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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   NYC

    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    June 19, 2010  

    ew it's not even cute.

     
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    ddubzz    June 5, 2010   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       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  

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

     
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    Minutiae    May 2011  

    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 26, 2010   Michigan

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

     
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    AliOopsieDaisy    July 2010  

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

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    Yeah, I think it's ugly. lol.

     
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    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 18, 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    March 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    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    July 2010  

    It looks ugly.  It actually look cheap.

     
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    zippylef    October 30, 2010   Norfolk, UK

    Ick. That dress is hideous.

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   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   Married in CO, Living in 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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    cardigan    January 7, 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    June 23, 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    October 9, 2010   Massachusetts

    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    May 21, 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    May 14, 2011   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    December 2012   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    November 21, 2009   orlando,fl

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

     
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    eryepye    March 27, 2010   Seattle, married in Portland

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

     

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