What do you think of "replica" china dresses?

They are really bad copies and if my dress turned out like that i'd send it back!!!

Luckily my dress is extremly well made, there's internal boning and a internal bra. There's 6 layers to the skirt including a petticoat. The beading is very good too.

I'll try and take some pictures of the details and the inside so you can all see. ?

Well... If ever there was a time to treat myself it would be for the honeymoon..........

Will see what MrL says when we are in the outlet store in Bicester in a few weeks.. hehe

That's where I'm from and where I got married!!! ....Random post of the day...sorry!!! As an aside....I hate Bl**dy Bicester village!!! Causes no end of traffic problems for us locals!!!! (told you it was a random post!!) ?

Hi ladies,

I make wedding gowns and they are as good as any you will find in the high street shops; boning, padding and corsetry is of the best quality. I agree that it may be a bit scary to order dresses from overseas as you never really know what you will be presented with. We are based in Milton Keynes and have a showroom where you can see the sample and quality of our work and you have the peace of mind of knowing that we are comparably just around the corner. Best of all, our prices are just as good as the overseas ones...

Hi starstruck,

We have used only our own photos on any listings on the Hitched website. All the pictures you can see here are pictures of dresses we have made. Also, on the website we haev pictures to guide people as to what style of dress they will like to wear. Not once have we claimed to make the dresses the models are wearing but we also have an album showing our own collection. I think it really is a bit viscious to attack us this way. We are not breaking any law because we have a disclaimer on the website and we have done our research to back this up. I have never and will never attack anyone else's business in the way that you have.

We are a respectable UK business and we have never had a client complain about our services or any of our products. We have only ever had very positive reviews.

*Puts on lawyer hat*

Starstruck is right on the IP point, estilo.

*Takes of lawyer hat*

I was very taken with a chinese wedding dress so I ordered a red dress for a Christmas Ball from the same manufacturer as a trial run. It arrived yesterday. Yes it looks ok but are little things that I don't think I would accept if I was actually going to wear this dress for my wedding. It was meant to be a lace up but it actually has a zip back. At the top of the zip is a hook & eye fastening - the hook is there but no eye. The biggest issue is on the front where the bodice joins the skirt. Where it dips down over my tummy which is presumably meant to give it shape the dip is very much off central - the lowest point is somewhere between my left hip & belly button! It is fine for a ball & I will wear it but if I had bought it for my wedding I would be extremely disappointed as it doesn't have the 'wow' factor for me. I have now ordered a Maggie Sottero sample which wasn't the cheapest but is just about affordable & really does make me think WOW!

Ummm...going back to Estil's website........ im confused. You said you made gowns and yet your website says

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Hi everyone,

We expressly respect everyone's opinios on this thread and it is interesting to see the amount of interest getting a choice wedding dress at a cost that is suitable to you can generate. It just shows how important an issue this is. Our mission is to help the average bride out there feel like a million pounds without necessarily spending the bulk of her budget on only her dress. We all have to admit that not everyone has thousands of pounds to spend on a wedding dress but is it fair that they should have to settle for less than they will really like?

We will not in any way defend any other companies that make wedding dresses but in Estilo Moda, we work closely with brides to create the dress of their dreams and all the reviews we have received so far have been fantastic. We are based in the UK (Milton Keynes) and most of our brides come down to the shop to discuss their requirements, place orders and to fit their dresses and discuss any alterations which we do for free. We do not provide a blind service or low quality products in spite of the affordable costs of our products.

The pictures of other dresses on the website are to help brides have an idea of the styles out there to guide them when they are choosing what they will like us to make for them. We do not rely heavily on these pictures as we design many dresses from scratch based on the requirements and unique choices of our clients and utilising sketches created with the bride's input.

We always go to any length to ensure that the fabric, embellishments and any other materials needed for a dress are correctly sourced in order to produce an optimal product and this is what we refer to as inexhaustible resources.

Ahhh, so perhaps that sentence should read that you use ''inexhaustible resouces to MAKE your dress'' as opposed to GET your dress??? it reads in a misleading way, that is all.

Thanks teeheeyoucrazyguys! That's a good point which will be taken into account when reviewing the website. My client who recommended joining hitched said the ladies are very honest and straightforward. We sincerely appreciate your suggestion.

Personally to me, a large part of the whole wedding experience was going into a dress shop (or 10) and trying on so many dresses until one grabbed my heart and I knew I wanted to wear that amazing dress for the one most important day of my life, whether that dress cost £100 or £1000.

Granted, I didn't have to worry about the cost and i fully appreciate not everyone is in that situation. However, I never considered buying from anywhere else than a bridal shop. Horses for courses but replica dresses weren't something for me. My friend who is getting married a couple of months before me told me she has had her dress made by that chinese lady in Birmingham some people here have mentioned, and that it only cost her £35!!

As long as she is happy with that and feels amazing in it, then I am pleased for her, but I can't help worry that shouldn't the material for a wedding dress at least cost more than that?!!