Wedding salons and stores offer a huge range of dresses; it is often difficult to sort through the abundance of styles, colors and materials. The choice cannot but be influenced by the price of the outfit, because everyone has a different amount included in their wedding budget. Let's figure out how the cost of the outfit is formed and what brides will have to pay for.
The price categories presented above are, of course, good, but not enough to choose from. Therefore, we want to provide brides with clear examples of what and how much they will have to pay.
A floor-length wedding dress with a simple cut and without any frills will cost 15-20 thousand rubles. The price varies depending on the chosen materials and minimal, but still decor. For this price you can find a decent sheath dress, Greek or Empire.
A princess or A-line outfit will cost more - from 25,000 rubles. As a rule, dresses are equipped with fluffy tulle skirts and modest embroidery or decoration.
For the same price you can also buy models with lace trim on the bodice and long sleeves. A win-win option that is always in fashion.
You will have to pay 30-35 thousand rubles for a model with complex draperies or long trains.
You will have to pay approximately the same price for colored dresses with prints or bright decor.
Models with handmade lace will also cost a lot: from 35 thousand rubles. Despite the simplicity of the cut, the model looks elegant and stylish.
Dress for brides with curvaceous it will cost 2-3 thousand more. The point here is the peculiarities of the cut and the greater consumption of fabric. Models with lowered or elongated sleeves are recommended - they perfectly hide the problem area on the arms.
Dresses with handmade decor or designer models from new collection will cost from 50 thousand rubles. Even a mermaid silhouette outfit can cost 52-55 thousand. Depends on the cost of the fabric and the richness of the finishing.
The trend now is for models with voluminous applications and details. They are also not cheap - from 48 thousand rubles.
You can sew a dress to order. There are several options: develop your own design, sew a model already seen in the catalog, or take a certain designer outfit as a basis and make your own adjustments. You will be able to choose the fabric and decor yourself, and the outfit will be tailored taking into account the characteristics of your figure. True, there is a problem - finding a good seamstress, but it is completely solvable.
The price of tailoring will be influenced by everything: the amount of material, the complexity of the cut, finishing, urgency, the reputation of the studio and other factors.
In general, the budget can be determined as follows:
Which models to choose depends on you. You should like the dress and suit your figure and the overall style of the wedding. Interesting models can be found in any price segment, and if you have your own ideas, feel free to sew a custom-made outfit!
Buying a wedding dress is one of the most important stages in preparing a bride for her wedding. But many girls are looking forward to this moment so much that immediately after they are proposed to, they rush to the wedding salon. Others, on the contrary, may put off buying an outfit until the last minute. But when is the best time to buy wedding clothes?
If your wedding will take place no earlier than in a year, do not rush to buy Wedding Dress. A year is enough time to lose weight or gain weight, and your dress will no longer look as perfect on you as it did on the day you bought it. Additionally, if you become pregnant, the style of your dress may be completely inappropriate for your situation. Even if you postpone your wedding date and your baby bump is still invisible, not every model will be comfortable for you.
The optimal time to start choosing a wedding dress is 6 months before the wedding. You can look through magazines and decide on the styles that you like best and that suit your appearance and body type (we recommend reading the articles “How to choose a wedding dress style” and “Wedding dress color and appearance types”).
The best time to buy a wedding dress depends entirely on where you will be doing it, and also on whether you will buy a ready-made model or have it made to order. In order to sew a dress to order, leave at least 2 months in stock (ideally 3-4), and if you order tailoring from a famous designer, then do it 6 months before the wedding, otherwise you may be refused or also increase the cost of work.
If you order a wedding dress online, then be guided by the country in which the store is located, as well as what kind of dress you are buying: a ready-made model or it will be sewn to your measurements. We also advise you to pay attention to the reviews of those who have already bought a dress in the store you have chosen; do not hesitate to ask them how long it took to complete the work on the outfit (if you are ordering tailoring) and how long after they received the parcel. The delivery method you choose will determine how quickly you receive your wedding dress. With the cheapest delivery method (Russian Post), a package from abroad will take 1-2 months to reach you, and it is possible that it may get lost on the road. With express delivery, you will receive your parcel in 1-2 weeks, but it will cost you much more. We advise you not to leave your wedding dress order online until the last month before the wedding, even if you order express delivery. It is quite possible that you will not like the dress you receive, and you will have to rush to buy an outfit from a wedding salon that more or less suits you.
You should buy a dress in a wedding salon at least a month before the wedding. And if you have a non-standard figure, then you will need much more time to choose. Of course, you can find the perfect outfit in one day, but, as a rule, this is not the case for every bride. In any case, you should have time to spare, because if you don’t find the wedding dress you’ve always dreamed of, you’ll worry, and you don’t need any extra stress before the wedding!
The search for the perfect wedding dress starts with right choice accompanying person - I know that for sure! I often meet our brides in Milan to ensure their dreams. Therefore, I would like to give future brides some advice on who to go shopping for a wedding dress with.
They say that this dress is chosen by the bride, that it is love at first sight, or is it the fruit of endless trips to salons and many hours of fittings... But the question is: who would you like to have next to you when you finally realize that this is the “dress of your dreams”? Of course, you will prefer a person who is able to help you and shares your feelings. And he must have certain qualities, this will help to avoid the fact that one of the most magical moments of your life turned into a nightmare. Of course, fundamentally - a critical look and good taste and a lot of patience: don’t trust those who are ready to run away after 10 minutes in the salon.
Even more important: the one who will accompany you should know your tastes well, and even better if he shares them! If your tastes don't align, your assistant should be able to put your preferences ahead of his own.
Too many different opinions will not help you in your choice, but will only confuse you even more! Therefore, do not take a large group or the whole family with you.
However, always remember that the advice you are given experts and experienced professionals this sector most valuable. Their work experience and knowledge allowed us to find out all the secrets, which will help beautify you, improve your silhouette and speed up your choice.
You probably already understand that a wedding is more than the crowning of your love story, but also a special family celebration.
If you invite your mother to accompany you to choose a wedding dress, rest assured that you will make her cherished dream come true, which she has cherished for years! In addition to being a trusted advisor (who else if not her?), this is also a great way to thank her for all her help and participation (sometimes even excessive) in the wedding preparations. She will certainly give a real assessment of your figure and the fit of the dress, and she also knows all the details and style of the future wedding.
Be careful if your mom's taste is "stuck" in the 80s, or your mom is authoritarian and used to deciding everything for everyone. She can also give the salon workers a hard time because they don’t “listen to her” enough, but they should find a dress for you, not for her. Likewise, you run the risk of leaving the salon or atelier not with the dress of your dreams, but with a princess dress that is so similar to the one she dressed you in when you were 5 years old.
Some brides-to-be are not shy about inviting their dad for an “important fitting.” This is a good strategy when dad is an experienced connoisseur female beauty, such men “see” the whole picture better and can give more valuable advice than girlfriends. But even if dad doesn't understand anything about women's dresses, but he pays, his presence usually increases the budget. It’s rare that a father’s heart does not tremble at the sight of his beloved daughter in a delightful dress and with tears in her eyes.
Of course, a wedding is not only a family celebration, but also an occasion to share the holiday and festive preparations with close friends. If you decide to go to a fitting with your friends, pay close attention to the list of “invitees”. The first fashionista will not always be the best adviser, especially if your tastes differ. In some cases, envy can take over and the comments of its victim will overshadow all other opinions. Therefore, weigh everything carefully and choose only those who can support you, respecting your decisions, before you find yourself in the middle of a “bride war”.
Your sister, unless your relationship is like in the movie "Away From You", or best friend who is like a sister to you. With whom have you commented and discussed evening and wedding dresses stars They certainly know how to improve your ideas and make your dreams come true. Their presence will help make this moment a real holiday!
But be careful and communicate your budget limit, and don't let anyone get too carried away in finding a head-turning outfit for you, otherwise you risk falling in love with a dress you can't afford.
If the bride can accompany the groom in the search wedding suit, why can't it be the other way around? And if the most superstitious people say that seeing a wedding dress before the wedding brings bad luck, and you don’t care too much about this, it’s not the first time you’ve broken traditions, why not? Even if your groom sees you for the first time in your wedding attire not at the wedding, but in the salon, it will still be a magical and exciting moment that you both will remember forever. After all, in the end, he should like you, why don’t you choose together what you both like? If you have been having common Home, income and expenses, a joint decision on such a large purchase is almost mandatory. Often future husband more specific and frank, honest, trusts the opinion of experts, allows them to help and advise. But the groom must have a sufficient margin of safety for long shopping and a lot of patience. Otherwise, there is a risk that he will quickly get tired and start pushing you, depriving you of peace of mind and the time you need.
It’s rare that any bride wants to have her future mother-in-law as an advisor... only in exceptional cases! However, mothers-in-law are different. If you are going to a fitting with your groom, inform and explain to everyone well in advance that he is your escort and not his mother.
Do not allow the judgments and criticism of the people accompanying you to influence our choice more than your own feelings. They all have different tastes, but you are getting married and the most important opinion is yours, the opinion that ultimately decides everything is your taste!
But not everyone is ready for such experiments, and the most important thing is to find the ideal purple dress for a wedding is an almost impossible task. It’s hard to even imagine how many difficulties will have to be overcome, because you have to manage to find your shade from the purple range, and then take into account the features of the cut and decor. Most likely, you won’t be able to buy a ready-made dress; you will have to order it and take an active part.
Arguments in favor of a custom-made dress:
2. The outfit will cost less. You can take a model of a famous designer as a model and ask to make a copy. According to the stories of happy brides, it is possible to create an identical copy of a dress worth 10,000 or even 30,000 dollars for several thousand rubles!
3. Your wedding dress will be truly unique and the envy of all your bridesmaids.
But these advantages are not at all guaranteed. In our dreams, everything turns out easily and beautifully; in reality, the result can turn out completely different.
Reasons for buying a ready-made outfit:
Those who ordered tailoring from a tailor shop know how unpredictable the result can be. Therefore, if your figure does not have any special features, it is easier to buy a ready-made wedding dress in a salon and have it tailored to your figure.
2. Time. When buying a ready-made dress, you can immediately see all its features, and most importantly, everything is done faster. A wedding is of course an important event, but everyone doesn’t have enough time, and sewing an outfit means choosing fabric, trying on, in general, you will have to spend a lot more time and effort.
3. Price. Sometimes a custom-made dress can be cheaper, a model from a wedding salon, but this is not always the case. High-quality fabrics are expensive, especially if you buy them in small quantities. Job good master also costs a lot of money. As a result, a custom-made dress can only come out cheap if you are willing to settle for simple fabric, and the outfit will be sewn by a friend or an inexperienced craftsman - a trainee.
Bridal salons periodically offer discounts; some models are sold at a significant discount. In many salons, a ready-made dress can be much cheaper than a custom-made one.
4. The beauty of the dress. Every girl thinks that she has refined taste and knows perfectly well how best to dress, which dress is the most beautiful, where it is better to add lace and where embroidery. If so, then why do fashion designers study for years and then perfect their skills throughout their lives?
A dress based on our sketches will almost always be inferior in beauty to models created by a wedding dress designer.
Conclusions: most girls are better off buying ready-made
Every girl who has received a long-awaited marriage proposal sooner or later faces the problem of choosing a wedding dress, and there are a lot of pitfalls in this difficult task.
We all want this day to be unforgettable and everything on this holiday to be perfect: the banquet, the first dance of the newlyweds, the wedding photo shoot and, of course, the bride’s dress. Just what is better to do: buy a ready-made wedding dress in a specialized salon or contact a dressmaker?
Of course, each option has its pros and cons. Let's start by buying a wedding dress in a specialized salon. The undoubted advantage of purchasing a dress in a store is the wide selection - a variety of styles and sizes. You don't need to waste time on numerous fittings and fabric selection. If desired, the problem of choosing a purchased wedding dress can be solved in one single day. At the time of buying ready-made dress, you can immediately decide which style suits you and which is practically contraindicated. However, if you have a non-standard figure, finding the right wedding dress can be very difficult. One of my friends tried on two dozen wedding dresses, but nothing suited her except the Empire style, and she categorically did not want to buy a dress in this style, so she decided to sew a wedding dress to order.
When is it worth sewing a wedding dress? The first reason is the thirst for originality. But it’s true, no one will have a dress like yours, because... it was sewn according to your sketches and exactly according to your figure. Some extraordinary individuals simply cannot find anything in salons that meets their needs.
The second reason why you should have your wedding dress sewn by a dressmaker is the already mentioned problematic or simply non-standard figure.
Advantages of tailoring a dress to order: originality, individual approach, the ability to independently choose fabric, color and texture.
Disadvantages of having a dress made by a tailor. Quite often, brides are disappointed when trying on the final version. Dreams are dreams, but not always what our imagination draws to us can be translated into reality. It happens that the style turns out to be completely inappropriate, or it is simply impossible to sew a dress of the original cut from the fabric you have chosen.
Among other things, it is sometimes very difficult to find a truly competent tailor who could cope with such a complex task as sewing a wedding dress. Another disadvantage of sewing a dress is the long tailoring time - about two to three months, and during this entire time you will have to periodically visit the tailor to try on and adjust the dress.
Oddly enough, the issue price is approximately the same. So if you are going to save money on buying a branded dress by having it sewn from a seamstress, I’m afraid you will be disappointed. Having a wedding dress made individually from a tailor is sometimes even more expensive than buying a ready-made version in a wedding salon.
To summarize, I would like to note that, according to my observations and the example of many of my friends, if you do not have a non-standard figure, it is better to buy a ready-made wedding dress in a salon and not waste your time and nerves.
