How much did your dress cost?

[Deleted User] · May 2010

How much did you (or whoever paid for your dress) pay for it alone (without accessories)?

littlemisssara · May 2010

I paid $400 for Maggie Soterro Capri Marie.
It was totally a God thing. The only time it had been worn was to get sized for alterations - which it was sized to my size! The girl who originally owned it (a friend of a friend) paid around $1300 for it.
With all accesorries included I personally paid around 530$.

Albireo · May 2010

Mine will be under $500 and I'm having it made custom.

jlmarks83 · May 2010

I refused to try anything on that was $600+. My dress was $599!! Mori Lee 2105. Beautiful!

StephBKNY · May 2010

$1400. It is by Essence of Australia.

Anysunrise · May 2010

$1, 698.00

Trunk show, so I didn't have to pay tax (13% where I am), so that saved me a bit. I wasn't planning on spending over $1,000.00 but I had already found this dress online, had no idea what the price was, tried it on in the store and loved it. My mom ended up paying for the veil I bought at the same time, and said she'd supplement the cost by helping us out a bit with the rest of the wedding (we were planning on paying for the entire thing ourselves at this point, so yay!).

LDYGTR13 · May 2010

$999.48 with tax! I told the consultant I wasn't paying a penny over $1,000. She made it work! The dress was originally $1,300 but there was some promotional sale going on, plus she gave me some extra discount so even having to add 3" to the hem wouldn't put me over $1,000. I love that girl lol. I have NO idea what alterations are going to cost though.

SuMmErKuTiE · May 2010

I got a Maggie Sottero at a trunk show so it was marked down to $630 and then an extra $75 for the bustle.

KA2 · May 2010

I haven't bought a dress yet, but I have a planned budget of $5000

amwilli5 · May 2010

On sale for 300 and an extra 20% off because I got it off the rack. Great way to be under budget I had allotted 1400

KA2 · May 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_much-did-dress-cost?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:15Discussion:d2ff34be-f9b9-46ab-a380-46b3b31978d4Post:88cc6434-50ee-4f9c-a44a-42dc55c42273">Re: How much did your dress cost?</a>:
[QUOTE]$1, 698.00 Trunk show, so I didn't have to pay tax (13% where I am), so that saved me a bit. I wasn't planning on spending over $1,000.00 but I had already found this dress online, had no idea what the price was, tried it on in the store and loved it. My mom ended up paying for the veil I bought at the same time, and said she'd supplement the cost by helping us out a bit with the rest of the wedding (we were planning on paying for the entire thing ourselves at this point, so yay!).
Posted by Anysunrise[/QUOTE]

<div>Is it the norm not to pay tax when a dress is purchased during a trunk show ? That would be really cool....</div>

heatherbaker10 · May 2010

$25

it was brand new too

im pregnant so i bought a prom dress with stretch material empire waist.

and I LOVE IT

sweetpea72785 · May 2010

1030 for maggie

tranjuliet · May 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_attire-accessories_much-did-dress-cost?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:15Discussion:d2ff34be-f9b9-46ab-a380-46b3b31978d4Post:cdf48551-9b6e-4385-8fac-1c3c47f40faa">Re: How much did your dress cost?</a>:
[QUOTE]In Response to Re: How much did your dress cost? : <strong>Is it the norm not to pay tax when a dress is purchased during a trunk show ?</strong> That would be really cool....
Posted by KA2[/QUOTE]

I bought my dress at a trunk show and was given a 15% discount that was applied before tax was added. Tax in my area is about 10%. I've never heard of trunk sales being tax-free, but the discount usually makes up for it.

sharges · May 2010

Close to $600, alot less than I though.

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