    krissycake   11/21/09  orlando,fl

    seriously? i'd want it to be MADE of pearls.

     
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    eryepye   03/27/2010  Seattle, getting married in Portland

    Yeah, agreed.  Ridiculous cost and not even a pretty dress.

     

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