£1500
Wedding Dress Designers spend the majority of their time designing wedding dresses.
No more than $500
1. dress 2. reception 3. flowers 4. cake 5. ring 6. honeymoon
I'm not sure such a number would have any real meaning, since the range is so very broad. Any dress is a wedding dress if you (the bride) say it is. However, there are egotistical/sentimental/gullible (choose any or all of the above) people who spend thousands of dollars on an utterly impractical dress they will in all likelihood wear precisely twice (once for photographs, once at the wedding).
No
First of all, it is very important for brides to research the market. One of the tools for that is online auctions, where women can find very good sales and/or get a much better idea of what they can expect to spend. Here are some of the best online wedding dress stores.
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Really, it depends on the style of dress you choose to wear on your big day. If you decide to purchase something simple with the thought of reusing it in mind, then I wouldn't see any problem with re-wearing your dress after your wedding day. Renting your dresses out to women, which is a great idea, but if you are willing to part with it you could also sell it. You could always donate your gown to the various organizations out there like Brides Against Breast Cancer. None actually, unless you get married again. You can still benifit from it though, through renting it to brides who dont want to spend money on a dress that will cost a lot. I will never use the wedding dress myself, but if my sister-in-law or my cousin they want to wear my wedding dress on her wedding, I will send the wedding dress as gift. But I do think it is worthy to have your own wedding dress when you get married the first time.
Yes
That depends on your budget. Since you're only going to wear the dress once, I wouldn't recommend spending more than $500- at the most.
Depends. You can buy one for a few hundred to thousands of dollars. It just depends on the look you want and how much you want to spend.
Some brides need to have the latest design in a wedding dress and if the designer is popular then the wedding dress is extremely expensive. For some brides it is more about impressing everyone around them than really thinking about getting married to the man they love. Some of the most beautiful wedding dresses have plain lines; some of the dresses may be rentals; have belonged to a girlfriend and the bride is borrowing it or a seamstress made the dress. The quote 'A fool soon parts with their money' relates to this question.