FabSwingers.com forum: Wedding dresses...

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I've been watching wedding programmes recently (like four weddings, etc) and was just curious to see what people think is an average price for a wedding dress and what constitutes an expensive wedding dress.

I think a cheap dress is under £1000, mid price would be up to £3000 and an expensive one would be £8000 upwards.

what do you think?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my 1st was £700 with the extras too and my 2nd was £550 with the extras and i think both were gorgeous... i would never have paid more than £1000 whats the point, they only get thrown in a cupboard along with the ex hubbys lol

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

£8,000 for a frock????????? You can have a perfectly OK weekend break for 8 grand

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"£8,000 for a frock????????? You can have a perfectly OK weekend break for 8 grand

Weekend break . . . . my whole wedding cost less than 8 grand including the honeymoon

Ok what I brought back is still costing me cos she is nearly 7 years old

When we got married we decided we just wanted a quiet family only day and cos he had decided to join up we didnt have loads of time to get it sorted out . . . kind of just phoned up the registrar (? spelling is pants I know) and did it.

No fancy dress, cars, reception or flowers just him and I telling everyone we love each other.

Shona

x x x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

your wedding sounds like it was lovely and

Four weddings has really opened my eyes to weddings on a budget of any sort. the weddings i have been to had no budget and im sure cost over £250,000 but i'm starting to realise that you dont need a lot of money to have a lovely wedding or wedding gown.

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

£250,000? That could have been a new car or the deposit on a house.

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

Obviously a lot to be said for living in sin then!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

E-bay... loads of cheap wedding dresses on there.... probably a few ex husbands too!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Having paid for two of the damn things in my life, what I would like to know is where is the recycled wedding dress shop cos I never saw either wedding dress ever again! Were they turned into tablecloths? Have I been eating my dinner of them? Are they lining the baby's crib?

WHERE ARE THEY??????

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

People don't actually buy second hand wedding dresses, do they? Isn't it supposed to be the most important day of a woman's life?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Losing ya virginity is an important day in one's life. Buying a ridiculously expensive dress you only wear once doesn't really qualify does it!

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By *ensualfire88Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

Given the number of marriages which fail wouldnt it be an idea to spend a bit of money on a dress you really like, and then keep it for the next one...?!

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By *imfromGlasgowMan
over a year ago

er...guess

"Given the number of marriages which fail wouldnt it be an idea to spend a bit of money on a dress you really like, and then keep it for the next one...?!"

How many women are the same size from wedding to wedding?

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By *ensualfire88Man
over a year ago

Edinburgh

"Given the number of marriages which fail wouldnt it be an idea to spend a bit of money on a dress you really like, and then keep it for the next one...?!

How many women are the same size from wedding to wedding?"

OUCH!!!

I thought my comment was a wee bit risky when i made it, but you've trumped me hands down there!!!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

Our whole wedding, dress, suit, cars, church, hall, food, disco, cost us just under £500 !!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my first wedding dress still fits me after 32 years

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

our daughter had her dress converted into a corset n skirt.. she has worn them twice i think.. and her whole wedding cost less than £7000.. they paid for it themselves.. she sed that way she had what THEY wanted not what mum n dads could afford

what a lovely girl she is pmsl... saved me a fortune

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my wedding dress was £1298 which i thought was expensive and after it was all ordered we seen it in another smaller family run shop for £300,exactly the same dress so it pays to shop around all the smaller shops and not 2 stick to the big well known ones

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"my wedding dress was £1298 which i thought was expensive and after it was all ordered we seen it in another smaller family run shop for £300,exactly the same dress so it pays to shop around all the smaller shops and not 2 stick to the big well known ones"

EH!!!! ... Do i need to get a hat?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

EH!!!! ... Do i need to get a hat?"

Only if you want to, but it can make you look more dressed up (if you want to that is!)

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By *andKCouple
over a year ago

Norfolk

"People don't actually buy second hand wedding dresses, do they? Isn't it supposed to be the most important day of a woman's life?"

Big C charity shop in Norwich has a huge wedding dress department - couldn't persuade our daughter to get one from there though

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