Woud you spend over £200 on a dress ?

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I saw the most goregous dress today in Hobbs. DH actually told me to buy it but it cost £229 (mind you it was reduced from £299!). I didn't dare try it on.
The only occasion I have to wear a dress like that is for a works Xmas Doo which it not that posh a function.

So the question is - Would you have bought it if your DH / DP actaully gave it the seal of approval ? ie you didn't have the hide the price tag !

erm... if i was going to wear it a lot i probably would, i'd have to REALLY love it though

No.

I'd be able to a whole load of more wearable stuff for that.

never

No, I'd go and spend the £200 on clothes but buy lots!

Yes, if I had enough lovely ocassions for such an item.

No, no, no.

you will spill red wine on it the first time you wear it.

(but I am neurotic about clothes and prices. have never spent more than 20 quid on anything except my wedding dress)

No. Couldn't justify that much on a dress. Wish I could though!

I'd do a cost per wear. If I thought I'd get 10 wears out of it I'd buy. Otherwise no way.

I have a Dior cocktail dress inherited from my mum that she bought for 80 guineas in 1965. What that would have been in today's money I could only hazard a guess. It is truly amazing, stiff black net in overlapping layers, diamante spagetti straps and a huge bow on the bodice. As it is about a size 12 though I haven't worn it for years, I am keeping it for DD.
The most I have paid for a dress was £500 for my wedding dress.

Sound gorgeous ginger.

I have a dress I bought for £150 five years ago- was loads of money to me at the time - but have worn it a lot and still looks fantastic. Has done me at least four weddings and lots of dressy nights out.

Red wine wouldn't be a problem as its black

No I couldn't spend that much even though it was beautiful (long & swishy with lovely beading on it). No one at the Xmas doo would notice it & I don't go to enough cocktail evenings - it is a timeless dress though.
Bought one from Coast instead £70 (that was half price too!)
I was just gobsmacked that DH kept telling me to buy it !

Yep, I would and have (in my past life as a 'young professional'). Worth every penny! I still have the dress - a Dianne von F. wrap dress.

Yes I would buy it, but only if I adored it. Think of it as a 'faithful' dress, one that will never let you down or an investment piece.

If you don't buy it now, it'll always be the dress you never had, iykwim.

if it was that fabulous and you felt/looked amazing in it, then yes. you would always wear it to suitable occasions and it would pay for itself, rather than buying several cheaper outfits you get fed up with and then you find yourself shopping for a new thing every time. But the Coast one sounds lovely too!

YES,YES,YES-i spent £300 on dress in Droopy and Browns,told dp the price,he wasnt surprised as its so gorgeous-and worn it 4 times so far,worth every penny,looks and feels fantastic,had so many compliments and strange men approach me!!!!

And on wearing it at Manoir Quat Saisons(sorry to name drop!) the staff thought us ladies were something in the fashion industry!! Didnt tell them i work for social services,like a bit of mystery!

well, i probly would never spend that on a dress, but would, and have spent that on a sari!
but a sari doesnt date that quickly iyswim. should get about a decades worth out of it. and itlll be back in another thirty or forty!

No don't because I didn't buy it
The one I did get is nice though !
I will be wearing it on Tuesday !

I think sari material is beautiful though !
It always looks so glam