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Most of the brides on this site will suggest you stay away from chinese knock-offs. The dress that you're interested in is very detailed, and you have no guarantee that your ordered dress will be good quality or truly look the same as the designers.

I wouldn't do it.

Cheap=Cheap

Instead of ordering a knock-off, why not contact a local seamstress to custom design your gown? I had originally contacted my now seamstress about the dress I wanted and the price would've been about the same as retail. Of course, she said we could change the design a bit to fix my budget, but I ended up getting my gown on sale so she's just going to alter it for me.

This is a gorgeous design. I would never recommend going with anyone that you can not actually walk into their shop for a fitting. It's too risky. But again the end result is yours to make, but like Kristi stated cheap = cheap. So before choosing make sure your willing to buy another gown if this one doesnt come out as FAB as it looks on the picture. I say go with Jaime's advice and find a local seamstress to create a dress fit for you. It may be different but your seamstress should know her limits and what she can and can not execute. Good Luck to you.

dont do it

I have only heard of one good experience...but it's all subjective.

You get what you pay for. This person was ok with a substandard product that was similiar to what she wanted because she got a great price.

My friend had found a dress she fell in love with for $3,000. She took the picture to a local seamstress who made it for $477, and it was a VERY close replica - it looked great on her and saved her a ton of money.

HELLO,I ORDERED MY DRESS FROM KISSBRIDE AND I RECEIVED IT IN 24 DAYS IT CAME PERFECT,,YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW YOUR DRESS SIZE OR GET IT A LITTLE BIGGER AND GET IT ALTERED LATER...I WOULD SHOW YOU MY ORIGINAL DRESS BT ITS GETTING ALTERED RIGHT NOW BT I WILL POST PICS AS SOON AS I RECEIVE IT...BT IM IN LOVE CANT WAIT TO PUT IT ON..AM ALSO GOING TO ORDER MY VEIL THERE TOO

KISSBRIDE.COM ...>>>>TRY IT;)

@Mandy -- that is a lot of dress! Have you tried on wedding gowns at all yet? If you have, did you try a style similar to that? Just because a dress looks good on a model doesn't mean it will look the same on you. I definitely suggest trying dresses on first to see what best your body type. You can always search for the gown on some of the pre-owned dress sites, such as http://www.recycledbride.com/ or http://www.oncewed.com/used-wedding-dresses/. These options are always better than a knock off site that cannot guarantee quality and tend to have horrible (if any) customer service at all.

I would stay FAR AWAY from those knock-off dress sites.

I also agree that you need to TRY on your dream dress before ordering it.
I HATED my dream dress on, and one that I Hated on the hanger was one of my Top 3 Dresses.

Leigit sites....
www.bestbridalprices.com
www.houseofbrides.com
www.ebridalsuperstore.com/CategorySearchResults.asp?category=BM
David's bridal

Good Morning America reported on what you might get for that deep discount

~ Watch the video ~
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/avoid-wedding-dress-blues-14872390

Also tons of links to WW-brides 1st hand stories and examples why NOT to purchase a knock-off - please read
http://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/does-anyone-have-experience-ordering-wedding-gowns-from-china/46e88c085a8fc452.html

After you TRY On your dream dress, you can try to find it for less on one of these sites.

Never worn/Used Dresses

Bravo Bride
Brideshare
Craigslist
Event Leftovers
Event Swap
eBay
eBay classifieds
OnceWed
PreownedWeddingDresses
Recycled Bride

Also, most of the wedding forums have for sale areas. You might check out:
The Knot Wedding Classifieds board
Kvetch's Sharing Costs of Decorations/Decorations Swap thread
Offbeat Bride's Wedding Swap Group
OneWed's Buy, Sell, & Trade forum
Project Wedding Classifieds
Trash to Treasure
Wedding by Color Marketplace
Weddingbee Classifieds

http://www.ewednewz.com/2012/03/ewednewz-obtains-a-list-of-pirate-wedding-websites-as-sales-drop/#comment-1950

That is a list of the companies that rip off the designers and the customers

order it biger than the size tou need so you can alter hear thay all come smaller than US sizs and make shure you have at least 2 months for them to deliver it. But Dress Ive got are all beautifull all 5 had to be altered.The vail I got from them was beautiful and thay made it to the linghts I wanted 72" all for 65.00 I am in love with my vell. Wisch you well.

wow.. thank you so so much for all the replies.
Lots of great suggestions here. let me do some research now.

and PLEASE KEEP POSTING!

I really don't know what i am doing.
my love just proposed to me two weeks before, my mind just keep thinking about wedding, how great it's gonna be. it's like i'm day dreaming all day.. LOL...

I'm so happy & excited, but nervous at the same time..

sorry its (kissbrid

Jackie, for the love of Pete, please turn off the caps lock. Writing in all caps is the equivalent of walking into a room and shouting at the top of your lungs. Is this your first time ever in a forum? Because, "shouting" is considered to be rude. It also makes your posts very hard to read.

Listen to Hayley. She knows everything. Congrats on you recent engagement!

Please read the sticky on the main page about what to do when you're "new"

http://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/new-to-the-weddingwire-forums-please-read-before-you-post/b433c40c1a62b96a.html

Congrats on your recent engagement!

S3- you beat me to my comment...

And I second what Judith says!