My husband thinks £5,800 is excessive to pay for our daughters wedding dress. I say its not!?

Thanks for the pictures by e mail Yvonne!
I totally disagree with these previous answers. BUY DAWN THE DRESS! ITS SO BEAUTIFUL!
She will look so beautiful and feminine in it wont she? That lovely slim bodice and that fabulous hugely full flowing skirt in that wonderful Thai silk satin fabric.
£5,800 is a bloody bargain!
Your husband is male and doesnt understand just how wonderful Dawn will feel in something as wonderfully elegant and sophisticated as that stunning wedding gown

What will you do with it afterwards? If to keep, then it is way over the top. If you think you could sell it on for close to what you paid, then it might be ok. I can't see the point in spending out so much on something worn for only one day.

I think that's way too much for a dress.

How in the world we ever came into a culture that demanded the most expensive dresses for weddings, to be worn one single time, is completely beyond me.

You cannot tell me there's not some other dress that also looks very nice she could wear that happens to cost much less.

Your husband is right.

Unbelievably expensive. When we got married the brides dress was borrowed from a very close friend. We have now been married for 49 years.

I think it's expensive for a dress that's only going to be worn once. But that's me. How about suggesting to your husband that Dawn or her future husbands helps a little, if it's the money your husband is so worried about?

i think it would make more sense paying £800 for the dress and giving the happy couple the £5000 to help with starting their new life together.. spending £5800 on a dress that is only going to be worn once is the height of self indulgence.

i think that is far to much to spend on a dress no matter how wonderful it looks, most of that money could be spent on setting up a home and have a lasting effect to their long term lives than a dress that is to be worn on one day.

But at the end of the day it is for your and your husband to sort out. of cause you want the best for your daughter i can understand that. i am also sure you daughter would look lovely in a dress less than half the price.

So that would be around $10K US (ballpark)...there isn't a dress in existence worth that much...SO MANY other things could be done with that money, and a dress that costs just a few hundred dollars (or less) is much more reasonable...and she'll be just as married...

I don't get the reason people want to pay ridiculous sums of money for something that gets used 1 time (and then for only a few hours) and that most people won't remember in a few months, without the photos to remind them...

That's rather alot of money for a dress. Cant you shop around to see if there is a compromise on price but not on the dress. ? It's your daughters big day and if it's what she wants then you wont ever regret it.

Personally, I would hope to find something much cheaper if I was getting married. But, sometimes when its the one, its the one. If its not a problem to buy it, don't let it become a problem. Money is there to be spent.
However, if your daughter only wants it because it is so expensive, I wouldn't buy it.
But if it is just the one that looks the best and she wishes if she could have it she would, I would buy it. It would suck to have to feel like you wished you had something else and what you have wasnt quite what you wanted.