No Urge To Splurge On A Wedding Dress?

I'm practical. Ever dreamed of a lush wedding dress. I do not support a long chase for business.
So four little words that the salesman told me. "Bridesmaid dress in white."

Yes, I wore a bridesmaid dress for my own wedding. It's simple, elegant, relatively cheap and easy. Talk about starting the "bride" in the bridesmaid.
When I arrived, shopping in my salon Macy's girlfriend on the first day of my clothes, I explained what I'm doing something more elegant, suitable for a summer wedding outdoors at a price that competes with the liquor bill would.

What is the seller suggested a little-known trick hundreds of dollars or more can save on a wedding dress. Perhaps even better, you may want your wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses tend to be based - in satin or silk, no pearls, lace and other ornaments of many traditional costumes.
And anywhere from $ 100 to $ 300, there is no traditional price tag. Get a bridesmaid dress in white, ivory or any color you want. Use as is. Or glamor with accessories and a single - look - and low cost.
This is called a wedding dress hack, I would find later.
Satisfied with my plan, I could not help women, sorting through expensive clothes in the store. Why do you want to spend thousands of dollars on a dress for a day? You could spend much less look, he still loves her and save the rest for a honeymoon or a house. Why I do not feel that your urge to splurge? Something was wrong with me?
Of course not, says Meg Keene, author of "A practical wedding. Creative ideas for planning a wonderful celebration, affordable and meaningful:" I just bought into the myth of marriage, he said.
The myth is why so many weddings become more and more (hello Kardashians) and prices are rising again. Women see the brightness and feel they should have, no matter what the cost, said Keene, who started the blog "A marriage practices" in planning her own wedding in 2008.
Clothing is one of the biggest expenses of a wedding, an average of nearly $ 1200, according to Wedding Report, Inc., industry expenditure tracking. And do not forget the accessories, hairstyle and veil. An additional $ 250, please.
The average wedding costs in the U.S., now over $ 26,000.
"Now is the industry regarding the wedding," says Keene. "If" marriage "the word is appropriate to pay people to do."
There should be, especially for clothing. There are many other options: bridesmaid dresses, wedding dresses, vintage loans, rent, and the fact.
Women like me who are seeking alternatives to sometimes wonder if they will look like a bride. But, says Keene, there is no single way of looking.
"Remember how you felt your marriage, not what it was," said Keene, who had a premium of $ 250 for your wedding.
Having decided that I adapt a bridesmaid dress that I allowed myself to experience an indulgent studio designer wedding dress that I can get ideas. After trying half a dozen pouffy, fancy clothes, I knew that the ivory looks great to my good friend just cut strapless neckline and a line and are both flattering.
I took all that knowledge back to my original living room, my vendor friends. Within minutes, I found the wedding dresses. The sample was white with black floral pattern, but in the mirror, I saw it in ivory. With a deep purple scarf, maybe some small silk flowers attached to it. And maybe some tulle underneath me a stool. Everything is mine.
The final price? The tag says $ 205, but out of a bridal salon through the sale of 15 percent, was $ 174.25 before taxes.
Bam.
Now I plan my accessories. And talk with excitement of the wedding dress repulsion.
The question that always gets the same: "What is it that your bridesmaids carry?"
The maids of honor? I'm not using any.
We decided to flee.