Where did your bridesmaids' dresses come from?

blushingbride8888 · January 2015

Hi All-

I just recently started looking with my bridesmaids for dresses and I'm curious where your bridesmaids' dresses came from/what designer they were? What price range were they in? I've looked at DB (still looking) and Alfred Angelo (too high pricewise) I'm not sure what the price range is for some of these designers and I hesitate to go to a boutique if they're going to be way out of budget.

Any help/recommendations on designers would be much appreciated!

kkcc2015 · January 2015

Mine actually came from Target's bridesmaids line. They were $79 I think, and looked about as good as anything from Davids, without the price tag. It worked out well sincey bridesmaids are spread throughout the state/country and had free shipping/easy returns. Good luck!

southernbelle0915 · January 2015

Mine were Ann Taylor. With the 40% off coupon code they used, the dresses were $160 (normally $265).

You have to ask each BM their budget first, privately. Then pick the lowest one. If you do that and come back here with a number, we can help you find some viable options.

blushingbride8888 · January 2015

Sorry I forgot to mention the price range - they're all pretty comfortable around the $150-$170 range, but I just want to keep it as low as possible for them. I just want them all to be comfortable and feel beautiful without breaking the bank. We've been looking at DB - going back with one of my bridesmaids who loves the dress hunting process this Friday to try on more options, but essentially I'd love for them to get different styles just same color from the same store/fabric/length. They all prefer long dresses. If they fall in love with the same dress it's totally fine - they're all different sizes/shapes though and I don't want them to feel pressured to get the same dress.

kat1114 · January 2015

My bridesmaids also got their dresses from Ann Taylor. They were a regular $125, but most waited for a sale and got it for at least 40% off.

vmj23 · January 2015

Mine were from Davids. I had picked a color and length and told them to get whatever they wanted. They all ended up picking dresses at Davids in the same shade but different styles I am not completely sure what they each spent, since I told them they could wear any gray dress they wanted (didn't even have to be same shade, but they all decided to stay with the same shade) I think two of them were around $150 and one was a little less.

floridabride44 · January 2015

We found mine at Marshalls (originally $200 dresses for $68... crazy) but that was a pretty fluke-y thing that we stumbled upon exactly the "look" I was hoping for and happened to have all the sizes we needed (either in store or the same dress was on Amazon for the same price)

But it seems like you're leaning more towards ordering traditional bridesmaid dresses rather than doing off the rack so I'll second the Ann Taylor route that PPs mentioned. I wore an Ann Taylor dress in one wedding I was in & it was really cute (for a bridesmaid dress). I also really like Target's selection of bridesmaid dresses (LINK ) There are quite a few styles to choose from and their prices are awesome - more short options than long, though.

inconceivable14 · January 2015

Bill Levkoff has long dresses in that budget range - that's what my bridesmaids are doing. There are seriously tons of style options and great colors as well!

Cookie Pusher · January 2015

Mine were from Macy's, and were not from any bridal lines. They were Evan Piccone halter-neck, knee length jersey dresses, 50 bucks each.

dcbride86 · January 2015

Mine were from J Crew. Since I still had my law school student ID and I purchased all my BM dresses, I got 15% off all of them!

novella1186 · January 2015

I'm letting my BMs choose their own dresses, but I've helped them in searching because some of them have a very small budget. Sears and Target have pretty dresses for under $100 that are specifically meant to be bridesmaids dresses so they're a little fancier than the typical stuff from those stores. Lulu's website is another good place to look for inexpensive dresses.

I personally don't like bridal boutiques or bridal brands (like Alfred Angelos) because I think they tend to be over-priced for the quality that they are, solely because the word "bride" is attached to them. If you think a little outside the box you can find things that are just as pretty for a better price.

PrettyGirlLost · January 2015

I had 10 BMs and I gave them a choice of 5 coordinating colors and asked them to pick any knee length dress in one of those 5 colors. Some girls ordered their dresses from Weddington Way, one got her dress from David's Bridal, another found a Dessy dress in a consignment shop, and the rest I have no idea where their dresses came from they just showed up clothed!

KatWAG · January 2015

Mine were Lula Kate and about $275.

annathy03 · January 2015

Mine were from Macy's, they were cocktail dresses by Eliza J and were $168 regular, I got them for $84 on sale.

I'm not a fan of David's/Alfred's because in that price range you can generally find a much higher quality dress at a national retailer they may actually wear again.

ajisailove · January 2015

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

PrettyGirlLost · January 2015

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

dcbride86 · January 2015

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

PrettyGirlLost · January 2015

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

Oh hell no!

Do you want me to call the bride and let her know you won't be buying this dress?

sames52915 · January 2015

I actually found the collection on Weddington Way -I picked Alfred Sung dresses in a specific color and length and then let them choose their own dresses from there. They are all different shapes & sizes, and have differnet budgets, so I figured this was the best way (there were 53 different options for them to choose from!) Once they looked through the dresses and found ones they liked they called around to local salons to see who had the styles they wanted to try on. And then they found the place with the best prices to order from

levioosa · January 2015

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

That is such BS!

I'm at the point now where I'll just straight up say, "I'm only able to spend X. I cannot do this." Respect my time and money like I respect yours.

annathy03 · January 2015

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

dcbride86 · January 2015

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

Yeah, I was pretty upset. She chose a salon where the cheapest dress was $200. I have no idea why she didn't ask the shop about dress prices before going. I asked her why she didn't just have us go to DB, but she said she didn't want us looking "that generic" - whatever that means

PrettyGirlLost · January 2015

dcbride86 said:

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

Yeah, I was pretty upset. She chose a salon where the cheapest dress was $200. I have no idea why she didn't ask the shop about dress prices before going. I asked her why she didn't just have us go to DB, but she said she didn't want us looking "that generic" - whatever that means

Oh FFS! When everyone matches it always looks generic!

dcbride86 · January 2015

PrettyGirlLost said:

dcbride86 said:

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

Yeah, I was pretty upset. She chose a salon where the cheapest dress was $200. I have no idea why she didn't ask the shop about dress prices before going. I asked her why she didn't just have us go to DB, but she said she didn't want us looking "that generic" - whatever that means

Oh FFS! When everyone matches it always looks generic!

I know. What really annoyed me is that she's doing a lot of things to cut costs in her wedding like not inviting SOs to the rehearsal dinner, but is okay with us spending more than our budgets on BM dresses. I don't know how she didn't really think about our budget constraints when she is having budget issues herself.

annathy03 · January 2015

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

dcbride86 said:

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

Yeah, I was pretty upset. She chose a salon where the cheapest dress was $200. I have no idea why she didn't ask the shop about dress prices before going. I asked her why she didn't just have us go to DB, but she said she didn't want us looking "that generic" - whatever that means

Oh FFS! When everyone matches it always looks generic!

I know. What really annoyed me is that she's doing a lot of things to cut costs in her wedding like not inviting SOs to the rehearsal dinner, but is okay with us spending more than our budgets on BM dresses. I don't know how she didn't really think about our budget constraints when she is having budget issues herself.

My jaw literally dropped. One of my BMs was in a wedding about a year or year and a half before mine and that zilla used her BP like slave labor at my BMs BFs (now Hs) house and then didn't invite him to the RD because they weren't engaged yet. BM decided to be friends with her again after a few months of cooling off, but their friendship STILL isn't fully healed.

I will never understand people who treat their supposedly nearest and dearest with so little regard just because they're getting married.

You should ask her for the $50 difference- she shouldn't have even been in that salon knowing nothing there would be within her BMs budget. If she says she can't afford that you respond "Neither can I, and you knew that when you peer pressured me into buying it."

dcbride86 · January 2015

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

dcbride86 said:

annathy03 said:

dcbride86 said:

PrettyGirlLost said:

ajisailove said:

Wow, after reading all this I feel kind of bad. I never asked any of my bridesmaids what their budget was, I just kept the highest I'd go ($150) in my head and looked at dresses myself. My colors are purple and silver, with the bridesmaids being in purple. Since they're all shapes and sizes, I had the idea of picking out a collection so it had similar styles but weren't the same, so it was much more difficult than just picking out a single dress. I ended up going with Donna Morgan's Amethyst dresses, which are retail $230. I let my bridesmaids pick out what style they wanted out of 5 I chose and so far 3 out of the 4 girls got them off of Ebay, prices ranging from $40-$100. In the end, I guess it all worked out

Ugh!

Lurkers- As the Bride it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to privately ask each or your BMs what her budget is, and to pick a dress at or below the lowest price point you are given.

An even better idea is to give your BMs a color or range of coordinating colors and a dress length and let them pick any dress that meets those criteria. That way their budget is not an issue- if one BM wants to spend $50 on a dress and another wants to spend $250 they can.

And you need to actually STICK with that budget. I'm a BM in a wedding and said I didn't want to spend more than $175. Then, at the dress shop with all the other BMs, the bride fell in love with a $225 dress and asked us all together if that was okay. I know I should have said something, but it's a little embarassing to say "sorry, I'm poor" in front of the whole group.

If you don't pay for the BM dresses, you absolutely need to ask them their budgets and stick by their budgets!

1) WHAT?! Um, no. Also I bet you're not the only one who gave her a budget under that dress cost, that is HIGH.

2) 100% if you pick a specific dress and not just a generic color/style (ie black, knee length). If you pay for it you're welcome to spend as much as you want with your own budget.

Yeah, I was pretty upset. She chose a salon where the cheapest dress was $200. I have no idea why she didn't ask the shop about dress prices before going. I asked her why she didn't just have us go to DB, but she said she didn't want us looking "that generic" - whatever that means

Oh FFS! When everyone matches it always looks generic!

I know. What really annoyed me is that she's doing a lot of things to cut costs in her wedding like not inviting SOs to the rehearsal dinner, but is okay with us spending more than our budgets on BM dresses. I don't know how she didn't really think about our budget constraints when she is having budget issues herself.

My jaw literally dropped. One of my BMs was in a wedding about a year or year and a half before mine and that zilla used her BP like slave labor at my BMs BFs (now Hs) house and then didn't invite him to the RD because they weren't engaged yet. BM decided to be friends with her again after a few months of cooling off, but their friendship STILL isn't fully healed.

I will never understand people who treat their supposedly nearest and dearest with so little regard just because they're getting married.

You should ask her for the $50 difference- she shouldn't have even been in that salon knowing nothing there would be within her BMs budget. If she says she can't afford that you respond "Neither can I, and you knew that when you peer pressured me into buying it."

I know I should do that, but I probably won't. I'm a bit too much of a people pleaser, and in the end, I really don't want $50 to cause a rift in our (wedding expenses notwithstanding) great friendship.

She hasn't asked me to do anything DIY or projects - its just the expense (and the bridal shop she chose is like 1.5 hours away, and I need to get my alterations done there). I'm definitely frustrated, but I don't want to lose a friend over her not understanding etiquette or something

rcher912 · January 2015

I will admit, I've totally gone without sorely-needed alterations because I was already at max budget. Ugh. Please please please everyone stick to budgets

brittanykaylachandler · January 2015

Renz Rags on Etsy is great! That's where I got my dress for a wedding (knee length). It was $120 after shipping! I was so impressed with the promptness and quality that I picked one off there for my bridesmaids. Including shipping $138 for my bridesmaids (floorlength).

Casadena · January 2015

I purchased the dresses for my girls (5 of them) at a department store (Dillard's). They were gorgeous long chiffon Calvin Klein dresses that were on sales for about $60 a piece and were of way better quality than any of the similar dresses I saw at bridal shops...

atlastmrsg · January 2015

Herve Leger on clearance from Neiman Marcus. I paid for it, so once my one bridesmaid found the black dress she liked, I bought it for her. She looked stunning.

thisismynickname2 · January 2015

Two of my three wore dresses from White House Black Market. And, they just started a new wedding boutique!

They have a dress that can be worn multiple different ways. My one friend bought that and looked wonderful. She's worn the dress at least three times since my wedding, too.

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