Okay, maybe not a “cheap” dress but a very reasonably priced one? Then check out the “for sale” board on any wedding forum. I just recently started poking around on these boards on the Canadian Bride and the Wedding Bells forums and wow, there are some amazing deals on there.
For example, here’s a $3000 Alfred Sung dress that’s selling for $500 and that price is negotiable.
Or how about a never-altered Maggie Sottero Gloria dress, normally $1600 but selling for $900?
Now, I know some people aren’t comfortable with the idea of wearing a used dress or worse, a dress that never made it to the alter because the engagement broke off, but quite a few of the dresses for sale have never been worn and are up for sale because the bride bought a second dress (their craziness, your gain I guess). These are perfectly good dresses ready for you to take them to the seamstress of your choice for alterations.
And so what if the dress was already worn once? So long as it’s in good condition and you love it, I don’t see what the big deal is. Besides, you don’t have to tell people where you got it from. Just say that it was a private sale, direct from a woman who didn’t need it (which is completely the truth).
If you need to, or just want to, trim a few hundred dollars from your budget, buying a dress second-hand is certainly the way to go.
Also check out www.thebridesproject.com for a place to donate your dress, or to purchase one. All proceeds are donated to a few cancer related charities. They also receive floor models and donations from designers!
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