Designer Wedding Dress Shopping Made Easy

It's your wedding day! Naturally, you want nothing but the best - the best bridesmaid dresses, wedding invitations, wedding favours, and of course, the perfect wedding dress for you! You've been anticipating this day all your life and now that it's here, you can't wait to shop for your dream gown. All along, you've wanted to try on those designer wedding dresses but were too afraid to do so. Now that you finally have a valid reason to do so, you can joyfully prance into bridal shops.

But from the many choices of designer wedding dresses, how do you know which one to choose? How do you know which style to pick? Here are a few pointers so you will continue to be the blushing bride:

Take a Look at Your Budget

Face it, designer wedding dresses are nothing but cheap. Thus, the moment that you decide to get one, you must already have a specific budged allotted for it. Work on your budget. The last thing that you want to happen is to spend all your money in your wedding gown and leave the other aspects of the wedding ceremony budget-stricken.

Find your Designer

Now this is the most interesting part when shopping for designer wedding dresses. You get to choose your very own designer. Are you a Monique Lhuillier fan or a Vera Wang advocate? If you choose their designer wedding dresses, then you will be putting yourself in the same level as Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham, Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey. Isn't that wonderful

Find your Style

Designer gown or not, your wedding dress must exude a classic style. It doesn't matter whether you are searching for wedding dresses in Mississauga or in New York, the important thing is, you go for a style that will last a lifetime. Your wedding photos will still be alive after 50 years and when that time comes, you don't want your friends to guess the exact season and time that you've had your wedding. If that happens, it means that you've chosen a very season-specific style and unlike some mothers, you won't be able to pass on our designer wedding gown to your daughter.

Don't Panic

Designer wedding dresses - including yours - take about 5 to 10 months to be special ordered. If you don't have that much time -probably because the wedding plans came abruptly - don't panic. You can always find other designers. But if you don't want to change designers, you could always shop for designer wedding dresses off-the-rack.

Your wedding gown is the highlight of your wedding. After all, you are the bride, and you must be the most beautiful woman in the room. Therefore, it's but proper that you take a considerable amount of time - and money - looking for the dress that will not only flaunt your timeless beauty but one that will express love and romance as well. Nobody will blame you if you fret and worry about not finding the gown of your dreams. It is for this very reason that designer wedding dresses came into being.

From:Sarrah Beaumont

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Sample Sales and Wedding Dresses - Designer For Less

From the first haute couture house opened in Paris in 1858 and when Queen Victoria marched down the aisle in a white wedding dress in 1840, the evolution of wedding dresses continues to this day. From wearing the best dress they had in their closets to sewing their own dress to commissioning professional designers, brides through the ages have come into their independent selves.

Today, just mention the names of notable wedding dress designers like Vera Wang and Monique Lhuillier and brides-to-be will go into daydreams of dreamy wedding dresses. After all, these are the designers who made bridal dresses to celebrities like Mariah Carey, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Garner, Britney Spears, Natalie Imbruglia and Pink!

However, as you well know, designer duds mean designer prices. Or do they? Well, not with sample sales!

What Are Sample Sales?

To the merchandisers, retailers and designers of wedding dresses, sample sales are opportunities to unload excess merchandise at markedly reduced prices. Thus, to budget-conscious brides like you, sample sales are great opportunities to wear a designer wedding dress without busting the budget.

The trick is in knowing which designers are having sample sales at specific locations and dates. But not to worry since there are online sites for this purpose, with some offline sites advertising sample sales in big letters. Or else, you can tap into your wedding network of married family and friends! (Tip: Most sites offer sample sales on April and September)


What Are The Rules of the Game?

Well, just like the food buffet, you can either choose to become either the barbarian before the food or the gourmand before the cuisine. Seriously speaking, there are a few basic rules in sample sales for wedding dresses that are also often clearly stipulated by the retailer/designer.

First, there are limited sizes available. You have to determine your size even before you engage in a sample sales scrimmage to avoid wasting your precious planning period for the wedding.

Second, it is on a first-come, first-served basis. No VIP treatment here, mind you. You have to come early if you want a first-go at the strapless ecru wedding dresses you have lusted for in the catalogue.


Third, all sales are on an as-is basis. You cannot have your choice altered on site, which means that you will have to spend on alterations for tears, dry cleaning, pressing and other dress repairs. Thus, you have to add the cost of the wedding dress to the alterations you will be making lest you spend more than the original budget.

Fourth, there are no dressing rooms. Unless you are prepared to bare it all in your undies in a room full of strangers, come prepared in leotards and clothes that you can undress and dress in easily.

Fifth, there is no haggling on the price. What you see on the price tag is what you pay for, which is reasonable considering that you can get as much as 40%-90% discount on an original Monique Lhuillier dress.


The best tip you can have for shopping for wedding dresses in a sample sales is to come early for the best selections and come late for the best prices. Early in the day, there will be more selections to choose from; later in the day, the discounts get higher because retailers want to dispose of the merchandise faster.

And when you have found the right wedding dress, one word for you, my dear! POUNCE!

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From:Sarrah Beaumont

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