I found the dress!!!
I went dress shopping with my mum and found the most amazing dress. I wanted something that made me bounce. Budget was set at ??1000, which is not exactly teeny! However... I wanted sleeves, for sure. And lace. And it needed to make me look teeny wee. Now I tried on heaps of GORGEOUS dresses, but none of them made me bounce. And then. After my mother twisted my arm, I tried on pronovias 'ucari'. It wasn't love at first sight as I hated the sash. But the lady changed that to a sash from a Maggie Sottero, grossgrain ribbon in Parisian Mist. And boom. That was it. I was in love, damn my mother! With a ??1,700 dress - argh! So. What to do? I can probably find ??700 between now and the wedding as long as I literally have NO LIFE, and live on beans. But is ??1,700 a ridiculous amount to spend when the total budget is ??11,000? Does anyone have experience of negotiating the price of their dress? I literally love this dress so much, and with the lilac ribbon it's just stunning.
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I would definitely look for pre-loved or sample dress,you can make a huge saving and they are usually in really good
Condition,the sample I tried on was flawless.
Good luck
The more I see it, the more I love it which makes realise I've made the right choice.
It was a new 2013 dress and didn't have much room to negotiate but I got a little off it (should have been just under ??1700).
I found the dress in October and the shop had the designers sample in for 4 days before they had to send it off to the next store.
They only got their actually sample in last month so I knew there was no way I could that either.
Def worth seeing if you can get a sample or preloved though! Or just keep negotiating!
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I would weigh up what I would be willing to cut for the dress. If you feel really strongly about it I can't help but think you have to go for it, although hagling and looking for samples is sensible. You might choose to have cheaper shoes, scrap the sweetie table... and save
how long have you got till th wedding? if you had 12 months that would be less than £60 a month, thats not loads, would you be able to adjust and find £60 a month? its def worth looking out for preloved but if it is a new design you might be a bit early for them comming up second hand. def try to haggle with the store as as someone else said see if you can get a better deal elsewhere too. good luck! x
Definitely shop around. I didn't actually get a discount from my dress shop, because they gave me a price of 1310,everyone else was charging 1500-1600 for the same dress so they'd already given me their very best price, and I felt comfortable knowing I'd got a good price and also amazing service from a very lovely lady
You've had some good advise from the other girls on here. I think it's worth shopping around and trying to cut a deal.
My mum had mentioned the max budget to the lady in dress shop, and my dress was only a little over that, but the vail was another couple of hundred...so the lady very kindly gave me a pair of shoes, which were selling for ??80 and perfect height.
You maybe able to get a free veil or tiara etc if you make the shop aware that you are way over your budget.
i think you should go for it MissVMrsB2014!! i agree with the gals advising you to cut down other costs to make it happen. i think your dress is just one of those things you can't and shouldn't compromise on. you have to look and feel amazing - lose the bits and bobs you simply don't need and save some ££. My dress was well over my budget (ended up being £1975) but it is PERFECT and i don;t want to wear anything else. we are scaling back on the silly extras that no-one will notice anyway..
BUY IT!!!!!!
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Thanks for the advice ladies! Im up in Aberdeen this weekend sorting my venue, so me and two of the BMs went to bridal shop up here that also stocks the dress. Well. They fell in love with it too. Thin shop reduced the price by £250 for me so I did it - I BOUGHT MY DRESS!!! Woohoo, I'm sooooo happy!!!