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I'm watching Say Yes the the Dress and i'm shocked at how much some of these dresses are! Sticker shocked to say the least....
I'm curious to see how much you bee's would be willing to spend on a perfect dress??
Mine is coming in at 2k pre alterations. I would hyperventilate if I spent more.
I am paying for my dress myself, though, so that keeps it tight.
I would probably spend up to $2500 for the right one.... at my current standard of living. Obviously If I was in a different income bracket, I wouldn't bat an eye at a $6600 dress. BUT, I do think, no matter what, $20,000 is insane :-)
Mines going to come in at under £1K including alterations. But I have a "unwedding dress" in that it's not a typical wedding dress from a wedding dress boutique. It's an occasion dress.
Seattle has super high sales tax, 9.5% - I bought my dress in Portland OR since their sales tax is ZERO - My dress w/out tax and with 10% discount is $3870. My budget was $3k - as a result of going over I'm paying the difference plus the alterations....
Advice - - DO NOT TRY ON DRESSES OVER BUDGET!!!!!
I haven't been dress shopping yet, but the max I will spend is $5K. I refuse to try anything on that costs more than that. At least this is what I tell myself now!
If money weren't really an option, I could easily see spening $8,000, maybe $10,000 for my style. If I was an embroidery and crystals and huge train kind of gal, it could go to $12,000 just with cost of materials. I am getting a dress custom made, so I've seen the breakdown for really high quality materials and hand work. There aren't many ways to skimp on that.
But I just can't see myself paying a 50% + markup for a label. I could pay for the materials, the work, the design, the overhead...but not for the label. Or at least I hope that if I ever were a money no object kind of gal, I wouldn't pay for the label. I like high end things, but in materials and construction, not in branding.
I really don't want to spend more than $1000. I'm VERY frugal. But I know that if I found 'the one' my mom and dad would pay for it. I've also said that I want a $5000 wedding and my mom just tells me not to stress about money when it comes to my wedding. So we'll see.
I initially set my budget at $2K...Then I bought mine for $4K because the idea occurred to me that I can sell the dress afterwards. Recently I acquired some extra money due to the generosity of my dad (before I was paying for everything on my own), so if I could do it all over again I would've looked at dresses upto $7K. I was a bit disappointed in not finding my dream dress, and this is partly because I didn't allow myself to look at some designers at all. Had I been looking at higher end stuff from the beginning my search might've been a lot easier.
Now all of these numbers take into account that I would DEFINITELY try to sell the dress afterward, for about 40%-50% of the purchase price.
Depends on what my budget was... I'd say in a dream world, 15K, in real life, 4K.
@jackie-o 9.5% sales tax?! wow. good to know...my FI and I are moving there as soon as were done with the wedding.
i guess i'm not worried about finding a dress that is out of my budget...i found my dream dress for 1k. i just can't imagine spending much more than that!
@ JennHasFeet - - YAY thats great that you and FI are moving here, Seattle is WONDERFUL. Yes the sales tax is annoying but truly its only annoying when purchasing big ticket items. So in that case, the 2 hr 45 min drive to Portland is worth it, heeheehee
@jackie I'm SO SO excited! I've been wanting to forever and finally we're going to take the leap. It's all the way across the country but we're gonna do it!
$500 tops! my dress was $99 but with alterations and accessories and veil and all that prob adds up to about $400
Me personally? $600. The only thing I've ever spent more on was tuition, so I'd start to hyperventilate going over that. But, my mom caught wind that I was looking at dress rentals, and decided she'd rather buy the dress for me herself... And her budget ended up being twice that. I still can't look at the bill! :P
We budgeted $2k, and I didn't look at anything over $1800. I ended up falling in love with a $1300 & and a $700 and went with the cheaper one. I have to admit being super psyched that I came in sooo under budget!!
For my absolute dream dress, I would pay $2,500, but when we created our budget, I set it at $2,000.
I was faced with a situation where I considered buying a $4,200 designer gown that I was in LOVE with. It really was MY dress, but in the end, I couldn't do it. That made me realize that I couldn't spend more than a couple thousand, maybe a little more if it really was my dream dress.
i budgeted for under $5k and actually ended up spending less than $1k + alterations and it was fabulous. I did try on probably 60 dresses across a huge range of price points, including a $14,000 dress on display at Pronovias NYC. Yes, that dress was totally spectacular! But I found most of the dresses within the $1 - $5 k price range to be pretty similar in terms of style and quality (in orther words, i didn't think dresses in the upper range to be that much more amazing than the dresses around $1k) But I knew I wanted to spend more on flowers and decor details so I'm very happy I didn't splurge on the dress.
I budgeted for $800 and my Maggie dress was $790! But I didn't take alterations and shipping into account so total, I'm spending about $1050.
The most I wanted to spend was $1k. I bought a china knockoff "inspiration" dress for $180 which is my backup and I bought my real dress for $600 online. I'm sure alterations will put that total at $1k.
Then again, as long as I'm not completelty hideous in it I don't care all that much about the dress. Just me.
I havent't started to look yet but I know I am not spending more than $3,000! Girls that spend tons of money on dresses are not very smart! It's one day, only about five hours! Why in the world would you spend $10,000 plus on a dress you will never wear again?! People say oh my daughter will wear it when she gets married...UH no she won't! Are you going to wear your mothers?! Save your money for a new house or car! There are plenty of dresses out there that are cheaper and just as nice! I even think $3,000 is too much! And these girls that buy two or more dress..should be shot!
That wasn't very nice. I bought two dresses. I bought a knockoff from China to inspire me and hubby to loose the weight we gained while working full time (often 50+hrweeks each), going to school, and raising my kiddo who has school, cheer, and swim! When it comes in I am going to put it on and watch the fit - and when I take my trash the dress picks I'm cutting it up. I really don't appreciate that comment.
I guess I really outta be hung out to dry because I am probably going to buy a third dress for the reception - FH and I are looking at dance lessons when he graduates from his MBA in the spring and might put together a waltz which my ceremony dress won't be good for.
And I'm still spending less than half of your estimate.
I don't think i would spend more than $5K.
I say this, having spend around $3K with a budget of (initially)...$1500. The first time I went dress shopping, I had a REALLY hard time stomaching the idea of spending so much money on something...I think that was because during my first dress shopping experience I didn't try on anything that I REALLY liked on me. I later found a dress that I loved, and that made me feel happy in and I was happy to go over my budget (it also helped that we reassessed our budget prior to me going in and agreed we could probably pull off $3K).
um should be shot??? I dont really care for the changing of dresses, but that comment was a little uncalled for. Everyone should be able to do what they want, we all have different opinions and budgets. I spent alot on my dress, but that is mine and fiances choice and not really for anyone else to judge.
I wanted to go no higher than $1,000 and my dress ended up being almost $1,500. However, we justified it by recognizing that I wasn't going to have to buy a veil and that my dress was going to have very minimal alterations.
@Miss Bella - Everyone has different priorities. I don't think it's appropriate to judge other people's decisions on how much to spend on a dress. I would probably never spend more than 1k on a dress even though I can afford to spend much more, but that's just me. I certainly wouldn't tell other brides what they should or should not spend.
@Miss Bella - Keep in mind that everyone'e entitled to an opinion, but expressing it in such a harsh way can easily offend people. While you think it's outgrageous to have more than one dress, some people could say the same for a $3,000 limit.
Just keep in mind it's okay to express your opinions, of course, but try to be aware of others' feelings and personal decisions.
I considered up to $500, but bought one on ebay that was originally $1000 for only $150 and will spend another $100 on alterations. I found that special occasion dresses were much cheaper for the fabric quality, so I went that route.
@Miss Bella - that was very inappropriate. Different people prioritize their weddings in completely different ways. I'm not sitting here telling you that you're stupid or should be shot for the decisions you're making... please have a little more consideration. The WB boards aren't snarky, and we'd like to keep it that way.
$1000, all in. It's just a dress.
My dress cost ... 475 after taxes, shipping, and alterations. Yessss
in her defense... when buying other big ticket items, do you really buy two? Who goes out and buys two televisions? They do the research, pick one, and buy it. I can see where she is coming from! I definitely bought 3 dresses, and was kicking myself for being so indecisive and annoying (to myself).
$1000 was my limit. I came in around $850 for my Justin Alexander beauty. =) The dress was priced at $1100 and I got a trunk show special. I am very happy with the price and love my dress! It is exactly what I wanted.
No more than $6k. Mine came in at around $3,500 with alterations, and if you care about a very fashion-forward style, or quality fabric its hard to find those things under a certain price-point.
That being said - designer dresses also have the added bonus of retaining their value for resale. Think of it like a car, is a Honda more expensive than a Kia even though they both get you to work? Yes, but when you go to resell the car you can get way more money for the Honda because of the better quality!
Went in with a 3K budget which we were flexible on for a couple hundred for THE ONE. Well THE ONE was of course a couple hundred over, we got a bit of a discount so it ended up being something like $3,400. I have no idea what the alterations will cost on it. Maybe I'll resell it, maybe I won't. Haven't decided yet.
this is a forum. I can say what I want just like everyone else.... if you don't like what I have to say than thats fine. I don't like what a lot of people say but I don't tell people how to feel. If you don't like it, that sounds like your problem not mine..Its one day..some people don't even have one dress, why would any one person need more than one? AND I MEANT WHO NEEDS TWO DRESSES TO WEAR! Not who needs to purchase two dresses..please get off your high horses
Thank you for your support Melissabegins... at least not everyone takes things sooo personally
With my expected budget...no more than $450, but if I had the money, it still wouldn't be more than $2K
no problem! it's good to try to take other people into consideration when posting, but equally as important to know when someone is kidding around and/or to let some things go. I definitely feel both sides of this argument, lol! I totally acted unlike myself by buying 3 dresses but I can empathize with brides being indecisive for sure.
It's not about not being able to express your opinions, Miss Bella, it's about HOW you express them. Would I buy two dresses? No. Would I make a comment that someone who does should be shot in a web community with a no snark policy where I know for a fact many women HAVE bought two dresses? No!
I mean, we're not idiots and we obviously know you aren't being literal when you say that, but you should just be mindful of your tone. No one is attacking your viewpoint. Like you said, you are entitled to your opinions just like the rest of us.
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