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Alterations for wedding dress

Colleen, on January 11, 2022 at 3:54 PM Posted in Wedding Attire 1 6

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We have been going over the budget and I realized that I didn’t allot a large amount for alterations. I’ve been working hard to lose some weight and the dress I ordered may need to be taken in and I know I want to lessen the very deep neckline. Does anybody have any idea how much alterations usually are? Thanks!

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Latest activity by Sine, on January 13, 2022 at 12:30 PM

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Rosie · on January 11, 2022 at 5:41 PM
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This is really dependent on where you live, how the dress is made and how easy the changes are to make, but it seems common for them to be about $500-800 in the US?
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Melinda · on January 11, 2022 at 5:52 PM
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This is varied on where you live.
If you go to a private seamstress instead of a wedding dress store it will save you some money. I got mine altered in the Bay Area, CA at a private seamstress.
He put in a five point bustle and took up the straps and added bra cups. The total was $290
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Lynnie · on January 12, 2022 at 4:30 PM
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It's hard to give an "average cost" for alterations because it totally depends on each dress, but most brides tend to spend between $300-800 on dress alterations.
Here are a few helpful discussions you should check out where lots of brides shared their alterations cost and what it involved:
How much did you spend on dress alterations?
How much are you paying for wedding dress alterations?
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Sine · on January 13, 2022 at 11:41 AM
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My alterations at David's Bridal came to $175 and that was just to shorten the dress and shorten the straps. It was kind of a lot for just that in my opinion...
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Colleen · on January 13, 2022 at 12:27 PM
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That’s close to what I budgeted and I agree , for what they did it seems like a lot but everything is so much more expensive once you add the word “wedding”, right?
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