How much would you pay for a BM/MOH dress?

Codi-Bailey · September 2009

This has nothing to do with my wedding or anything, but I started looking at dresses and can't believe how expensive some of them are. I know I can find good deals everywhere, but I'm just curious, what's your top price you'd pay to be in your friend's wedding - just the dress?

Brie2010 · September 2009

I would be annoyed by anything $250+.Most weddings I've been in, the dress has been $150-200 and that's fine with me.

lauralaur · September 2009

Just the dress? The most I've paid is $200 and I wasn't thrilled but I liked the dress. I would probably go as high as $250, but we also need to consider the fact that I'm employed right now in my field and have no debt.

EmmaBride2B · September 2009

I think anything over 150 is ridic. That being said, the ones that I liked/thought would be flattering/were a good color were about 200. So we covered half for each girl.

lyndausvi · September 2009

I comfortable up to $150. But would be flexible for a few more dollars depending on the dress.

The_Fried_Monkey · September 2009

Most weddings I've been in are also in the $150-$200 range. I'm one of those weirdos who almost never needs alterations either so I don't have that extra cost.If the bride is letting her BP pick their own dresses in a specific color, I usually pay more and get a dress I like and will actually wear again.

mocha beans · September 2009

Nice black knee length dress, I'll shell out whatever if it's rewearable. Fuschia long satin gown, $200 before I start fussing. Rewearablity is the caveat here.

brookelynpaisley · September 2009

Mmmm, like $200. I would not be pleased to have to pay much more. Thankfully, I've only been a bridesmaid once, and my dress was $100

lyndausvi · September 2009

Monkey - I'm like you. I normally do not need alterations either. Even my wedding dress only needed the bustle. not even a hem.

anna.oskar · September 2009

$150-ish is the price range that I would no problem buying a dress in. Any more than that and I better get to pick it entirely.

Nebb · September 2009

I thnk the top would be 200 plus alterations. Considering id have to buy shoes, and get my hair done (I suck at styling my hair), the costs would be too great if it went above that.

SparrowSong · September 2009

$100 for some David's Bridal POS. $200 if they picked it and I knew I would never wear it again. Maybe a little more if it was something of my own choice that was truly fabulous.

tbh33 · September 2009

About $250 would be the most ideal. But for my brother's wedding, the bride picked a dress that was over $300. If my parents weren't paying I'd be more upset. For my wedding though, I was trying to stay under $200, and I actually found one that everyone likes for under $150.

southernprincessblur19 · September 2009

Hmmm....not over 100-150. If you want a more expensive dress IE: Jcrew you can find them on Ebay for cheap and at the end of the season for a deep discount.

Golfer'sLady · September 2009

I would raise an eyebrow at anything over $200.

mm45737 · September 2009

i've been in 4 weddings and ever BM dress was between $150-200- and I Will never wear any of them again. The BM dresses for my wedding were $180. I think depends on the style of your wedding and everyones budget. I'd be upset if I was in a backyard wedding w/ 50 people and the bride made me spend over $200 on a dress. But I think most people know how expensive BM dresses are..

ootmother2 · September 2009

$375The bridesmaids picked them out and totally approved of them. The gown was actually seperates, cream strapless top and a long pastel plaid skirt. (PIB). Local designer and the tops were worn many times after.I totally disagreed and paid for the $ over $250 which I considered the maximum should be.

colleen1414 · September 2009

maybe $350? no more than $400 though. not to say i dont prefer to pay $200 or less.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown · September 2009

Anything less than $200 is fine. The most expensive formal dress I've bought thus far was my high school graduation which was $180. (We were required to wear white dresses, ankle length or longer, sleeveless or with short sleeves. The dress I ended up buying was actually a bridesmaid dress which came in white, ivory, blue and black, from a department store. So it wasn't just some dress I bought to wear under a cap and gown.) I've bought prom dresses at bridal stores for around $125-$150. But then, that was 10+ years ago, so I'll allow that the average price may be higher now.

Sooles · September 2009

i would pay up to 150 if my friend was desperate for me to wear that dress, but honestly? anything over 100 would piss me off. you wear it ONCE. and i know 200 is normal but no one i even know has ever used real 'bridesmaid' dresses. around here everyone i know takes all their girls to department stores, rw&co... nice fancy real bridesmaid looking dresses for under $100.

lpstl · September 2009

If it was a really fabulous dress and I loved it I'd go up to $400. If I hate it but I'm putting on a smile for a friend I'd be annoyed if it was over $250.

ScarletGem · September 2009

I'd like to pay under $150 (and I also don't usually need any alterations), but I'd also like to say that given the choice between a crappy dress I'll never wear and one I might actually wear again but costs more, I'd rather get the pricier one. I was a MOH a few years ago, and the bride was looking at this great $125 dress that all the BMs were happy with, and that we all thought we'd actually get a lot of miles out of. But then she found one for $100 that she also liked, but all of us hated. She wanted to save us the cash (her heart was in the right place) but we all lobbied to spend the extra $25 because of the rewearability. We lost, and I now have a $100 dress that's collecting dust.

jennylee753 · September 2009

I have paid $12.50 (Charlotte Russe dress that was half off) and I have paid $100. The $100 dress I was secretly inside pissed about because the dress was NOT something I could wear again unless I was a 14 year old going to homecoming. I ended up selling it for $20 on Craigslist. Anyway, I kept my feelings in mind for my bridesmaids dresses and ended up getting them on sale for $55. Sweet deal! I think $55 is perfect. Anything over $100 is crazy to me.

Deidra123 · September 2009

I'm trying to stay under $150. After all, it's not my BMs wedding, it's mine. And they still have to buy shoes, etc. I would not want someone to have me paying 300 dollars to be in a wedding as a BM so I'm appreciate them keeping it down to 150 (or lower)!

ggmae · September 2009

Just the dress? $200 tops.

saschaduran · September 2009

I am going to say $150 because have never worn one I would wear again. Damn brides.

TheFutureMrsM-LoungingBeachside · September 2009

Up to $200 if it was a dress I liked I think. For my brother's wedding I would have thought it was too expensive even if it only cost $25- it was that bad of a dress.

chicagobride_07 · September 2009

Around $400, before I thought twice about it. Anything more than that I'd wonder.

thesuninherhead · September 2009

I was going to say I think anything about $250 is excessive, but now I think about I recall that I paid $330 for a dress in the last wedding I was in. I felt ok about that, though, because this girl was a close friend and she let us chose the shoes, jewellery etc, plus paid for our hair and makeup, so it wasn't as though there were a lot of other requirements, even though I did also have to pay for accommodation as her wedding was some distance from where I lived. It didn't seem like a big deal, but I'm sure I'd have felt differently if she was very demanding about other aspects.

thesuninherhead · September 2009

I should add that initially she'd wanted the dresses to be a pale blue, and I felt much more reluctant about paying for it then because pale anything looks hideous on me- when she changed it to darker blue because her sister liked that better, I was relieved. I've never worn the dress again, but mostly because I haven't had anything so formal to attend since.

danieliza1127 · September 2009

I would be annoyed by anything over $150. I've been a BM 5 times and the most expensive dress I had to buy was $200. It was made by a seamstress and it was heavy satin, nothing I would ever have a remote chance of wearing again. She could have found the exact same dress easily at David's Bridal for $125 probably. It was annoying.

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