High street wedding dresses

I love the idea of a romantic elopement, unfortunately H2B had other ideas!

I got my dress from a wedding shop but it was a sample sale so I got it for £500- there were dresses which were much cheaper than that, including one which I nearly got for £150. So you could try that route?

Also phase 8 (though John Lewis) and monsoon have some nice ones. Or try stillwhite.com if you don't mind pre-loved?

I got mine from Coast at Debenhams & I love it! x

Mine was £75 in the Monsoon sale and I had alterations from a local seamstress costing £100 - I was v pleased with it:

I got mine offline (risky I know but my mam had previously ordered from there and everything was great!) and it was about £100

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Go on http://www.bride2bride.co.uk/

they do lots and lots of dresses and accesorisies

I got a beautiful brand new maggie sottero gown from a shop on there which was in the sale for only £199 (originally £1200)

Good Luck!

Thanks for the replies, everyone. Some really helpful tips here.

I will probably not buy my dress for another 4-5 months so I am just collecting ideas for now, but you're really helping me with where to look. Wedding dresses can be so ridiculously expensive.

How does David's Bridal in London compare? Would that be an option at my budget or do they only have more expensive dresses? Their UK site doesn't have any prices it seems but as I live in Edinburgh I'd want to make sure it would be worth it before going there. (My other half said he'd be open to going there and just spending the weekend in London.)

I got mine from Davids Bridal, it was £375. That's without any alterations so the final cost will be a bit more but I haven't decided whether to use their alterations lady or find someone to do it for me.

There is a whole thread on here about Davids Bridal and a few people have had a bad experience with them. I couldn't fault them though and would recommend a visit if you're in town. It doesn't hurt to take a look!

ETA: I think their dresses start at around £200

Thank you! We will definitely keep it in mind as an option, although just a weekend in London would probably cost a bit so it really depends on how things go financially whether we can afford that (we are planning to buy a house next year as well as get married).

I see a lot of phase eight wedding dresses which I believe are around £100 and frankly look fantastic. Monsoon, H&M and topshop and ASOS all do wedding dresses. If you want something more classic TKMaxx have a bridal season where they have tons of dresses and shoes on the cheap!

The current Phase Eight wedding collection starts at £250 and goes up to £750.

I bought my dress from Davids too, one I tried on was beautiful and cost £275. You can buy off the peg and take it home with you if you were visiting for the weekend. Just remember to book an appointment.

My BM dresses are from the Coast bridal range are are actually wedding dresses. Worth having a look on there, I know he bigger stores stock the range so worth calling local stores before you go