Wedding gowns are the most important aspect of any bride's wedding. Yet, the expense of wedding gowns can be steep. Sometimes, the cost of the bride's dress is more than the combination of all the bridesmaids' dresses, and the groom's tuxedo as well.
Therefore, it becomes incumbent to try to find places that can offer good quality wedding dresses without spending a lot of money. Sometimes a bride might even be able to find a seamstress who will make a hand crafted wedding dress for them that will not only be one of a kind, but less expensive that one a top name designer might design for them.
Luckily, there are many other places where one can go to get affordable wedding dresses, even some gowns that look like, or actually are, designer dresses by some of the biggest names in the business. There are a good number of websites that one can go to trying to find real designer wedding dresses, used, that are now being sold for much lower prices. A Vera Wang wedding gown, which originally retailed for $6,800.00, can be found for a discounted price of $2,000.
If you're looking for a wedding dress that looks like a designer made it, but not at designer prices, you could try going to store or websites that sell replica wedding gowns. Which where a replica designer dress will cost you less than $350.00 and you can send in a copy of the dress you'd like made, and they'll send you back a quote, and, according to the site, the price will be $309.00 with free shipping; outstanding.
If you're the type who actually likes to see the dress in person, there are places you can go to find wedding dresses for low prices. Consignment shops are good for finding wedding gowns at reduced prices, and some consignment shops will actually let you negotiate with them for a better price, but not many since they have to split the profits with the original owners.
Another place one can go to try to find an affordable wedding dress is a thrift shop. This actually isn't a bad idea because the costs are less than a consignment shop, and all you have to do then is find someone who can make alterations and any other changes you want to the dress. The total for both of those could cost you less than $500, and the wedding dress ends up being almost tailor made just for you.
You could also try and wait for a wedding dress sale at any number of department stores that sell them. Those can be trying, though, as hundreds of women go at each other, sometimes grabbing at the same dresses, and it can cause not only a lot of heartache, but you might walk away with nothing.