Does anyone have any credible websites for buying a wedding dress from the U.S., China or elsewhere ?

Pearl's Place has the actual brand name dresses for less than most places.

Or check out the used dress sites:

• • Preowned wedding dresses
• • OnceWed
• • Bravo Bride
• • Brideshare
• • Recycled Bride

Often, they even have new dresses for sale by brides who changed their minds or whose weddings were called off.

You could also look on Etsy. You may be pleasantly surprised. Check the wedding section, but also the vintage section.

Carretta, I would be careful, I have photographed hundreds of wedding that compromised on cheap chinese wedding dresses. They may look nice, but photographs an off color, many times white dresses from china photograph blue or green, Not very nice. The casting is blueish, pinkish or geenish in your end results.

Overseas isn't really an option -- there are more horror stories from Chinese knock off sites than there are success stories. Here's a post with links to different stories, pictures, etc. If the price is too good to be true, it is.

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/does-anyone-have-experience-ordering-wedding-gowns-from-china/46e88c085a8fc452.html

In addition to the links 2d shared, you can check out http://www.bestbridalprices.com/, they are legitimate sellers. Watch out for sample sales or trunk shows for that designer to see if you can get it off the rack for less. And when in doubt, Alfred Angelo and David's Bridal have a pretty good range of gowns that might work for you.

Also try www.houseofbrides.com (out of Chicagoland), or www.weddingshoppeinc.com (out of Minnesota) Both legit retailers.

I've odered cocktail dresses from www.lightinthebox.com and have been happy with the look and feel.

Here is a blog with a bride who ordered her gown from there too. http://offbeatbride.com/2012/04/new-york-gamer-wedding

I still had my wedding gown from my first marriage..I bought it for $300..but you'd think it was worth over $1000. I couldknt find anyone to buy it for the price I asked for bec they kept asking me to lower the price to $200 ish..I thought..come on..the dress but they wanted it for almost nothing. It was a sz 4,,yes that's how tiny I was bk in 98. I ended up donating it to good will..

Just found this site that may work for you. http://www.forherandforhim.com/bridal-gowns_c65.html

I got my dress from milanoo.com for $129.00! Its beautiful. Obviously, not a designer or super high quality, but its well put together, and I love it! You can buy it a few sizes big, or else they do custom fitting where you send them your exact measurements. Check them out, they really have some beautiful stuff!

And if you type in milanoo in the forum search here, you will see lots of stories of girls who bought dresses from them and were very happy

@Mrs.E -- would you be willing to share pictures of the actual dress with us? If you're happy with it, that's all that matters, but people should know what they may actually get.

This bride wasn't happy with her Milanoo dress, she bought another from David's:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/how-good-is-milanoo-com-for-wedding-dresses/846538bbf22cf860.html?page=1

Another bride, they lost her order for a bit, and when it arrived the corset was crooked:

https://www.weddingwire.com/wedding-forums/milanoo-com/2186169371ad2440.html

Just be aware of what you're getting, ladies.

I bought mine and my MOH's dresses from Milanoo.com and I love it!!! He're the stock pic of it...

Also.. I've used tbdress.com and a friend of mine ordered her wedding dress from there.. we were both super happy!

I have to get a petticoat so I can actually take a picture in it, but I could take some pictures of it just hanging up so you get the idea of how it photographs. Aside from being wrinkled and needing to be tailored to fit my short height better, its in really beautiful shape. I will try to get some pics taken of it tonight when the man is sleeping

And the best part is...if you get it and DON'T like it, you just gotta go to the post office and ship it on back and get your money back in a couple weeks.

Thanks everyone, I greatly appreciate all your comments. I have mixed feelings about ordering from overseas. I just didn't like any of the dresses I tried on a certain local bridal locations. Please keep the suggestions coming.

I would never order a dress from China. However, I would order online. I guess you could call me a "label junkie" but I want couture just not at the couture price. I ordered online but from a reputable retailer.

Go to aliexpress.com and go to wedding..

I bought my wedding dress Sposatelier.com I paid about £ 400 and it is beautiful and well-made, tailored specifically for me. Council this company which is based in Italy. Shipping is very economical

I'm just going to say, it's very clear that some scammers are infiltrating. You have to find reviews from several sites, cause these scammers will do ANYTHING to get your money. They infiltrate through sites like these to get you to buy their stuff.

-Good luck finding reliable sites!