The 20 Best Places to Buy Wedding Dresses Online - Brides

The 20 Best Places to Buy Wedding Dresses Online - Brides
News Bridal shops warn of delays if ordering dresses online WCPO Staff 12:54 PM, Mar - wtkr.com
Brides-to-be line up for cheap wedding dresses ahead of Bridal on Pulteney auction - The Advertiser
Anomalie: A new option for brides looking for the right dress online - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 05 Mar 2020 08:32 PM PST

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BHLDN is undoubtedly a fan favorite and we totally understand why. In-store and online, BHLDN caters to the boho bride, the classic bride, the plus size bride and the bride on a budget. When browsing the site or the racks in-store, expect to find fresh and exciting styles from major designers such as Jenny Yoo, Watters and Amsale.

Brides looking for ultra-feminine creations can expect to find gowns made of tiers of cascading ruffles and soft tulle designs dotted with floral embroidery. For the traditional bride, check out BHLDN's modern take on the classic ballgown. Whether you've found the dress, in-store, through one of their online consultants or by browsing the site on your own, BHLDN also makes it very easy to build out your wedding day look with their plethora of gorgeous accessories from "Something Blue" shoes to exquisite cathedral-length veils. Also, don't forget mom! BHLDN boasts some of the prettiest mother of the bride/groom dresses around!

With standard shipping, expect to receive your dress within 9 business days and BHLDN accepts returns within a 30-day window. BHLDN does not offer alteration services so make sure you allow plenty of time to have your dress tailored.

News Bridal shops warn of delays if ordering dresses online WCPO Staff 12:54 PM, Mar - wtkr.com

Posted: 12 Mar 2020 09:56 AM PDT

For the past month, shipments from Chinese factories have dropped sharply, as the country fights the coronavirus. Even Apple warns of shipping issues with new iPhones assembled there, WCPO reports.

Now reports are coming in from around the US of nervous brides wondering if their wedding gowns being shipped from China will arrive in time. More than half of all bridal gowns now come from China, bridal shops say.

Sabena Collins is looking for a wedding gown for her upcoming nuptials in Cincinnati this year. Like many young brides, she was tempted to order an inexpensive dress she saw online.

"You see them on Wish.com for $15; you see them everywhere," she said.

But this savvy bride has heard some warnings about delays in deliveries due to the coronavirus. Unlike many other online shoppers, she knows most of those cheap dresses she sees on Wish.com or Instagram ads ship directly from China, several weeks after you order them.

"I would worry that there would be delays, especially right now," she said.

Good call.

Bridal shops warn of unfamiliar dress sites

Bridal shops say you need to be very careful these days if you want to save money by ordering gowns or bridesmaid's dresses directly off the internet and you have no idea where those dresses are coming from.

Tina Minshall, manager of Bridal and Formal in Reading, Ohio, says the factory in China you are ordering from may not even be open, may only have a handful of workers, or it may have no way to ship the dress.

"Be aware and do your homework, because it is not a time where you want to go on the cheap end," Minshall said. "It's your wedding day. You got one shot at this; you don't want to make a mistake."

She says her suppliers have their shipping issues under control, as they can source dresses from other countries.

"Maybe a week delay here and there, but nothing the consumer is going to notice at all," she said.

But, she says if you deal with a reputable bridal shop, they will make sure you get a dress that is already on the way or comes from a manufacturer that is not based in China.

"So, while they might have a factory in China, they also have one in India, in Sri Lanka, here in the States," Minshall said.

But Bridal and Formal is urging fall brides not to wait too long to order, just to be safe.

Collins says she is not going to risk a dress from an unknown online seller that might not show up for her big day this fall, so she's staying local and is trying to buy an American-made dress, even if it costs more.

That way even though you may spend more, you don't waste your money.

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Brides-to-be line up for cheap wedding dresses ahead of Bridal on Pulteney auction - The Advertiser

Posted: 27 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST

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Anomalie: A new option for brides looking for the right dress online - Yahoo Finance

Posted: 20 Feb 2020 12:00 AM PST

It's not cheap to say "I do."

In the U.S., the average wedding cost $33,900 in 2019, according to a study by The Knot. And brides spare no expenses on the dress: The price tag for the average wedding dress is $1,631 including alterations.

After growing frustrated with the dress hunt, bride-to-be Leslie Voorhees was ready to call it quits on finding the perfect trousseau.

"The prices were outrageously expensive, and I was just having a lot of trouble," she told Yahoo Finance. During that time, Voorhees, a mechanical engineer, traveled to China for work, and she stumbled upon an untapped supply chain of wedding dress seamstresses and tailors.

She created a custom dress exactly like she envisioned. That was the first step toward creating Anomalie, an online company to create custom-made bridal dresses — the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded Internet wedding marketplace.

How does it work? The bride signs up to the website, answers a few questions, and the design of her dream begins. The process from initial consultation to a finished dress takes a minimum of six months. The price for dresses starts around $1,200.

While that's not much less than the traditional wedding dress, Voorhees touts the ability for brides to get exactly what they want. "We work directly with really talented workshops and have operationalized a lot of the stylist capabilities to be scaled, you know, for thousands of customers," she said. "We've cut out the brick-and-mortar costs and the designer costs," she added.

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The bride does not actually try on the dress until it has been shipped. "We send instructions on how to get measured," she said. "We've got really talented pattern makers at our workshops that understand custom measurements, so all of our dresses are made to order and made to measure. "

Anomalie does work with a tailor network around the U.S. that can fix any nips and tucks once the dress has been delivered.

"We work closely with thousands of brides and can understand and help deliver basically exactly what's in their head that they can't quite find in stores," Voorhees said.

Valentina Caval is a Producer at Yahoo Finance.

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