Reader Bridget sent me a budget wedding dress story that was so good it needed its own post. Bridget fell in love with and Amsale dress that was, errrr, a little pricey.
Since she wanted to send her kids to college one day, she decided to skip the crazy expensive dress. Instead she bought a simple J Crew wedding dress, which she found on ebay for just $71.
But she wasn't done yet! Bridget took her new simple dress to a seamstress, and told her to "hack this dress," and the seamstress added the details she loved.
The total cost of her dress was $471. She got exactly what she wanted, found a creative and affordable way to do it, and saved a small fortune. As far as I'm concerned, this story lands Bridget on the Practical Wedding wall of fame for doing something so clever and determined. I like my brides with chutzpa, thank you very much.
And don't tell Amsale, but I like this dress is better! It's simple, it's chic, and its got soul.
Since she wanted to send her kids to college one day, she decided to skip the crazy expensive dress. Instead she bought a simple J Crew wedding dress, which she found on ebay for just $71.
But she wasn't done yet! Bridget took her new simple dress to a seamstress, and told her to "hack this dress," and the seamstress added the details she loved.
The total cost of her dress was $471. She got exactly what she wanted, found a creative and affordable way to do it, and saved a small fortune. As far as I'm concerned, this story lands Bridget on the Practical Wedding wall of fame for doing something so clever and determined. I like my brides with chutzpa, thank you very much.
And don't tell Amsale, but I like this dress is better! It's simple, it's chic, and its got soul.
10 comments:
Go Bridget! :)
I did something sort of similar. I fell in loooove with a Romona Keveza, but of course can't afford it. So I put the picture up as an Etsy Alchemy posting, and had literally a dozen people bid to make the dress for about 10% of the retail price ($550 was my asking price). Yay Etsy and hurrah for budget dresses! :)
Simple genius - which is of course the best kind.
All I can say is WOW. I am beyond impressed, it is GORGEOUS!!!
GORGEOUS dress! I agree: straight to the Hall of Fame she goes.
The first wedding dress I bought was a BEAUTIFUL Jessica McClintock from overstock.com for $55!!! But it was strapless, and I realized that it wasn't entirely me. So I bought a Nataya (www.nataya.com) for around $150 at a small locally-owned store in my hometown (Mendocino), and it was super timeless and gorgeous, and more "me." Check it out in the "Kate and Coalmine" wedding featured here on A Practical Wedding! Thanks again for that. . . very exciting.
This really is SUCH an amazing dress. And I love her for putting the work and the love into it. Makes it so extra-special.
i love it! the actual wedding dress looks stunning!
AWESOME.
I have the original JCrew dress. It is a great dress but very plain so I decided to go with something else. But seeing this gives me hope of transforming mine!!!
I think it is both beautifully logical and more creative than most. I do this all the time, myself, sometimes with thrifted garments, sometimes with brand-new garments right out of the shop - and even jewelry, sometimes. It's all about making your things YOURS.
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