well i'm sure originally she had a wedding dress and he wore a suit. i don't even want to wear one the first time we do our vows. i can understand her not wanting to renew her vows as i think renewing vows is a waste of money and time in my opinion.

haha im not into spending 1000 on a dress ill wear once. ill do a simple dress. id rather put 1000 on a honeymoon.

yeah i think i'd probably wear a dress, but spending that much makes my brain melt lol. that and i'll probably look ridiculous anyway ;D

Ty would shoot me if I spent that much on a dress!

nah, don't worry about that do what you want. I had a wedding and I don't regret it, I love my pictures-but I honestly think they can often get too big/stressful. you have to do what feels right to you. we could have had a much smaller one looking back on it (and it was already small-only less than 50 people). It didn't really matter how much we spent on it. I was happy with ours, but the vows (which lasted all of ten minutes) were the important part-everything thing else is fluff, really.

if you guys ever compromise on yours (like beyond just wearing the hoodie :-P), I have seen some really great pics of brides in more casual dresses, or even short (like knee length, retro) dresses. I've also seen grooms in khaki pants/white shirts, or in tuxes but with converse sneakers. :-P.

I spent all up $1200AU on my dress... most over here seem to be $2000+ which doesn't suit me at all! I even wasn't willing to pay so much for mmine but did in the end... Wore my mum's veil though which tied in well

My dress was about $500 at David's - it was on a major sale. Alterations and accessories probably brought the total close to about $800. And obviously, I'm a big fan of pick-up dresses! :)

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Crap. Lemme try again...

I'm also a fan of pick up dresses. In fact, you and I tried on most of the same dresses, didn't we?!? :) Well, I might as well post a picture of mine:



That shows all of my veils, dress, tiara.. although it doesn't show the top of the dress very well. Hmm.



That shows the top, strapless, which I wasn't planning on (I planned on a halter top like yours), but fell in love with anyway.

Oh, and by "yours", I meant queenbutterfly.. just to clarify! lol.

I love this on you! I'm glad I ended up with a halter after all the strapless I tried on because I think the halter flatters me more. You have perfect shoulders for this type of dress. Did you get yours at Davids Bridal? I think I've seen something similar that I almost tried on!

Yep, Davids Bridal! Christina actually has pictures of her trying on my dress and I have pictures of me trying on HER dress! Lol.

That was so funny. I still can't believe that happened! lol

oh you were a beautiful bride!!!!!

You looked absolutely gorgeous Christina! Seriously. I love the dress!

Thanks Megan!

i LOVE pick up dresses =] =] heres mine, i wanted to share =] =] its a bit differnt it was about $280 after the long bra and the poofy thing that went under the dress lol im not sure what its called lol i hope this works...

YEAH it worked lol

I love the fact that you did a red dress! How non-traditional!!

it sounds funny but i was way to excited to wear white lolol i needed a brighter color lol plus i do NOT look good in white, i look better in bold colors, if my wedding wasnt in october i would have done a dark lavendar =]

Everyone has such BEAUTIFUL dresses! I think about what i'd want my wedding dress to look like, and I want a really simple wedding so I think about just wearing a really nice fancy cocktail dress that I would definitely wear again to another occasion. Something with green in it or maybe a floral design :0)

I love ur RED dress Ladysunshine!!! Its so awsome! I love the 'unexpected' ya know!

Your dress is GORGEOUS on you! I'm less than 4 months to my wedding and I haven't even bought a dress or tried one on. I'm going to try on dresses next Monday I think, and I hope David's Bridal has a look-a-like to this dress.
http://www.rawganique.com/Womens/organic-hemp-evening-gown-wedding-dress.htm
That way I can raise the hem, dye it and wear it all the time after the wedding. :) Fh and I are budding environmentalists, so it's important that we have an eco-friendly wedding. Plus, we're getting married in the park and I plan on wearing flats made from help and recycled rubber from Simple Shoes.

hemp, not help. Although sometimes I feel overwhelmed enough to scream help. :)

have you checked out the 'Galina' line of dresses on David's Bridal's website? they are the simpler style, probably the closest they have to the dress in your link. :)