If you have a tight budget, you might consider buying a used Prom wedding dress. If you leave your options open and allow enough time to shop for used clothing, you can use a wedding dress of your dreams while saving a few hundred dollars.
Be careful when buying used - or a dress that is not directly from the designers - it could be less than pristine condition. Expect to have to clean or make minor repairs.
Before going to a dress worn, the style of the investigation several designers "so you know that brands tend to be" seen. "By doing this, they also decide what features you want your wedding dress you have. For example:
- What general style you choose (line, siren, etc.)?
- What color is your dress will be (ivory, white, pink, etc)?
- What the neck that can be accepted by you (love, sleeves, etc)?
- How long should your dress and has a train?
- What kind of details that have (pearls, rhinestones, pearls, etc)?
Moreover, as women use daily, the size varies depending on the brand. Every graphic designer published measurements. Using the graph, find your size in each designer dress of your choice (remember that chances are your wedding dress will have to be changed, whether you buy it used or directly from the designer).
After completing your research, you're ready to start looking for a used Prom wedding dress. There are several places to find dresses that are used. You want to configure notifications, enter the application, and control each one:
- Consignment stores can be a source of good used clothing. If you are lucky to have a local official to use a clothing store, alert the owner that you are looking for a dress.
- Craigslist is a very active secondary market. Find your Craigslist, open a free account and create a "theme wanted" post. Do a search for "wedding dress" term "wedding dress" on clothing - and to monitor new listings often - to see what is currently sold.
- There are several websites that specialize in wedding clothes used and / or the creation of a buyer / seller (hint: search for "wedding dress used" or something similar in your favorite search engine).
- Buy at auction. So far, the largest auction site eBay is, and have a large part of the wedding dress. Many were used once or is a sample of sales.
- Although technically not "used", examples of wedding shop is a big business. Most stores sell sample his last season for $ 99 and up.
Other Finding Cheap Wedding Dresses
If your heart is set on a fashion designer, but you do not have a designer bag, you can find designer dresses at a fraction of the sample of the cost of the sales floor in one of the samples above.
You can also purchase a duplicate design. This is similar - but not quite identical - which is not a fashion designer. In general, for a wedding dress based on the existing photo. A tailor, usually in Asian countries, and then recreates the overall look of the dress imagined - often around $ 100. There are both positive and negative of this approach. Clothing is appropriate for you depends on your own priorities: If you expect the same quality materials and the precise details as the original designer, you will be disappointed. If you are looking for a very cheap way to buy a formal dress that will look good on you for one day, then consider this option.
A final way to find cheap wedding dress is to consider the lady dressed in white or ivory dress as a wedding dress informal. Because bridesmaid dresses are usually much cheaper than the wedding dress, you can save hundreds of dollars with this approach.
