Dress Shopping
Hoping for the easiest experience possible (and hopefully the least expensive yet most practical dresses), I've done all my wedding dress shopping thus far online. My biggest beef with wedding gowns is that they're big and beautiful and cost all this money, yet I'll probably never be able to wear it again after the big day. So my plan, ideally, is to choose a dress that not only works well as a wedding dress, yet might be repurposed for other dressy / formal occasions as well.
With that in mind, I've been looking to less wedding-oriented merchants for my dress-shopping -- places like J. Crew or Nordstrom -- which offer reasonably priced dresses and flexible return policies.
I got an amazing deal today on two dresses I ordered from anntaylor.com. I picked two possible candidates and, halfway through the checkout process, decided on impulse to see if there were any coupon codes available for the site. A quick Google search brought me to a soon-to-expire promotional code for 20 percent off any purchase over $125, plus free shipping. The result: about $100 saved on my order.
Awesome.
Comments
Very nice! I *love* Ann Taylor stuff. It's classy and won't look dated when you look back 20 years from now. :)
I went the other way and decided that since I don't wear dresses much, I'd get something really big just for the fun of it. Luckily David's Bridal worked out for that, and therefore I didn't need a $3,000 dress (also no shortage of on The Knot). As for the bridesmaids though, I thought along the same lines as you - get a dress that can possibly be worn again to other "nice" events. I found theirs at DB as well, and luckily for getting my dress there, they gave me $20 gift cards for all of the bridesmaids. So, that worked!
Posted by: Annie | October 10, 2005 8:22 AM