PP - My dress has arrived! Eeeek!

Woo!! Very exciting! You're not obligated at all! My veil was £32.50 but it is quite plain - it depends what you're after really xx

The veil I want is £178 and it's from the store I have ordered my dress from. It's a 2 tier beaded edge veil, I tried to find something similar to it online but nothing compares in the detail so I have sold stuff I didn't need anymore to help raise the money for it as £178 is alot of money especially for a veil but I know I will regret not having it.

Only spend what you can budget for unless you can sell somethings that you don't need anymore to give yourself a bigger budget.

As far as I'm aware you don't have to buy the accessories from the bridal store you have ordered your dress from you could go into another shop.

Hope this helps

Squeeee!!

So exciting - share pics if you can

You can buy a veil from wherever. I bought mine from the Bridal store and it cost £295 (!!!!) ?

It does go with the lace on my dress perfectly though.

You aren't obligated to buy anything at the store. Have a look around the shop, see if they do any accessories packages but if you don't love anything then by all means shop around.

There's a lady on Facebook called Pink Margaret (I think) who makes custom veils and I hear great things about her

xx

Your not obligated but you might find bridal shop you purchased from willing to do you a deal

How very exciting!

You are absolutely not obliged to buy any accessories from them, I didn't even buy my straps from the bridal store I got my dress from. However what I did find useful was trying veils on when wearing the dress there, I just used the excuse that I needed another view point who wasn't there, before I committed, then bought a near identical one from Rainbow club through their website.

In terms of budget, absolutely depends on what you want, the shorter and plainer it is, the cheaper it will be, so only you know what type you want, 2 tier, sparkly, scalloped edging, full length (cathedral) or bra strap length (can't remember the proper name for that length) but try a few different styles on and go from there.

How exciting for you ? I have had a similar experience; dress was ordered last August and told not to expect it until Feb but it was actually ready mid November!!

In terms of veils, I tried on a relatively short one (elbow length I think) and it was at least £70-£80! If you were after a full length one I think they genuinely do get very pricey. You are certainly not obliged to buy one from your bridal store, but I definitely advise trying one the ones that they stock to see which lengths you like, and that suit your dress (plus think about how your hair will be styled too). Then look online maybe as I'm sure they don't have to cost an arm and a leg!

Good luck for your appointment next week!

Hi Pookie - same boat, I got an email yesterday to say that my dress is in and I am due to try it on Saturday before booking in with the seamstress. Can't wait! Though still carrying a fair bit of Christmas bloat...

My veil was from the same shop but you can buy accessories from wherever you want. The sales-people were probably over the moon that you chose to buy your dress from them, so any extra sales are a bonus.

My veil is from the shop where I bought my dress, as they threw it in for free because I went quite a way over budget. However full price it would have been £160. However I did end up buying a belt for £150 as she was decorating me in all sorts and I loved it. She knew what she was doing

Thank you all! I am SO excited to go on Thursday, and I got a great deal on some wedding shoes which arrived yesterday, so can take those with me too!

Going to have a look around the internet between now and then to see if I can find exactly what I'm looking for.

Can't post any sneak peaks of me in the dress (as Miss_Conduct needs to wait until the big day ? ), but the dress is Maggie Sottero Melitta - https://www.maggiesottero.com/maggie-sottero/melitta/8219

That's a beautiful dress, I love the back

Just had a look, Melitta is a stunning design!

Dont feel obligated to buy from the store. Of course, they will probably try and get you to buy from them but you truly don't have to!