I am currently planning my wedding for Oct of 2011. We are on a tight budget, as we have 2 children & I am a stay @ home mom. I have been looking for bridal gowns with a 00 budget for the dress. But i just cant seem to find anything within my price range that I fall in love with. I was looking online & it seems that there are quite a few websites that offer to custom make a dress to your size at a very low price. ( Most of the dress on these websites go for 0- 0). I like the prices, & the picture of the dresses but I need to know a little more. Anyone purchase a dress online, please let me know what you thought. Im loosing sleep over this!!!!
Here are some links to these websites:
http://www.ailsasbridal.com/
http://www.milanoo.com/wholesale-Wedding-Dresses-c392
Feel free to email me if you need any help planning your wedding:)
To be honest, many online Bridal Clothing stores aren’t as good as they look. The dresses are usually just *too* cheap quality!
The websites that you’ve shown, however, don’t seem half bad. If you’re looking to buy a pretty nice, but still cheap, gown, you’ll probably want to stick to those sites.
Here are some other dresses that you may want to consider:
http://www.lilywedding.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&orderby=pshop_product.product_name&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=476&category_id=657081&option=com_phpshop&Itemid=1
http://www.dressesol.com/beach-wedding-dresses-ruffle-empire-waist-p-53.htm
http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Organza-Tiered-Ball-Gown-with-Asymmetrical-Ruffles-SWG354_Bridal-Gowns-Features-All-Gowns
these websites are chinese companies who knock off designs and make them in little sweat shops or even people’s homes so they can sell them for less. the workmanship from these places is inferior and the fabric is often very cheap. the first link does not even have a return policy and the second one only allows returns if there is something visibly wrong with the gown which you can prove by taking photos and documenting. they only allow 7 days in which to receive the return and they do not replace it with another gown, they simple repair that one.
you have a very good budget for a wedding gown at 1000 dollars. you should be able to find something really lovely and may even find something from the haute couture collections at a salon like david’s bridal, alfred angelo or another local bridal salon.
ordering a gown online is never a good idea, even if you order from an american, candanian, or britsh based company because what looks good on a flat screen may look entirely different on your three dimensional body.
every bride eventually finds her gown….but you really should go gown shopping at salons and try them on. that is the only way to find what looks sensational on you. anyway, it would be a shame for you to miss the experience of being catered to and waited on in a bridal salon. it is have the fun of buying the gown.
we have seen so many horrible stories on here of people who have ordered gowns from these chinese companies online and never received their gown or having their gown arrive in bad condition or a totally different size. it really isn’t worth it to take a chance with something that important.
I have altered wedding dresses that are direct from China. Some brides are okay with their purchase and others are not. For the prices listed, do not expect that the quality will be the same as the designer gown pictured that they copy. It may have the look but not the construction methods and fabrics. But some are good replica dresses, where the design is concerned. If that is what you are focused more on, then you may like a gown from this source. But if you ever see the designers gown in person and then order a replica dress, you will see the difference. The brides who see the designer gown first are the ones who are not happy with their gowns.
Wedding dresses vary in size. It is not a good idea to buy a dress online because you wont be able to try it on until after you buy it. Davids bridal is really good. Thats where i bought my dress. But look around town for bridal stores , make an appointment and see what they have.