Im getting married in August this year and am trying to find myself a wedding dress. Im not rich so all these designer places are out of the question. I've got about £250 to spend and am wanting to know places where i can go.

i know about Debenhams and TJHuges. Ive heard there is a place in sheffield where u can get designer ones at discount prices but dont know where or what its called. (They are ex-catwalk dress apparently)

Can anyone help???

:help:

Don't do it love. Divorce costs 15 times more than the wedding dress.

Who said Im bitter?

Congratulations Louise!

My friend got her dress from the hire shop on Arundel Gate (opposite Primark, it's upstairs). They sell them as well as hire - hers was brand new, but "last season" and it was gorgeous!

Congratulations Louise! There is a shop on Eccy Road called Pre Numptuals, or something like that. Dont know the prices though, but always have lots of nice dresses in the window! Good Luck!

Originally posted by missrabbit
Congratulations Louise! There is a shop on Eccy Road called Pre Numptuals, or something like that. Dont know the prices though, but always have lots of nice dresses in the window! Good Luck!

I think you mean pronuptia !!!!

They have all sorts of dresses for all sorts of prices. but they do cater more for the top of the market.

If you set a budget though, they will stick to and not try to push a more expensive dress on to you.

Loops.

Have you looked at any bridesmaid dresses, they are lots cheaper than wedding dresses and wedding dress shops do a white version of any bridesmaid dress design (it might have to be ordered in) if you find one you like the look of.

thats anuther point, i need to find a nice (but not expensive about £40-50) bridesmaid dress for my lil girl, any help there?

oh and wheres the best place to hire suits? again not epensive ones! lol

Same place for hire as before (Arundel Gate). Try the supermakets for bridesmaid dresses if your daughter is only young. The big shops like Asda and Tesco sometimes have them in and they aren't too expensive, but still very nice.

Is your bridesmaid a child? Next do some beautiful dresses for children.
They tend to have more party type dresses in in the autumn but you might still be ablt to find something suitable at this time of year.

yeah shes 18months old :) will be 23 months when we get married, i'll check those places out :thumbsup:

Have you tried eBay Louise? I read a story recently (probably in 'Take a Break' :blush: ) about a woman who got all her wedding outfits on eBay and she saved hundreds of pounds!

Congrats anyway! :thumbsup:

We bought this dress

very nice, she looks adorable :thumbsup: i did see sum nice dresses in mothercare but they've gone now to make way for the summer stuff :(

BHS do a wedding section. I'm not sure if they do the brides' dresses, but their bridesmaid stuff looked ok :thumbsup:

george at asda do a wedding range: http://www.george.com/womens/wedding_wear/

You probably dont want a secondhand dress for your wedding but it's really no different from hiring. I've heard of some of the gowns being brand new anyway ... the bride saw one she liked better or the wedding never took place - whatever.

St Luke's Shop at Woodseats have some fabulous bridal gowns and bridesmaids dresses ... they had a full window display last month and some of the gowns were absolutely lovely. I think they also have a shop on Ecclesall Rd.

Hope you have a wonderful day for your wedding anyway and you'll look beautiful whatever you choose :D every bride does!

My sister got married in a gorgeous dress from Monsoon, i think it was around £100!! Im not sure whether they hire but my two friends who have married there partners recently go their dresses from Blushes near St Marys gate and they were both beautiful! Congratulations!!!!!

thanx everyone :thumbsup: anymore ideas or places will be gratefully accepted though, lol

i'll be going at the end of next month i think, draggin my mum round sheffield for the day! lol

there's one at the town end of london road - not sure what its called or like though :)

Congratulations Louise
BHS have some really nice ones
Are you getting married in church if so is it the one on Bellhouse and whats the date and are you leaving from your house ?so many ?s sorry

There is a Bridal shop in Castle square on the tram route in town, I will look what they call it tomorrow.

Originally posted by jayjay
Congratulations Louise
BHS have some really nice ones
Are you getting married in church if so is it the one on Bellhouse and whats the date and are you leaving from your house ?so many ?s sorry

yep we are getting married in a church, its in Thorpe Hesley, not the one on bellhouse although we still have 2 pay the £30 to get our bands read there! its 19th of august and yep we will be leaving from our house, lol :P

George also have a very wedding dress type party/prom dress in their G21 hot fashion collection here for only £20!

http://www.george.com/womens/g21_april/1/

I dunno what dress size you are but they have it in 8-18 but I find their sizes come up large. Good luck :)

Use to be a small bridal shop in sheff called

"White Lace and Promises" lovely name.

Debenhams do have a good selection as do BHS. I'm getting married in Autumn so not looking for a few weeks yet but Debenhams did say that you can book the changing area of the Bridal Department in advance if you phone them for an appointment, then you can try on as much as you want without being rushed.

As for Bridesmaid dresses for little ones I saw in ASDA at Handsworth a few suitable dresses for that sort of age.

If you come across anything else please post on here...

Originally posted by viking
There is a Bridal shop in Castle square on the tram route in town, I will look what they call it tomorrow. #

As promised I looked today.
It is called "Franchescas" bridal shop.

The shelter charity shop on chapel walk? has one in the window. :)

I got my wedding dress from Blushes on St. Marys Gate, they were really good, had previously looked in Debenhams, where i was treated like something you had just stepped in, they really looked down there noses at me, i can definatly recommend Blushes, Bhs do some nice wedding dresses too, and their accessories are really reasonably priced.

I got mine from Blushes too, they're really good but a little on the expensive side. Especially when you add on dress adjustment costs (mine needed the hem taking up), also extra costs if you want a net and hoop.

I'm getting married in 4 weeks. I've hired my bridesmaid dresses and bought a dress for my flowergirl in the Debenhams sale earlier in the year. The Meadowhall branch of BHS are good for wedding stuff but I'm still waiting for the garters to come in.

Congratulations louise
I'm getting married in may in the Dominican Republic and i got my dress from the shop on arundle gate they are going on about! It's called Francescas and its above the mens rental shop called Formal Affair you should be able to get all of your outfits from there! Not too expensive at all! Good luck and keep us informed! I love weddings lol!

Originally posted by Nirvanaliz
I got mine from Blushes too, they're really good but a little on the expensive side. Especially when you add on dress adjustment costs (mine needed the hem taking up), also extra costs if you want a net and hoop.


I can also recommend Blushes, but wouldn't necessarily say they were pricey. I got married in May last year and got my dress, shoes, tiara, basque and stole with dress adjustments for under £400. Bearing in mind that my tiara was £95 and my shoes were hand dyed by Rainbow Club to match my dress, that's not really bad going! I also had to have the dress taken up loads as I'm only 4' 11", let out a little at the bust and nipped in a bit at the waist. I was shocked at how reasonable it all was.

They honestly do have something to suit all styles and budgets. It also pleased me that they had samples in my size to try on - other shops I'd visited only seemed to have them in sizes 8 - 12.

I've just received the St Lukes newsletter and there was an article about the shop at Gleadless which said that they keep the wedding dresses in the upstairs stockroom, so if you visit the shops (there are 6 in Sheffield) you'll not see any on display. Perhaps you could ring them first to see what they have in stock. (http://www.stlukeshospice.org.uk)

Thanks everyone, i got my dress yesterday from Debenhams, n its gorgeous! :D i also got my little girl a bridesmaid dress from their aswell n she looks absolutely adorable!

still looking for suits though.

Oh n im trying to find someone to come to my house n do my hair n make up, ne suggestions or recomendations??

http://www.ashleyrogers.co.uk/suithire.html :thumbsup:

Got mine from Debenhams Louise, although i've also hired a pengun suit from the hire shop across from the Castle square tram stop

Originally posted by youwhatref
Got mine from Debenhams Louise, although i've also hired a pengun suit from the hire shop across from the Castle square tram stop

Debenhams, Greenwoods and Austin Reed all hire in from the same supplier, so unless you are doing as we did (ushers all over the country) go for the cheapest.

We used Greenwoods because they coordinate all the paperwork for everyboody at one branch, so nobody gets the wrong thing!

Hi Louise

If yr really set on gettin wed, have u tried Asda, they've just started out with a wedding range, dresses are £80 to £150 and they do some sweet bridesmaid and paige boy outfits for about £30, but make sure its a 'super store' that u go to like handsworth.

A Fashion shop in Hillsbrough on Middlewood rd called Tramlines ( just up from the co-op) has some secondhand ones in their window for sale and they looked great. Its weddingbelle who was doing the displays

My sis in law got an absolutely stunning dress from TJ Hughes and it was'nt expensive either.

Go with the suggestion of Strix she certainly had style picking her wedding dress.

Congratulations on getting married in August Louise.

I am getting married this year in June, (oh god not long to go now) I am also wanting someone to come to my house and do my hair and makeup.

Can anyone recommend someone? Who isn't to expensive?

;-)

Congratulations on getting married in August Louise.

I am getting married this year in June, (oh god not long to go now) I am also wanting someone to come to my house and do my hair and makeup.

Can anyone recommend someone? Who isn't to expensive?

;-)

my wife had someone come to do her hair last year before the wedding. i will get the number later when i get home.

she comes 2 weeks before the wedding for a rehearsal and charges £10 per person. she then also charges £10 on the day P.P.

i dont think she does make up though

Also try Debenhams

http://www.debenhamsweddings.com

They have them starting from £110 in their debut section.

Also www.sharethedream.co.uk do second hand designer wedding dresses.

Also try www.thedressmarket.net they also have 2nd hand dresses and you can specify county so that you can pick ones close enough to try on.

I'm getting married in july, i bought my dress from francessca brides too, it was in the sale £249, reduced from £600, i love it, im getting my little bridesmaid dresses from asda, there £18, there beautiful, francessca's don't hire dresses anymore and tj hughs haven't got there bridal section anymore,bhs have a lovely range and are spot on price wise, only the one in meadowhall does the bridal section though, happy looking and good luck for the big day

Go with the suggestion of Strix she certainly had style picking her wedding dress.
But Strix got hers in Milton Keynes ;)

I got my dress from Christine Wales in Kiverton Park - it was a bit pricier than you are aiming for but they may be able to help you - I can highly recommend the service I received. I too have a little girl who is a bridesmaid and we got her a dress from Debenhams for £55 which wasn't bad and is beautiful. I agree that Ebay is also a great place to look. I got my shoes on there and also my tiaras from Australia - they have some really original stuff and don't cost a bomb - I got 3 tiaras for £26 including the postage!!

Hi i have a dress if you want to ring me for info tel 2844271. It was mine so Ill let you have it for £100!!! New £695 or anyone else out there!!

Hi Louise

If yr really set on gettin wed, have u tried Asda, they've just started out with a wedding range, dresses are £80 to £150 and they do some sweet bridesmaid and paige boy outfits for about £30, but make sure its a 'super store' that u go to like handsworth.


will these be on the website or will we have to go instore for them any ideas?

My sis in law got an absolutely stunning dress from TJ Hughes and it was'nt expensive either.

anybody know the name of the one in tj's?