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s/o weddings: Wedding dresses at Costco? WDYT?
?Costco is getting into the wedding dress game.
?Costco just announced a partnership with a wedding dress designer named Kirstie Kelly. She?s making six exclusive dress designs that will sell at Costco . . . for much cheaper than her dresses sell elsewhere.
?Kelly?s designs normally run up to $4,000 . . . the six Costco dresses will range in price from $600 to $1.399.
?They?ll be available in sizes two to 24.
?And even though they?re less expensive than most wedding dresses, Kelly says they?re still going to maintain her strong commitment to quality . . . with luxury fabrics and embellishments like lace, crystals, and pearls.
?Costco will start selling the dresses through special bridal events. You can go to Costco.com to see if and when they?re going to hold one in your area, and even make an appointment."
So WDYT? Would you have bought your wedding dress at Costco if you had the opportunity?
Re: s/o weddings: Wedding dresses at Costco? WDYT?
Absolutely I would have bought my dress off the back of a truck if it had looked great on me!
Oh, and I tried to buy my flowers through costco but found a great local florist who did my arrangements for less than costco and I got much more what I wanted.
if i loved it .. it wouldn't matter WHERE it came from costco, david's or some high end bridal salon.
Without a doubt!
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Sure, if I loved the dress. How is this that much different than buying a designer dress you love from Pearl's Place or another online retailer? I mean, for those, you are selecting a style, etc that you love and then placing the order. But, how is the "where" it comes from all that important if we can get so many dresses from online warehouses? I don't see the big deal. I bet they're still high quality dresses. Costco sells very high end and high quality products.
ETA: and unlike Ryn, I'm an on-the-spot buyer. I bought the second dress I tried on, the first day I went dress shopping. My only "regret" has ever been that I didn't buy the first dress I tried on
I'm taking you with me shopping...I second guess myself waaayyyy too much!
So did I!
me too! I don't care if it is from Costco but if it was within my budget and it fit me, I would buy it in a heartbeat. I wish they had this available during my WP days. It might have been less stress on me finding a wedding dress within my (small) budget.
do they have fitting rooms at Costco? I have purchased clothes there, but never tried anything on--I feel like a wedding dress is definitely something you'd want to try on before purchasing...
Maybe the KK gowns are available at regular retailers and you can try it on there and then go purchase at Costco?
Ummmm... Call me snobby if you want, but I'm not sure if I would. If there are only 6 dresses in the line, it seems like "everyone" might be wearing the same dress that season. I know that's a risk with any dress, but it seems that might be heightened with a Costco line more than others....
In the news of new bridal lines... I'm LOVING the new Anthropologie bridal line. More my style.
Wow. My wedding gown cost LESS than the cheapest Costco dress.
That somehow feels kind of insulting. Lol! Mine was $550. But, dammit, I thought it was pretty! :P
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I see your point esp if they are only 6 styles.
MHO Anthropolgie is not my style and I think there stuff is waaayyy expensive.
Ah to each its own
it reminds me of the maggie sottero craze a few years back and brides actually bonded over having the same maggie dress. this i'm sure would be no different. besides in this day and age, it'd almost be a badge of honor to have a costco dress as your wedding dress :P
fwiw - my mom's ering came from costco
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I would assume the roadshow would bring fitting rooms and everything because you still have to have appointments.
I doubt "everyone" will have your dress because they're only being sold through roadshows and there aren't going to be very many of them. Probably more likelyhood of 'everyone' having your Maggie dress and certainly more likelyhood of 'everyone' having your David's dress. That being said, I was the only one at my wedding in a wedding gown, so I wasn't worried about it.
Ha. I don't think I could afford an Anthro dress... But I sure love 'em!
Yes, there was the Maggie craze for sure!
I think my bias is that I grew up in the wedding industry. I've seen one too many wedding dresses in my lifetime.
I agree with the bolded!
I posted in FB when I saw the wedding dresses at Costco a couple of weeks ago. They were really gorgeous! They did have a whole set up in the middle of Costco. They had dresses displayed, fitting rooms, and ladies there to help with questions and trying stuff on. There were seriously some beautiful dresses there. I didn't see anyone trying it on, but I just glanced over real quick and took a crappy picture lol)
I'm not sure if I would buy a dress from costco. I'm plus sized, so I did a lot of online research before I went in to try dresses on. I think I totally would have looked online to see what Costco had without any qualms. But I absolutely knew that my dress was the one for me when I saw it online(I just wish I had little sleeves added to it... but that's a different story) and went in and bought it. And my dress was $500, so it was a great deal. I wouldn't automatically buy a dress from Costco, and I wouldn't rule it out because it's from Costco. I would have included it in my research.
I was thinking the same exact thing. That if you had any friends or people were going to several weddings in a season the chance for repeat would be very high.
Sure I'd buy from them if I liked it. They sell engagement rings that I hear are pretty high quality diamonds. The wedding industry is so ridiculously overpriced I'd welcome lower-priced options.
Well, actually, I'd prefer to buy local, so I'd do that first. And it doesn't sound like Costco offers petites, so that would rule me out. And like Stef said, the Costco prices aren't that cheap. I bought my dress in that range from an independent retailer.