How to get a wedding dress for under $200?

I would love to know too.

Got mine on ebay for $145

Craigslist, amazon, ebay, look at wedding shops too, sometimes they have last season dresses, even though nobody knows what season they are from. Also some places are willing to work with you and do a layaway type thing. Look at prom dresses, some can work for a wedding dress. Not sure of the style you are going for but I know my local CL has lots of dresses in a range of sizes so you can start there and look for other close area CL too.

• 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

Also, consider getting a bridesmaid's dress in white or ivory.

I second that you can get a great looking bridesmaid dress at Alfred angelo for way under 200 they make them in white or ivory and you won't have to compromise the quality of fabric I almost ordered a 2nd dress wedding dress there because I loved my bridesmaids dresses but my friends convinced me out of it

I got my dress at David's Bridal during the 99 dollar sale. For 99 bucks. I loved it. Alterations can be done for fairly cheap if you go local.

Go local and get referrals, a seamstress out of her house is MUCH cheaper than having the alterations done at a store. But reserve about $50 for basic alterations.

I found a replica dress for $150 on www.milanoo.com. I highly recommend that if you do order one online, you first go try on the same dress or style and see how it works for you.

David's Bridal has a $99 bridal sale and local seamstresses are alot cheaper than stores.

I agree with the people saying David's Bridal. They have some gorgeous dresses in their online collection for under $200, several are even closer to $100.

I got mine on ebay for $124 total. I love it but may not be as picky as some. I also ordered an empire waist as I already knew would work on my body

Thebridalgowns.com I got mine from there..and a good seamstress to do alterations (not all the dresses show up EXACTLY like the picture though!) Good luck!

Got my beauty on craigslist with matching bracelet for $100!!! I will eventually shut the eff up about my dress but I heart it

Local consignment shops. Our local hospital even has an auxiliary shop. My MIL got her dress (full blown dress) for $25 there.

Definitely go local for alterations. Mine only cost 70 dollars and I had a lot done. The alteration place the bridal salon recommended estimated costs at $200.

After trying on dress after dress and hating the price tags, I went searching online and ordered my dress from WWW.Fashioninthebox.com. I sent them my measurements and my dress was delivered in 5 weeks. The only fall back was having SOO MANY dresses to choose from. For what I paid $195 including shipping, was going to cost me at least $500. At least this is the amount the consignment shop has already offered me if I no longer "need it" after the wedding.

I'm not sure where you live but the annual running of the brides sale twice a year works