Affordable wedding dress

Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2010 12:02 Written by aBeauty Saturday, 16 January 2010 05:20

What is an affordable wedding dress you might ask, or at least that is the question I asked myself today. It really is a question that must be answered with a non-specific answer. Candidate answers could be it depends on your wedding dress budget. Another answer is that it depends on what you make for a living. But I don’t really like those answers to the question of what constitutes an affordable wedding dress.

You could of course give a more hard cash kind of answer. If the wedding dress costs under $1000 or just looks like a simple wedding gown, is it affordable? Or are consignment wedding dresses or wedding gown rentals a good answer to the question? I really don’t like those answers either.

In my book affordable wedding dresses are wedding dresses that you have picked out because they are what you want, and then you proceed to purchase it at a discount. I know, I know, look up the word affordable, because that isn’t what it means you might say. Well, I did, and the definition of affordable wedding dresses is that they are “believed to be within one’s financial means” source Dictionary.com

 
So my definition of an affordable wedding gown is slightly different than the dictionaries. That fine by me as long as I get my point across. And my point will soon be explained in detail.

Too many brides to be focus solely on the wedding dress it self and do not take the time to educate themselves about the process of buying an affordable wedding dress. If you simply start looking for the dress without knowing your options on where or how to buy it, you will end up purchasing it a retail price.There is nothing wrong with retail priced wedding dress, except that you most probably could have bought it a lot cheaper. Perhaps I am mixing the cheap wedding dresses with affordable wedding dresses, but for me they are almost the same.

There we are back to my definition of an affordable wedding dress, as I personally think there are differences to a cheap wedding dress. The difference is that cheap sounds cheap, is cheap and only cheap. The word doesn’t imply any quality, only quantity. In this context I define “Affordable” more qualitatively in that you get the most perfect wedding dress you can for your money.

As an example, “cheap wedding dresses” is to buy a low priced wedding dress at retail price, while “affordable wedding dresses” is to buy a dress that at retail is over your budget, perhaps way over, but by knowing where, when, and how, you are able to buy the dress at a lower price. THAT is an affordable wedding dress in my book!

Say you would die for a Christian Lacroix or Monique Lhuillier wedding dress. These can be pretty expensive, and most women would probably give up owning one of these on their wedding day if they couldn’t afford the retail price. But do you really have to buy these at the most expensive stores, and at retail when there are so many other options?

I have written about several ways to get a hold of the perfect wedding dress at an affordable price in the past. In my most affordable wedding dresses list I give you the top 10 tips for buying affordable wedding dresses, but will give you a couple of the best here right now.

Back to the Monique Lhuillier and Christian Lacroix wedding dresses. Yes, they are expensive, but with just a little look see on the Internet you will see dresses from these designer discounted hugely. The Internet is a wonderful place to find an affordable wedding dress because the online shops don’t have to rent expensive brick and mortar showrooms, usually meaning lower prices for you. One site I was on listed an assortment of one of these designers’ dresses at up to 50% discounts from retail. And that is if you have to have a new dress.

Consignment wedding dresses, which I often talk positively about on this site, sell even more affordable wedding dresses. It isn’t out of the question to see wedding dresses discounted +50% off retail.

The whole point of this post is to get across the notion that women get a lot more for their money than they think. Getting the most for your money isn’t a worthy goal in it self for such an important decision as a wedding dress. I am talking about the women that have a perfect wedding dress in mind, but can’t afford it at retail. And that is my point, there are options, and these options must be understood.

I better wrap up this post before it gets epic, but hope my message came across. In my book, an affordable wedding dress does have a low price relative to your income or budget. But more importantly, they are more beautiful than what you could afford at retail.

Affordable Wedding Photography

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2010 06:03 Written by aBeauty Friday, 15 January 2010 05:25

Weddings can be very expensive, but couples naturally want the day to be as special as it can be. Many people don’t like to cut corners with many things for their wedding, but photography is thankfully an area where you can get great quality for a lower price. Affordable wedding photography is available if you know where to look. Finding out where to look for affordable wedding photography is easy. Word of mouth, yellow pages listings, and the internet are all invaluable resources when it comes to finding affordable wedding photography and also affordable wedding dresses.

Top 10 most affordable wedding dresses

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 January 2010 03:42 Written by aBeauty Sunday, 10 January 2010 10:02

So you are getting married and want to save a bundle on your wedding dress? Then you have come to the right place, because this is the Top 10 Affordable Wedding Dress list! The focus of this list is to show you the best ideas for buying the perfect wedding dress at an affordable price. It really doesn’t matter if it is a cheap wedding dress or an expensive wedding dress, as many of these tips will work for both.

Now, let’s see the list already!

Consignment wedding dresses

Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 January 2010 06:31 Written by aBeauty Thursday, 7 January 2010 11:58

I touched upon the topic of consignment wedding dresses in the article Buy wedding dress online and want to talk a little more about the topic. It is just such a great opportunity to get a hold of affordable wedding dresses, so I thought I would write a “beginners guide”, and here we go!

Consignment means that a dress is put up for sale on behalf of the owner, usually through third party, like a consignment store. If the item is purchased, the middle man gets a percentage of the sales sum, and the owner gets the rest. This means that the owner of the dress doesn’t lose possession of the item until the wedding dress is actually sold. The consignment shop simply agrees to display and sell the dress for a fee. If the dress isn’t sold it goes back to the original owner. Consignment wedding dresses have been around for a long time, but are gaining popularity as a means to being able to buy beautiful, yet affordable, wedding dresses.

Buy wedding dress online

Last Updated on Sunday, 24 January 2010 03:39 Written by aBeauty Sunday, 3 January 2009 03:24

Online shopping revolutionized business by bringing business to the web, where shoppers previously had to purchase products in person. It was really only a matter of time before shopping went cyber. The question that remains is if it is smart to buy a wedding dress online?

Though it perfectly complemented the use of credit cards and the desire to perform actions easily with as little effort as possible, there is still some reluctance to buying items that need to fit properly to be of use. Buying a CD or books online is relatively risk free, and you are certain that what you get is what you want. But, to buy wedding dresses online is a completely different matter. Here are some tips that can help you buy a wedding dress online and be happy with the choice to do so.