AIBU to ask how much your wedding dress cost?

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Found my dream dress today...it's over my budget by £800 but I'm not sure if my budget was U to start with as I seemed underestimate how much they cost!
How much was your dress?

Mine was £80 off eBay via China. It was absolutely fine. No complaints from me.

£85. Half price in end of season sale at Monsoon. Whole wedding cost £4000 including honeymoon.

£200 for the dress in an evening wear closing down sale. Thai silk, and absolutely beautiful. I kept it for longer than the husband, but I eventually gave it to the charity shop.

About £60 over a decade ago

Around £500 23 years ago. My dad gave us £1000 towards the wedding and that covered the cost of my outfit including my veil and shoes, together with those of my two bridesmaids. He was so pleased when I told him.

£200. I didn’t have a typical wedding dress though, totally not me. I bought a lovely silver dress from Karen Millen. It was perfect.

Including alterations 2k

Mine was £500 and it was beautiful.

Mine was 350 with alterations

15 years ago the fabric cost me around £150. I made it myself as I didn't like anything in the shops. Second marriage and I wanted a simple dress.

£1100 but got it for £940 as they had a discount . That was in 2003 .

$200 NZD, so about £100 in today's money. I bought the silk, and my mother made it, bless her.

Does it matter what others spend? What matters is that you like it and it comes roughly within budget. I’ve seen brides look stunning in dresses from Oxfam for £120 or simple, but beautiful, homemade dresses costing about £200 and brides spending £10, 000 on a dress that was no more memorable.
My mother’s was made from parachute silk ten years post war. I suspect it cost shillings.
Mine was about £800 with shoes and veil around thirty years ago. It felt like a small fortune.
My daughter has the dress she wants - luckily it was reduced. It wasn’t cheap, but hopefully she’ll only wear one once and as son as she tried it on she knew it was ‘the one’.

£85

Mine was £550 but that was 23 years ago.

£20 off eBay... an ex display dress with an £800 price tag!! Fit perfectly as well, I certainly count my blessings with that one 😂

£24.99! Not a traditional dress but exactly what I wanted :)

£370 15 years ago including alterations and cathedral length veil.

I got married last year - £5,500 for the dress and then £500 for alternations.

*alterations

about 4.5K. Not even sure how much alterations cost - i have an evening dress that cost about 1k (I've used that dress many times). Hopefully my wedding dress will be worn by my daughter.

About £500, my mums outfit cost more than my dress!

£112.50 in the BHS sale. And it was lovely :)

£55 from Debenhams.

£100 brand new and alterations made by MIL. It was perfect.

I'm sure your dresses were amazing but I am baffled as to how anyone could pay upwards of £4k for a frock to be worn for just one day. It's a frock. For one day!

I was 50 when we got married. We paid for everything for our guests - hotel, food and drinks - and it cost us less than £4K. It's the marriage that matters, not the wedding.