Gorgeous tsnius wedding gown on jcrew.com of places

Gold Member Joined: Mar 23 2007 Posts: 1877 Location: NY

Shocking (and beautiful)! so I thought I'd share Smile

http://www.jcrew.com/womens_category/dresses/forthebride/PRDOVR~30217/30217.jsp
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Last edited by Ruchel on Fri, Apr 22 2011, 12:12 pm; edited 1 time in total

2500, right? It's expensive for such a simple, simple dress.

The wedding gowns on this site are nothing to write home about, oy!
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Gold Member Joined: Mar 23 2007 Posts: 1877 Location: NY

lol I didn't mean anyone should buy it, just that modest wedding gowns generally aren't mainstream.

it's so plain. my gown that I bought was much cheaper and much prettier! so it wasn't satin.....

I went to a bridal store, had it built up for me to make it tznius and paid $1000 for petticoats, gown, veil, and crown. It was really $1300 but the owner knocked off $300 because my mom had given her a lot of bridal business over the past couple of years (I have a lot of sisters...). I loved my gown.

Posted: Fri, Apr 22 2011, 11:43 am Post subject:

I like the minimalist style.

Mine was just under 2000 dollars with the accessories, Belgian lace veil, "puffy", modest but not tznius (there was one shop selling tznius gowns that were cheapo, think synthetic, and HIDEOUS and that was it, we saw all the shops in the area and took the tzniusest, which wasn't in a Jewish shop btw - BH it was also gorgeous). One day I'll have to wear it for Purim!

For my civil, 500 dollars
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I love wedding gowns and kinda "collect" interesting pics. IYH Mati will have hers done before she starts going in shidduchim so she doesn't have to hurry and take a ready made one like me Laughing

LOL I do plan a LOT in advance and BH it avoided me some problems... I'm told planning ahead is a Poylish thing!

That's a great picture! You look gorgeous! It's the kind of photo that Vogue uses (fancy woman surrounded by native people). Smile

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I actually don't care for the gown at all.

Ruchel gorgeous pics!
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I would change the waist. I dont think that it would flatter most people. Its nice that they made a tznius wedding dress, I would love to see them make a tzinus dress for everyday. I love Jcrew but their stuff is frequently too short for me. If they made tall that would be awesome.

Love love love this, and just posted it on facebook. BTW, if anyone on this site is friends with me on facebook, I totally blew my cover!

Last edited by MommyZ on Sun, Apr 24 2011, 1:24 am; edited 1 time in total

This is my gown and it cost less then that. It's also plain although not as plain and the skirt is a lot more full. It also has a train and I had the lining added to the top part.

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Gold Member Joined: Mar 23 2007 Posts: 1877 Location: NY

This was my gown - but for an extra amt, the designer made a new pattern for the top so that it was tsnius (round neck) without the "built up" look. It was still cheaper than the jcrew dress and had a tad more bling. The overall look was somewhat simple b/c of the lines, no big skirt. The link below is a random one on ebay but it appears to be these odd knockoff brands they sell online. The dress was definitely not $185....well it was a decade ago, maybe it depreciated a lot. Smile

http://cgi.ebay.com/Demetrios-.....127wt_1202

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Btw, Mommy z, ours gowns both have bell sleeves they were so popular for frum gowns at the time!

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my gown was similiar but much less Smile

And Ruchel, you were a beautiful bride.
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