Budget Do's and Don'ts - Your Wedding Dress - What Every Bride Must Know!

Managing a wedding budget for most brides may be as difficult as having only one pair of shoes for a woman. Why would a woman need more then one pair of shoes since the sole function of the shoe is to keep the feet warm and safe? The answer is simple: its more complex then just meeting our basic human safety needs! Its about wanting and feeling great not needing. The concept of a wedding dress is the same. Brides want not need and rightly so, this is their day and it is perfectly acceptable to want an amazing wedding gown.

If the only requirement of a wedding dress is for it to be white then the 3,000 or so bridal magazines and online publications would not be featuring pages and pages of wedding dresses designed to fit all body types, silhouettes and personal styles. Hence, why managing the budget for perfect wedding dress can be quite a task.

In order to simplify your pains, below are the budget do's and don'ts of shopping for the dress:

First...the Do's!

- Do scope wedding dress trunk shows and sample sales to find your perfect gown. Your dream wedding dress can cost you a fraction of the cost.
- Do bring on cost conscience friend of family member for feedback
- Do look a streamlined gowns, the more elaborate the design (especially anything handmade)t the more expensive the gown will be.
- Do try to accessories a simple gown within your price range with more elaborate accessories

Now the Don'ts!

- Don't try on dresses outside you budget, its is really hard to resist a Vera Wang gown when you have a totally reasonable budget of $500 for your wedding dress. Stay within your means and you will prevent unnecessary heartache!
- Don't purchase a wedding dress that requires major alterations. Alterations can really add up and sometimes cost juts as much as a wedding dress. For example, if your dress is priced at $500, your alterations can easily cost $300-$400, isn't it better to allocate that amount towards a more expensive gown or more elaborately prices accessories?
- Don't spend so much money on the shoes that you will only wear once, if you have a choice between a more expensive gown or a cheaper gown and pricey shoes, always go with the gown. No one will see your shoes, and even when people will see your shoes while you are dancing or taking pictures, it will be really hard to price them. Your wedding dress is the major focal point on your wedding date.

Nadia Digilov is Manhattan's premier luxury wedding expert and the founder and CEO of NYC luxury event production firm Celebrating in Style, celebrating-instyle.com. After seven years on the trading floors of the largest investment banks on Wall Street, her passion for production led her to begin creating luxury events that leave a lasting impression. Since 2002 Nadia has created weddings, corporate events, concerts, trade shows, and marketing events in major cities around the world; including New York, Miami, Moscow, Tel Aviv and St. Petersburg.

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