Splurge or Save: Attire?

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I ordered a 90$ dress and had it altered came to under 500 and I was super happy with that

Definitely not splurging. I’ll only wear it once, and I know that I can find lovely dresses for under $1k- so why spend the money? I’d rather go to Bora Bora. 😁

Splurge! I'm on budget for my dress, but alterations and accessories might go a touch over budget. For my fiance we're investing in a suit which might be more spurge-y than renting.

Splurge I will only wear a wedding dress once and I want it to look perfect

Save, I have a set budget for my dress and will not go over that. My FH will be renting his attire. For our flower girls, I will be looking at dresses in children's stores, our date will be after Easter so I will be looking at those dresses for the girls.

Save! I got my dress at a steal of a price and my fiancée wants nothing over the top for her outfit.

Definite save! My FMIL made my dress, the pic is the nearly complete version

This one's hard to call. He's wearing his uniform and I got my dress at a sample sale. But my dress was still a significant percentage of our budget.

I got it new but was $300 under my budget...so minor splurging? I don't feel it was a save compared to some of the great deals previous posters got because it was $700, but that includes all fittings and customization by a professional seamstress. Not super bad either

Save! I just can’t jusitfy spending a lot and we have other priorities. My dress was on clearance for $99 but needs a few alterations, shoes on for $29.99. Grooms and groomsmen shoes were on sale for $19.99. Bridesmaid dresses were $30. It’s become a bit of a game to try and find the rest of the items needed for the lowest price possible. We just need men’s shorts, dress shirts and the girls shoes and we’re all done.

Save! Second hand dresses and ordering items of websites while on sale is the way to go!

Save! There are so many bridal shows where you can get your dream dress up to 90% off as well as discounts from vendors!

I'd say compared to what we were planning on spending, it's a splurge for both of us. Granted, for my FH, his tux is getting worn 3 times in 2 weeks... haha (wedding, and both formal nights on the honeymoon cruise)... whereas my dress cost 5 times as much and gets worn once!!! Eek. lol. But I LOOOOOVE it.

He also got $400 off because we did the groomsmen rentals at the place we purchased his tuxedo.

My Dress

His Tux

Save but only because my mom surprised me and bought it.

Save! We're not going cheap by any means, but we're also not spending way too much money.

I saved by getting a dress from an older year from a discount store. I'm probably going to go easy for all the additions too.

Save by renting if possible, though it some places costs the same as rentals.

We on the other hand, splurged on suits and pocket square for him. If the attire is cheaper based on the sale, better savings.

Save. Because I stayed on budget.

Well I kind of saved! Got my dress on sale! Definitely sticking to a budget! And I saved on my veil! So even better I'd say!!

I thought my dress would end up being a splurge. I figured spending a bit more on a wedding gown would be okay since it's such a special thing. However, my dream dress ended up being on sale so we saved quite a bit!

I would call it a splurge haha but it depends on weather you think 1000 is a splurge

Splurge within reason, it is once in a lift time.

Generally save but I ended up splurging on my dress. My maids can wear whatever dress they want and the men are up to my fiance.

I'm going all out and will look my best!

Generally - save. I don't want to have anyone in the bridal party worried about the cost of their attire. We are planning to start looking for bridesmaid dresses at Winners. I want to love my wedding dress, but I will only wear it one time. I am not prepared to drop a large amount of cash

Splurge-ish... I want to look like a princess but I am not willing to spend more then 5000 to do it.

Save? I don't know yet. I know that there are some dresses that are not that expensive. I honestly not looking to spend over $1000.00

Save there too, my mother made my dress and my fiance is not buying a designer suit to save money on both outfits.

Splurge but within a tighter budget, look classy without putting in debt

Splurge, but not too overboard

For sure splurge!!! I need to look like a princess!!

Splurge,,but not over the top