These days, the cost of a wedding can get out of hand pretty fast. Planning a wedding on a budget could make you feel like you need to give up the idea of buying a dream dress, since wedding gowns are known to cost a pretty penny.
Luckily, the only thing you really need to give up is any preconceived notion you may have about wedding dress shopping. Buying a dream dress on a budget is perfectly possible. It’s not about lowering your dress standards; it’s about shopping smarter. We’ve come up with a list of ways you can buy your dream dress, without having to break the bank or settle for less than you deserve.
1.Do Search to Find What You Like at First Sight
Rip pages out of magazines, click through bridal boutiques online, explore on Pinterest, and check out what celebrity brides are wearing to compile a visual file of your favorite dresses. Then look for a connecting theme — are they all very embellished? Lacy? Voluminous? Have open backs? Find a couple commonalities of styles you like and bring your ideas to your first appointment.
2.Be Open
Bridal consultants will tell you that they constantly see women come in with a set idea of what they want for a gown, then try it on and don't actually love it — and instead, fall for something completely different that they'd never considered. Keep an open mind to finding a dream dress that you didn't know would be your dream dress.
3.Brace Yourself for Bridal Sizing
Bridal sizing means your gown's number will often be one to two sizes higher than for your regular clothes. Even if going bigger sounds horrifying, remember that no one will know the number but you and your consultant.
4.Shop True to Your Size
Even if you plan on losing weight before the big day, shop for dresses in your current size rather than going smaller. It’s much easier to take a dress in than trying to work with one that’s way too snug.
5.Priority to Wedding Dresses
This wedding dress, you and your dear, you will remember a lifetime! It has a large amount of silhouette: princess (this word is a good choice, right?), empire, mermaid etc. It has numerous of fabrics too, of types of lace, of accessories (veils, shawls, boleros that can make your look brilliant).
And because this choice takes more time, try to start thinking as early as possible.
As finding this wedding dress is just one thing, but it maybe should take some changes to be your miracle before it belongs to you.
So, for your most beautiful and most important day, no extra stress and worry, it will be happened in your expectations, give the priority to your wedding dress.
Conclusion
Choose the dress of your dreams, the one that will move you, that will make you happy.
You will live in the most beautiful fairy tale, because the dream becomes reality. You are not Cinderella, enjoy it, it is promised you will have permission of midnight!