Finding an Affordable Wedding Dress

I bought my dress for $900 in a sale.

I don't understand why more people don't buy oreowned. It's been worn once and dry cleaned and you will literally be saving thousands.

Etsy?

If you find Facebook wedding groups some people sell their dresses there

Check out preownedweddingdresses.com. Craigslist or even Facebook

@Ellen D. - Same! My dress from DB was $750 and I LUURVES it!

I got mine from lightintgebox.com only paid $200 for the dress and $30 for shipping

There's a few on Amazon

Always look at Goodwill, you will be surprised what you can find!

Be on the look out for clearance sales!

Type used wedding dresses in Google and you will find amazing dresses!

If I were to buy online, I would only do it after looking at the reviews & to make sure it was a price I could 'eat' if the dress was not what I'd expect AND if I had enough time to purchase a dress elsewhere if I had to replace it. If the price & time wasn't something I could gamble on....personally, I wouldn't.

Consignment stores, FB wedding resale sites, off the rack/clearance, etc. I've seen some suggest having a dress made; but honestly....I have no idea if that would be less or not?!? But it would be made per your measurements/eliminates alteration costs.

Bridal consignment shop..

Bought off the rack not because of budget but absolutely fell in love with mine ! Mine was only 300

Look on the sale racks at David's Bridal, I got mine for $1500 less than what it originally was.

I got mine from BHLDN. It was on sale, so I only paid about $340 or something like that for it. Their dresses are gorgeous. I was also looking at Milamira on Etsy, and they have some absolutely gorgeous dresses that are reasonably priced (I just ended up deciding to go with the dress I loved that I could actually try on before I bought it). There ARE options out there; you shouldn't have to pay an arm and a leg for your wedding dress (and I was amazed how many unique, inexpensive dresses there are!).

Maggie Soterro has a newer line, Rebecca Ingram. All dresses under 1200. I got mine on Black Friday for 850!

Check consignment shops, consider off the rack, david's bridal and the sale rack at Macy's Bridal salon if you have one in your area.

Try Grace and Garnet in Whittier. Or you can try CocoMelody downtown Los Angeles. The second one has a website.