The great wedding dress dilemma! Opinions please on this wedding dress...... not long to go and getting desperate

[Thegreatweddingdressdilemma]

Getting married early next year (winter wedding)
By way of background I am early 30s, tall, size 8.

I have been to a few 'proper' bridal shops and seen some amazing dresses, but there has not been any one in particular that I have fallen in love with and have to have (although lots that I have really liked). I do not feel like I have found 'the one'. The cheapest dress that I am considering from a 'proper' bridal shop is £1500 (including alterations). I can afford this without getting into debt but I am aware that it is a lot of money and I can think of lots of other things to spend it on (honeymoon, a fund for if / when I find myself on maternity leave etc).

I have also tried on this dress in Ghost which as you can see is reduced to just £75
www.ghost.co.uk/taya-dress-ivory-dp30ca-m10

Here is a real life wedding featuring the dress (and I personally think it looks better here than on the Ghost website)
www.fitzgeraldphotographic.co.uk/2013/12/bell-in-ticehurst-wedding-ali-john/

And here it is being worn by bridesmaids (although in a different colour) www.ablognamedscout.com/lisa-and-david-in-cork-ireland/

Ok so the Ghost dress is not quite as nice as the 'proper' dresses, and if money was no object I would go for the £1500 dress.... but the Ghost dress is £1425 cheaper and still a lovely dress, which after all I will only be wearing for a few hours.

We are also only having a very small, informal wedding so spending ££££ on a dress feels out of proportion somehow to the rest of the wedding.

My Mum thinks I will regret the Ghost dress. Would value any opinions on it. Many thanks.

Oh, over the day I certainly didn't notice it creasing! Was far too busy, as you will be.

I intensely dislike the ghost dress!

You can definitely find other white, non traditional dresses for very cheap if cost is bothering you (which I can totally understand).

The ghost dress is just so meh. It doesn't hang very well, the lace around the top half looks very poorly done and just like someone has sewn a doily onto it. I am a huge fan of sleek, vintage style dresses, but to me the ghost option just looks like a nightdress. And not even a very nice night dress.

chi chi london have lots of fucking weird stuff, but some beautiful vintage styles.

THIS ONE for example also comes in a tea length (and I think it had longer sleeves in the shorter length).

Likewise, lots of high street shops will do beautiful white dresses very bride suitable for an absolute fraction of the price of a "proper" dress.

That Chi Chi one, the lace is awful. Hard an itchy and it's a bugger to get on and off (and that's the shorter version)
I like the one you have as well.
Classy!

I hope I don't upset you but please take it back. Your wedding dress is one of the most important things you will ever wear, everyone will be looking at you and you have to feel gorgeous in it. If you are unsure about something I don't think you should ever wear it, be it a jumper or a wedding dress. I don't think the dress looks very polished and it sounds like you have an amazing figure and being tall you could wear anything. This J Crew dress would look fab on you www.jcrew.com/uk/wedding/Wedding_Bride/gowns/PRDOVR~A9994/A9994.jsp
Good luck and don't settle for anything less that something you absolutely adore.