Wedding gown - own or rented?

My husband and I got married twice in the same week. We were trying to keep arguments to a minimum with family members. And so I have 2 gowns. Owned not rented. however, I only paid for one myself. My mom bought the other one. My grandmothers gown was too small. She was 4'9" tall and I am 5'7". But she kept hers too. And my mom had hers, but it was sort of a light blue. And I just couldn't do that. But it was neat to see all the different things. I suppose its a tradition to keep the gowns in our family. If for no other reason to remember the day.Rented means someone else wore the dress. And someone will wear it after you. If thats ok with you, you will save money. I did. I bought one of mu dresses off the Clearance rack at Dillards and had it altered. and had a jacket made to go with it. Dress. alterations and Jacket ran me under $100. So it can be done!

I bought my gown. I went to a local bridal/prom gown shop and went through their catalog and chose a dress. They measured me and I chose the colors, spent around $150. If you don't want to even spend that much, a lot of bridal shops have sales on dresses for $100 or less, you can just buy a nice prom dress to wear. I don't know how much it would cost to rent a dress, but I would imagine that it would be over $200.

I ordered my own wedding gown. I know I could rent it, but I liked to own it because it is a wonderful memory. Perhaps I can leave it to my daughter-in-law:) Besides, at that time I teased my husband. We could go to take wedding photos anytime we liked since I had wedding gown.

I bought my gown, and I still have it. I looked at a lot of gowns when I was planning my wedding, and there are some very expensive ones. But there are also some very reasonably priced gowns. Mine was $200, but most of the ones I looked at were $700 and up, so it was relatively inexpensive. I didn't choose it because of the price. Don't be afraid to look at the less expensive gowns. Less expensive does not mean they are not as nice. I wouldn't have wanted to rent, even to save money because it is special to me. I will always keep it and remember the day. I would cut costs somewhere else if I had to save money.

Lets face facts a wedding gown is something you will wear only once.After your wedding day it will sit in a closet somewhere and collect dust.you wont wear it again and if it is a souvernir how oten are you going to take it out to reminence.I rented mine and saved a lot of money and headaches over where to keep it.I was given a choice to but I opted to go the cheaper route and use that money what I saved towards our home.

Marriage is such a sweet & memorable thing in one's life, especially for women! I suggest that you choose to have your own wedding gown simply for your own sake. For one this will only happen once in a lifetime so why not make the most of it? As for the BUDGET, that is where the kind of dress, material and style comes in. Try to find a design and designer for your gown that will you options at a lower cost. For sure it's not the cost of the wedding gown that counts, but the event and couple themselves! Best wishes!

I bought mine. What we did was list everything that was needed for the wedding in order of importance (limo, D.J., honeymoon, gown, etc.) and that was how we divied up the money on what to spend more or less on. You can buy some really nice gowns at good prices. Just be careful of buying from David's Bridal, as I've heard bad things on the news. Just make sure that you check it for imperfections and make sure that the gown that you buy and get fitted is the same gown they give you back. I never thought of renting. I did pay extra to get mine preserved, because my mother never did anything with hers. It was hanging on a wire coathanger in the basement, all ripped from the hanger. Just remember that you're only going to get married once (hopefully) so that you should make it special in the ways that you feel are most important - which is why I made that priority list. Let us know what you decide!!!!

I'm buying my dress, mainly because I am extremely particular about it. I can't find anyone, anywhere who has the dress I want, so I'm having it custom made to my design. I'm also very superstitious so I don't even want to think about the bad luck I might get from wearing someone else's dress.

I would buy a gown, because I would want to keep it. But I would find a cute cheap one so it wouldn't cost so much. I was just mentioning how David's Bridal, a bridal shop in my area, is always having a $99 gown sale. So I would go there and find one that I liked for $99, then I wouldn't feel guilty about spending so much, yet I would still have the gown to keep for memories.

Hi, I would say rent the wedding dress,you will have videos and pics of your special day and the dress, buying your own wedding dress can be really expensive,and you will realistically only wear it the once...So I say rental is best. Good luck to you and your boyfriend for the big day..

I would rent it. My husband and I recently got married and we both wore jeans and a nice shirt. Our thought on this was, we are not marring eachother for the money we are geting married because we love eachother. We did not want to spend a lot of money and start things off with even more stress.

I would buy one, but buy a nice one that doesn't cost that much. I mean, a wedding gown is a wedding gown. Chances are, you'll only wear it one in your life, but you still should be able to keep it for the memories.

I actually own mine. I only had to pay $100 because there was a sale. I think it's kind of a right for a woman to be able to keep her gown and maybe pass it town to her future daughter or something. I guess it's really up to the bride, but I would vote own.

Personally, if I were minding the budget, I would choose a simple gown from a thrift shop. Other options include finding one through the classifieds, posting a request to Freecycle or borrowing/buying one from a friend or relative.

Your own wedding gown is a treasure for everytime you will see it your closet you will get to remember your wedding.Besides don't you want your daughter/s to wear it when her time to get married comes?

I think its better you owned one. You can keep it or pass it on or just have it there to remind you of that great day. When you rent something its too impermanent. I'd rather own these things and I'd like my lady to own them. A rental is too passing by, if you know what I mean ?