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?

£660, reduced from £1000 however, if I had more time I would have looked around more as I think it was a lot of money for a dress I wore once. Some high street and department store dresses around the £200 range are stunning.

£120. Sold as a bridesmaid dress but I had it made in ivory

I had it made in1991 - £693

That included the veil & garter

I think it ended up being just over 300 with the alterations, almost 20 years ago.
At Debenham's and still love it.

£350 from phase eight. (6 years ago) Everyone commented on how lovely it was

£600. It was half price as it was end of line. Bargain!
Alterations will maybe be a 100.

Ebay £100 it was/is an original pink poofy prom dress from the 50s. Fucking gorgeous- but a bit out there!

I still have it and it still fits... but i haven't worn it since.

I have heard of 6 female friends who all got married within a couple of years of each other who, once a year, meet up and wear their dresses. They go to a different woman's house every year, no men no kids, eat drink and be merry. It makes the neighbours double-take to see merangue after merangue all pile into one house of an evening

£25 from ASOS. Loved it and wear it regularly!

95 from bhs. I got divorced last year

110 pounds from a bridal shop 30 years ago. It was the first one i tried on and no alterations needed.

£890 plus alterations (still to be confirmed - the wedding's not til November!) for a lacy tea length number which was the second dress I tried on

£50 flower patterned cotton halterneck from Greenwich market. It was perfect for me.

45 U.S dollars It was from Holy Clothing, silver grey with Celtic embroidery.

£60 five years ago. Monsoon outlet.

£500 in 1992

It was a pale pink Romantica of Devon, and I absolutely loved it

Didn't want to take it off ever!

80 quid from Debenhams. It's not an official wedding dress but I'm not sure what else anyone would wear it for - it certainly looks like a wedding dress.

There were some slight alterations to mine and both bridesmaids dresses but I can't remember exactly how much

Around £75 I think

About £20 nearly 36 years ago. My mum made it, and the material and lace came to about £20.

I get that wedding dresses need to have a wow factor, but spending thousands on a dress that you will only wear once seems a little silly to me.

£495 last year from a chain place called wed2b
First one I tried on and fit like a glove

About £350 10 years ago including underskirt etc. Didn't have a veil. DMum did alterations for me as I bought it online due bridal shops being rude to me as I was young and pregnant It was ok and I liked it at the time but it wasn't really what I wanted and didn't fit right.

Second time around (if we get there) I will be wearing a beautiful beaded, lace designer dress I tried on in a bridal dress (was £1200) and then managed to get on EBay for £300

£550 plus the veil 17 years ago. It was a traditional dress with a train. It was slightly over budget but my parents paid.

£200 in sale at a wedding dress shop.

£195 from Coast seven years ago

6 years ago. £220 monsoon dress, £70 Irregular Choice shoes and £70 John Lewis Bolero.