Dress Budget (poll)

Original post by FutureMcBride

Nov 21, 2010 12:13 PM

would you ladies mind sharing your dress budget? Just got off the phone with my mom and I have no idea how to go about this! Thanks!!!

Also if you don't mind telling me if you actually stuck to your budget or not!

PRINCESSCUT Posted: Nov 22, 2010 12:48 AM

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I originally had a budget of about 3000 and went over budget with my eve of milady dress, which will be around 4500 with alterations. But I love my dress still deciding whether to try to sell it afterwards.

JulieB Posted: Nov 22, 2010 07:36 AM

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My budget was $2000. Ended up finding my dream dress for $999!!! With taxes and alterations it will come to about $1500...

legalchef Posted: Nov 22, 2010 07:48 AM

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I technically didn't have a budget, but I knew I didn't want to spend a ridiculous amount on a dress.

What I did was try on a few that were more expensive (around $5-6k) to see if there was *that much* of a difference between the cheaper dresses ($1-2k) and the more expensive, and there really wasn't. At the end of the day, my mom would have been fine with spending $5k if it really was an absolutely perfect dress.

But my dress is $1230. Alterations are capped there at $350. I'm adding some appliques to it, which are around $200 each. I am getting a corset back put in, too, but I am not sure if that will go towards the alterations charge or if there is a fee on top of that. When all is said and done, the dress alone will probably be around $2,200.

SummerBride10 Posted: Nov 22, 2010 08:02 AM

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I wanted to keep my dress under 1k. I ended up finding a dress I LOVED for 1100. Worked out perfect!

Melissa1012 Posted: Nov 22, 2010 09:12 AM

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Posted by MrsG2011

Posted by Melissa1012

My budget was 1200-1500. I ended up buying my dream dress for an amazing $695!

Nice! where did you find an amazing deal like that?

Helens Bridal in Commack!