This is very important advice for those brides when choosing a dress!!

It is important that you do your homework. All bride don't want to waste time running into the wrong stores and boutiques and find out at the end of the day that you have achieved nothing. Keep reading if you want to make your next run-around a success.

The most important thing should be taken care of first. You obviously would like to know how much to pay for your wedding dress. The prices of wedding dresses vary. They can range from as little as £500 to as much as £50,000. This also depends what you get for your money. For instance, you can buy a perfect dress from well-known bridal chains and pay a measly £300. Keep in mind that a dress at this price is probably shipped from the Far East. Also, it will be unlikely that these dresses are silk and unique.

Don't let this put you off. There are also well-known brand dresses for £3000 and more. These dresses are also manufactured in the Far East, but they are altered to fit. There are top end bridal stores that is better and there you can expect silk, but remember that if you are paying for a dress that has to be altered to fit you, you are just paying for a name, and this name costs you £3000.

If a bride is prepared to pay £3000 for a dress, it should be "made to measure". Purchasing a dress and then having it altered to fit is sometimes not successful. There are stores that charge you anything from £1800-£4000, but this means that the wear is handmade to fit the princess.

Altered to fit dresses and made to measure dresses have a huge price difference. If you think about, you would probably think that you are been over-charged. Here are the reasons why this is not true:

Made to measure dresses are individually, handmade and labor will cost you. Overheads are higher than dresses that are being manufactured in the Far East. Bridal stores offer a high service level and also have an investment in many sample dresses for the brides to try.

Another reason is that brides are experiencing what designers have, and what they have acquired in the business over the years. You are dealing with professional designers that design and make their own dresses, and with this, brides should feel confident knowing that at the end of the day the dress is going to fit and when the time comes it will be ready. This is not the case with dresses from the Far East. These dresses have to be altered once you put it on.

There are cases where brides decide to use a dressmaker to copy the design of a designer dress to budget what is in the pocket. Dressmakers can cut a designer's price in half because of the low overheads. The brides should first ask for a few references before considering this option, because this can prove disastrous.

About the Author

Johanna Hehir has one of the largest selections of different wedding dresses in London and is one of London's top wedding dress Designers. Specialising in made to measure designer wedding dresses and evening wear.