In the current economy, a young couple tying the knot would do well to watch their purse strings.The wedding gown is the centerpiece of the bridal accessories, and perhaps the single most significant clothing purchase of your life. All the same, that doesn’t mean you’ve got to go into debt to look your finest. Today, affordable bridal gowns can be obtained by choosing vintage wedding dresses or shopping for discount bridal gowns online.
Various online shops abound with opportunities for a cheap wedding dress. Locating a winter wedding dress or plus size wedding gowns require a little more perseverance, but the lower demand for these items tends to keep the prices low.
A Cautionary Tale
Many Bridezilla story has roots in a friend or family member overestimating their sewing ability, and making a generous but miscalculated offer to whip up a bridal gown from scratch. The result can be an embarrassingly poor fit, the amateur seamstress feeling imposed upon, and in many cases, a permanent rift between longtime friends.
My bride to be friend picked out a sexy strapless wedding dress which complemented her well-endowed figure. The gown was a component of an ensemble including a lace jacket which would supply more modesty, but $800 for the jacket alone seemed unreasonable. I suggested that my 21-year-old daughter, who makes her own clothes, could make the jacket for $200.That constituted my first error.
When the bride showed up for the fitting, she didn’t bring the wedding dress (which was at the bridal shop being tailored, so the jacket was fitted over her street clothes.My daughter finished it the day before the wedding, and it turned out to be so large and poorly fitting that the bride began to cry and threw it aside.My daughter had already spent the bride’s money, and made the excuse that she hadn’t sewed with lace before, and that the bride to blame for not bringing the bridal gown to the jacket fitting.
She wore wedding dress without the jacket. I overheard a bridesmaid comment that she was worried the bride would pop out of the top of her dress. At my boyfriend’s encouragement, I ended up writing the bride a check for $200. It’s hard to pin down who was at fault, but for the sake of a friendship I valued, I accepted responsibility.