I need to find a wedding dress for £200 or less?

Question

I'm getting married on 29th September this year but I cannot start looking until the end of June as I am currently pregnant, and cannot push my budget. I would love an A-line style, and/or full skirt with or without straps, possibly with some crystal effect decoration on the bodice. I do not want a slim fitting dress, fishtail, straightor too fancy dress. A detatchable chapel length train would be nice but this is not an important detail. I need a floor length dress as I do not like the idea of a shorter one.
Any help gratefully recieved!!!

my budget is £200 as that is all i can afford, I've looked at bhs/debenhams/asda/m&s and cannot find anything i like - the A line skirt needs to be full but not over the top and i cannot have a two piece.
thanks for answers so far
x

Answer 1

Go to Davidsbridal.com

Answer 2

It seems like you have a decent amount of time to research - which is going to be the key in your case as you have something specific in mind and also a budget to adhere to. A lot of people have suggested Ebay and I think thats a good starting place, but then you have the problem of not beign able to 'try before you buy' (and if you don't like it/or it doesnt fit you can end up having blown your budget or having to pay more for costly alterations). I suggest another tactic which is charity shops and second hand clothing shops. Oxfam (would you beleive it!) actually has a bridal department! See the link here for stores that stock wedding dresses - some of them are BRAND NEW so you could really bag yourself a bargain. I would suggest if you don't find a dress the first time you should tell the store manager what you are looking for and leave your details so that they can call you when more stock appears that would be suitable for you. Heres the link:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/highstreet/bridal.htm
High street is your other option within your budget: BHS has already been mentioned and does have a good range. Debenhams also have a lot; the Oxford St branch has a bridal department and even if you get your dress from ebay/other then these two stores would be a good place to get the veil/accesories from. You don't say where you live but I would imagine that there is a local newspaper/buyer-seller pages where you can scan for 2nd hand wedding sales and obviously go see before you buy. One piece of advice, make sure that if you buy a second hand dress that it is already dry cleaned. Cleaning can cost around £100 (most dry cleaners charge a lot because its a specialist job) so you don't want to spend half your budget on that! Hope you find what you are looking for, I am sure you will! Good luck for the wedding - enjoy!

Answer 3

Hiya,
I've just bought my wedding dress from an ebay shop called The bridal shop by Lucy Jane. Type in wedding dress, then select 'see all matching shops' in the 'shop ebay stores 'category on the left hand side of screen. The dresses are beautiful and I bought mine for £125. They are so nice, my sister has bought one aswell!!
Congrats and hope everything goes well xx

Answer 4

They have some GORGEOUS gowns from David's Bridal. They are amazing! If you want, you can enter to win a free gown: http://davidsbridal.com/bridalcollection.jsp , also, right now, they are having a $99 sale, so you may want to check that out! Here is their homepage: http://davidsbridal.com/index.jsp . As soon as you look at their homepage, you will see that they have beautiful, floor-length dresses that are strapless and not strapless. Good luck with your wedding!

❤ Cali Girl

Answer 5

All of the preceding answers are good however, have you thought about renting one? or perhaps borrowing a friends dress? Does it have to be white? there are very good sales in TK Max where you may get something for as little as 70 pounds.What about buying the material and getting it made to the design you want. much cheaper than buying.
Good luck in June.

Answer 6

alot of the stores like asda are doing bridal wear now but in their larger stores so worth looking it up on the net to see which stores do them and they wont cost u the earth and what ive seen on the t.v they look great.Also its worth looking in a bridal shop cos they have dresses there that are on the rail and u may be lucky and find one thats for you .I done that and it cost me a quarter of the price as there was no fittings to do and it fitted me perfect.Wish u all the best and all the happiness

Answer 7

try ebay but try evening dress and ball gowns there's some amazing new dress and they are made to measure in lots of colours they come from America or hong Kong to take a week or to and there is a site that sells lovely pearls to good luck and have a magical day

Answer 8

British home stores does a lovely range of dresses and separates at a really reasonable price. my future daughter in law has just got hers from there. look on the web site. congratulations and best wishes for September

Answer 9

HI HAVE U LOOKED IN DEBENHAMS? THEIR SIMPLER DRESSES AREN'T TOO EXPENSIVE AS U SAID U DONT WANT IT TOO FANCY. GO TO THE WEDDING SECTION & CHECK OUT ALL THE DRESSES, NOT JUST THE BRIDE'S ONES AS THOSE R USUALLY FANCIER.
LOOK ON EBAY TOO

HOPE U HAVE A WONDERFUL WEDDING
& A BEAUTIFUL & HEALTHY BABY :)

Answer 10

how about my one?
i am willing to sell for £150
i got married last year in las vegas its a fab dress and worn for 2 hours,i paid over£1500 if you would like to see pictures contact moi [e-mail]
and if your a size 5 shoe will let you have the shoes for free!
its a lovely dress and funny enough i was saying to my mum today(what shall i do with it?)

Answer 11

Have you tried ebay, they have some beautiful ones on there, and new ones for aroun that price too, Iv seen some gorgous ones on there, have a look, good luck for the wedding and congrats