How Much Do You Feel Is A Resonable Coast To Spend For A Wedding Gown?
It is one of the most important times in your life, and there will be at least 150 people at our wedding. Some of which will be very wealthy and judgemental. I have tried on several gowns, and the ones i love are between 1000-1500 dollars. That does not seem over the top to me, but this is what i like. What do you feel is a reasonable amount to spend. Trust ,e I get that it just one day in your life.
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when i first got engaged, i told myself that i wouldn’t put a limit on a dress price (to an extent, of course; $3,000 max, which is a lot for me b/c i’m very frugal). i told myself not to look at the price tags and when i find “the one” to just buy it. i did just that, and when i looked at the price it was on clearance for $40! just go to places that you know that you wouldn’t break the bank even if you bought the most expensive one (davids bridal is a good one)
In the US, the average price of a wedding gown is around $1400. This is JUST for the gown. Most people don’t take into account the bra, the slip, the veils, the tiara or headpieces, shoes, gloves, jewelry and alterations.
If you spend $1500, keep in mind that with all the add-ons, you’ll probably be in the $2K range. No one can tell you what is the right price for your gown. If you’ve been spending years dreaming about it, I say get exactly what you want, not what is in a particular price range. If you just want a nice dress, then take a look at your budget, and stay within that range. Make yourself happy, as you’re not in an outrageous range.
The average is ten percent (of your budger), I believe. You should spend what you can afford to get something that you’re in love with. However, you shouldn’t sacrifice important parts of your wedding for the dress or put yourself into debt. If $1000 to 1500 seems reasonable to you, then get it. It all depends on your personal budget.
Congratulations!
P.S.- No one is going to know how much you’ve spent unless you volunteer that information, and anyone who would ask is rude, and not someone you’d want there anyway.
I personally think that $1500 is too much to spend on a gown that typically is worn once. If you can find something comparable for around $500, go for it. I’m assuming that nobody is going to have the audacity to ask you how much you spent. It really isn’t any of their business anyway. There are beautiful gowns out there for a reasonable price if you know where look.
You need to wear whatever you feel special and good in. Don’t worry about what your guests think, they aren’t the ones in the dress.
Personally, there was no way I was going to spend anything over $500 on a dress. When we were planning our wedding (paying for everything ourselves), we realized that we could either have a grand wedding and stay in our apartment, or have small affair and buy a house. We went the cheap wedding and a house route, and haven’t regretted it since! My dress ended up costing $40 and was perfect!
It really depends on what you can afford. Most moderately priced wedding dresses are between $800-$1500, so you are right to track with the average. For myself, I think about $1,000 is good. However, I haven’t started wedding dress shopping yet. I tend to gravitate towards more expensive items unintentionally. So, I’ll see how much I spend when the time comes.
It all depends how good of a bargin hunter you are. My dress was $2000.00 I paid $100.00 for it. Brand new off the shelf. its a stunning gown that i fell in love with the first time i tried it on. You’d be surprised what you can find that doesn’t cost you an arm and leg. Oh and my shoes were $110 down to $35.00..
I wouldn’t buy a gown to impress other people. I’d buy the gown that I absolutely loved – (as long as it was in my budget!) Don’t start out your life trying to please others – you’ll always be disappointed. Go for what feels right to you and what you can afford.
To me i couldnt care less about the price, I’m marrying the man i love.. i’d wear a bin bag!!!! dont get me wrong, i’m wearing a nice dress… didnt cost more than 100!!! got it from china, its lovely, couldnt tell the difference… but seriously, getting married is so much more important than any of that stuff.. dont go over the top, keep money for your honeymoon!!
Personally I wouldn’t pay more than a couple hundred.
I wouldn’t spend over $400 you can find deals, that are cute .
Good luck and God bless /
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My gown cost 900 and I spent an extra 100 to get it made in the perfect length so I would not have to cut off the design.
My daughter got a beautiful one for $80 on Ebay. My brand new jacket and trousers cost $15 and was/ is great.
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I think $1000 is a lot. I got a great deal on my dress. It is a $3000 dress that I got at a bridal event at Filene’s Basement (Running of the Brides), for around $300 including tax. The dresses are new, but they have to be cleaned since people tried them on. No dress at the event is over $700, but they are designer gowns included Vera Wang. The dress is still in stores selling for over $2500.
Don’t pay the asking price for your wedding gown. Get the style number, size, etc. Ask if the price is the best they can do, and then look around for a better price. The wedding gown is one of the things you can negotiate the price on.
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My personal opinion on the matter, spend whatever you want as long as it doesn’t put you in debt or sacrifice from another important part of the wedding such as food/drink. Cutting the flowers for your gown, fine. Cutting the food or open bar, bad. Nobody will know what you paid unless you tell them. If anyone is rude enough to ask, just reply that you “got a great deal” whether you did or not and leave it at that.
Remember you will have taxes, alterations and cleaning/steaming (is typically down before the wedding), and if you want to keep your gown cleaning and preservation. Those are all costly expenses. My “cheap” dress cost me $250 to clean and box (we moved our date so i won’t need the dress as soon as i was planning). So my $250 dress because a $300 dress after taxes, and a $550 dress after cleaning. I still have alterations that will be done. There is no avoiding alterations. it has to be done since you buy your dress to fit the largest part of your body.
Depends on who is paying for it and how. If you can pay for it by skipping a new handbag this season or flying economy instead of first class on your next vacation then you can certainly afford it. If you are going to be paying off a credit card debt at a rate of $50 a month then it will take you years to pay off the debt and you’ll have spent as much on finance charges and interest as you spent on the dress.
My general rules of thumb are:
1. Supposing that you earn about $25 an hour, ask yourself if you’d be willing to come in for 4 hours every Saturday for 15 weeks in a row in order to own this dress. If it’s not worth working extra weekend days for, then it costs more than you are realistically ready or able to pay.
2. If you have to wonder whether you can afford it or not, then chances are you’d be better off choosing something that you’re sure you can afford.
If you are in the fortunate position of having someone else pay for the dress, then you must resist the temptation to use the specialness of the day to bully or browbeat that person into spending more than they wish to spend.