Inexpensive Wedding Dresses
How to Have the Dress of your Dreams for Less

No matter how little you have to spend on a bridal gown, you can still look and feel amazing on your wedding day with my tips for buying inexpensive wedding dresses.

Whatever dress you wear, it's important to choose a style that suits your personality and that you feel COMFORTABLE in. Don't be persuaded to buy a dress you don't really like that much just because your mum, a friend, or the sales assistant in the bridal store says you look stunning in it.

If you then buy a dress that you LOVE, you will feel confident when you walk down the aisle, no matter how much it cost.

Affordable Wedding Dresses

Here are some tips to make your bridal gown more affordable.

• Keep the style simple to reduce cost. Modern wedding dresses don't have to have lots of layers and a sleek elegant design can even be tailor-made for far less than you might think, especially if you order from a wholesale dress supplier based overseas. Take a peek at these informal dresses to see what I mean.

• If you've set your heart on a designer wedding dress, try EBAY for end of lines or used designer wedding dresses. After all, you only wear a wedding dress once, so why pay a fortune for a designer dress when the cost of the gown alone could pay for your honeymoon?

• Why not rent a dress? There are some fabulous dresses available to hire and at a great price compared to paying for the same dress new. You also don't have to worry about cleaning or selling your dress afterwards - just return it to the rental store!

• Having a beach wedding? You can often buy a gorgeous wedding dress straight off the peg in a department store, especially during spring when soft floaty dresses in pale colors are available.

More Ideas for a Cheap Wedding Gown

Does your dress have to be white or ivory colored?

It's cool and trendy to wear a colored wedding dress right now and that means you can have a complete choice of off-the-peg dresses in department stores and specialist dress shops rather than paying a premium at bespoke wedding stores.

Pink wedding dresses are especially popular as pale shades of pink can look just as virginal as cool ivory and off white.

And if you're a lover of black, then the gothic bride can look fabulous in an inexpensive black wedding dress. It may not be customary but as long as the bride loves her dress, that's all that matters.

Summer Wedding Dresses

Summer weddings mean sunshine and warmer temperatures, all of which require cooler, lighter fabrics and far less layers.

Save money by opting for simple wedding dresses without long trains or even short wedding dresses which take less fabric and therefore cost less!

Tea length wedding dresses are popular for an informal look and it's possible to find dresses in non-specialist wedding stores so do hunt around.

Tip: Thinking of getting married abroad? Lightweight beach style wedding dresses cost far less than more formal traditional styles. And they are far more comfortable, like the dresses shown on this page, available from Sandals.

If you are thinking of getting married abroad, don't miss our tips on what dress to wear and how to transport your dress to its destination in one piece.