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Does the cost of a wedding dress matter?

6/12/2015

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Nowadays, women spend fortunes on their bridal arrangements—the highlight being their wedding dress. I can't see how the expense is justified for their one special day. The bride considers the celebration to be 'all about me'. What? That's so wrong. The ceremony cements a partnership between two people who make a vow to stay together throughout their life.

But here's a story that will touch your heart about a dress that must have been expensive.

An elderly man anonymously left a donation of his late wife’s stunning 1950s wedding dress at a charity shop in Leeds, with a heartfelt note attached. A note read: “I wish any lady who takes this dress to have a life with her loved one 56 years like I did. Happy years. I was a lucky man to marry a lady like mine."

Staff at St Gemma’s Hospice, which runs a speciality bridal shop in Yorkshire, were touched and described the man as a “true gent” while appealing for help finding him on social media.

The vintage gown with lace bodice and sleeves flares out in and full embroidered skirt.

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Wanting to thank the man who donated his wife's stunning gown, the hospice appealed for help on social media, writing on Facebook that they were “desperately seeking the kind gentleman who donated this one-off classic vintage wedding dress”.

At last, he has been found and is pleased about the interest around the world, although he wishes to remain anonymous.

Thousands of people have 'liked' the page on Facebook, and the dress has been put up for sale on eBay. Bids are rising, and proceeds will go to St Gemma’s Hospice. Source: Independent. 

It sounds like a beautiful dress, and the person who buys it will be lucky with such an endorsement of marriage.

I bought my first 'wedding dress' from a rack at a normal department store in Melbourne, Australia in 1960. Made of embroidered lawn (fine cotton), it was nipped in at the waist with a full skirt.

My mother kept many letters I wrote to her, which I'm using in my memoirs. Here's an excerpt about the dress:

My clothes are all ready for my wedding and I think I will stun my man. … The frock is lovely. I can't remember if I told you about it so I'll risk it again … I took the collar off so that it would look better and so it wouldn't be the same as everyone else's. (That's because it was under £5) Now I'll tell you about the hat. Well, it consists of one rose that spreads over the top of the head and nestles on between the hair held on by a white satin band, surrounded by a white veil (that was 35/-). … Of course, I'll wear my white shoes and my bride petticoat.

Gray is earning a salary of approx. £30 a week without any commission. …

Your loving daughter, Francene.


That marriage lasted for 27 years, which isn't so bad when you think of the cost of the wedding outfit.

Do you think price matters in affairs of the heart?


7 Comments
Sophie Bowns link
6/11/2015 08:04:25 pm

I love 1950's style wedding dresses. I though my Grannie's ballerina length dress was beautiful.

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Alana link
6/11/2015 08:15:40 pm

We've been following this story in the United States. I married in a simple, department store bought white dress, and my marriage has lasted 41 years. I do have an interesting story to tell about Hilliary Clinton's wedding dress (one of our Presidential candidates for 2016 and the wife of a former President, which we call First Lady). Maybe one day I'll blog about it.

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Tina link
6/12/2015 04:08:15 am

I'm quite fascinated with the white lacy wedding dresses, it's not there in our culture but it looks very daintly. But these days I find then exorbitantly priced at more than 50k$ sometimes. I think what should be more important to the bride is the emotions or the story behind the getting the dress, the courtship and diff phases of life than just the price tag. And 27 years that's really great. Hugs

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Keesha Metcalfe link
6/12/2015 04:58:02 am

People seem to just lose it sometimes when it comes to paying for a wedding dress. My wedding was very special and I actually rented the dress. I have pictures to remind me of how beautiful it actually was. I don't see the point of spending so much on a piece of clothing that will only be worn once.

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Mary Hill link
6/12/2015 05:12:19 am

I love wedding dresses and like looking at them in magazines. I found mine at a thrift store. It was worth $1,000, but I paid less than half that. Thanks for sharing.

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sacha link
6/12/2015 09:50:36 am

Wow beautiful

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9/28/2015 04:58:56 am



Well, apart from the final hem pressing it's all done! Satin Back Bow is here all finished. I can't show you the dress, of course, it's now under wraps until the big day!

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