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Sebastian
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 9:10 am
OP also check daintyjewells.com. they have some modest gowns that are a bit over 100
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Fabulous
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 9:42 am
amother wrote: | Did she spend 400 total? Or 400 on alterations? Do you know how much she was able to sell it for? |
She spent close to that just in material, alterations and steaming. She didn’t sell it yet because she didn’t wear it yet
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peacenine
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 10:04 am
Where are you located? There are Jewish stores who sell ready made decently priced gowns. (In monsey Sereka, in Brooklyn exquisite) I bought for $400 I only needed to hem it and add a belt. I sold it afterwards.
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 10:49 am
Sebastian wrote: | OP also check daintyjewells.com. they have some modest gowns that are a bit over 100 |
Thanks!
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 10:50 am
Fabulous wrote: | She spent close to that just in material, alterations and steaming. She didn’t sell it yet because she didn’t wear it yet |
Wow!
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 10:56 am
peacenine wrote: | Where are you located? There are Jewish stores who sell ready made decently priced gowns. (In monsey Sereka, in Brooklyn exquisite) I bought for $400 I only needed to hem it and add a belt. I sold it afterwards. |
It's good to know. I'm out of town though. Thank you. P
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 11:00 am
When I got married I bought my wedding gown online from China.
It was a kate style wedding gown so was high neck but only lace. I got the sleeves and up to the neck lined.
The rest was totally tznius. The dress was abt 150$ and the alterations were maybe 50-70$ iirc.
Anonymous bc loads of ppl know about this lol.
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 12:40 pm
amother wrote: | When I got married I bought my wedding gown online from China.
It was a kate style wedding gown so was high neck but only lace. I got the sleeves and up to the neck lined.
The rest was totally tznius. The dress was abt 150$ and the alterations were maybe 50-70$ iirc.
Anonymous bc loads of ppl know about this lol. |
Lots of people order from china;) I'm nervous to take the risk. But if I can find something local even second hand that is cheap, I wouldn't mind putting some money in... ( Not 400!! But 50 - 70 sounds reasonable) thinking to spend like max 200 - 300 ( incl. Dress, material, seamstress). But if I want to sell it ( and make back a decent amount), then quality would have to be good enough... I'm trying to figure out if I am being realistic (well theoretically, since I don't have a specific piece in mind )
So you are telling me that it cost you 50- 70 to line the top part of your wedding gown, that was just for the seamstress I assume? Meaning you spent more on material?
I'm wondering if adding sleeves to a sleeveless gown, or filling in a neckline or a back cutout or adding length to a dress (one of the above) would cost more? it sounds like it should be the same amount of work??
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greenfire
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 12:53 pm
just buy a dress that's closer to tznius ... shells are tacky & not dressy enough for a wedding
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amother
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Thu, Jan 03 2019, 1:23 pm
amother wrote: | Lots of people order from china;) I'm nervous to take the risk. But if I can find something local even second hand that is cheap, I wouldn't mind putting some money in... ( Not 400!! But 50 - 70 sounds reasonable) thinking to spend like max 200 - 300 ( incl. Dress, material, seamstress). But if I want to sell it ( and make back a decent amount), then quality would have to be good enough... I'm trying to figure out if I am being realistic (well theoretically, since I don't have a specific piece in mind )
So you are telling me that it cost you 50- 70 to line the top part of your wedding gown, that was just for the seamstress I assume? Meaning you spent more on material?
I'm wondering if adding sleeves to a sleeveless gown, or filling in a neckline or a back cutout or adding length to a dress (one of the above) would cost more? it sounds like it should be the same amount of work?? |
The seamstress had the material.
I didn’t have to buy the material separately.
This was quite a few years ago though so prices have probably gone up.
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greenfire
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Fri, Jan 18 2019, 2:14 pm
just wanted to point out that it seems that more tznius dresses are back in style ... high necks, sleeves, etc. ... I imagine it should be easier to find now
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Cheiny
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Fri, Jan 18 2019, 2:27 pm
amother wrote: | I'm looking for a gown for a siblings wedding. I don't want to put in alot of money, and am hoping to be able to sell it afterwards. Gowns don't come tznius ( at least cheap ones). I am wondering what the easiest and cheapest alterations to make would be. Ie. Is it cheaper to add sleeves, line a dress or build up a neck line? If you could post pictures and your ideas of how to alter, it would be helpful. Also, if the material doesn't need to match ( can look good by adding elsewhere/ be a good contrast/ a style where almost matching is good enough) that's a plus. Mainly I guess I am trying to figure out the price factor, I am totally clueless about sewing!
Thanks in advance! |
I got a stunning gown which just needed a shell underneath at David’s bridal at a very reasonable price. Macys also has some choices. It’s not true that all gowns are not tsniusdig.
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cbg
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Fri, Jan 18 2019, 2:35 pm
Didn’t read all the posts
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Look at Tadashi Shoji
A lot of there dresses are easy to fix
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dankbar
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Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:18 pm
I bought 2 yrs ago a blue gown by macys for $150, I just used a blue shell to line the lace bodice/sleeves the bottom was fully lined chiffon.
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dankbar
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Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:19 pm
The dress was lined till above chest, so had a shape & didn't look funny at all with shell. You couldn't tell that half was lined already...
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LittleMissMama
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Sat, Jan 19 2019, 8:39 pm
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