67 Brides Show Off The Gorgeous Wedding Dresses They Bought For A Bargain

One of the biggest dreams that many women have is to get married in a beautiful dress, but finding a man to walk down the aisle with will only get them halfway. The next part is actually buying the dress, and they can be really expensive. In fact, the average wedding dress cost in the United States is $1,000. Not everyone can or wants to spend that much money on it. So they improvise. And to great success.

There's a subreddit called r/Weddingsunder10k and it's perfect for those who are planning their big day on a budget. Brides and grooms are sharing all kinds of tips and tricks that saved them a dollar or two. Or a couple of hundred! Some of the most popular posts are women sharing pictures of their stunning dresses, revealing they didn't have to spend a fortune on them. Clearly, more expensive doesn't always mean prettier.

#1 Thought I Found My Dress Months Ago.. Then This One Came In The Mail. Finally, At 4’11 I Feel Bridal And Grown Up Lol. Price: $82

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#2 An Asos Wedding Dress For £300... I Love It!

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#3 Got Married Yesterday. Waiting For The Professional Pics To Come In But In The Meantime Here Is My $92 Dress From Amazon And My Homemade Bouquet At Our Free Venue In Austin Texas

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#4 My 300€ Asos Wedding Dress! Better Than Any Designer Dress I Have Tried On

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#5 Found Dream Dress For $200

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#6 I Found My Reception Dress For $25 At Goodwill

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#7 Yayayayayay! (My Dress Just Came In And I Got It $100 Off On Poshmark!)

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#8 Returned My $80 Lulus Dress For A $48 Amazon One And It Feels So Right!

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#9 Can't Help But Share My Excitement Over My Dress. It Is A New Martina Liana (#942) In Champagne And Ivory That I Found Via Poshmark For $500 Total (3k Retail). Could Not Have Asked For More. I Am In Love With It!

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#10 My Dress Arrived This Morning And I Love It. $549.00

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#11 Dress From Amazon $100, Veil Also From Amazon $10, Earrings From Walmart $2, Flowers From Albertsons $25. I Think I Pulled It Off Well!!

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#12 I Think I Found The One For Only $500! It Fit Me Like A Glove, I Just Have To Show It To My Mom And Sister In Person For The Final Approval. Perfect For My Beach Wedding!

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#13 If You’re Looking For A Really Inexpensive Dress, Mine Turned Out Great!

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#14 My $368 Wedding Dress From Etsy Came In Today And It Looks Exactly Like It Does In The Pictures!! (More Info In Comments)

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#15 Dress Was $170 On Etsy, Cape Veil Was $170 On Etsy, Alterations Were $170! Very Excited For Our Small Airbnb Wedding (Hopefully It Won't Get Cancelled)

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#16 $30 Salvation Army Find! Fits Like A Glove, Already Altered To A 32” Rib Cage And Has The Breast Pads And Perfect Length. Either The Previous Bride Was My Exact Size Or This Was Made For Me Oh, And Pockets!!

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#17 I Chose My Wedding Dress Today! Paid Under 500 Dollars With Custom Sizing And In Champagne And Ivory!!

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#18 Bought A Dress For $94 On Amazon... Comparable To David's

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#19 My $799 Dress - $1,300 Below Retail

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#20 My $70 Wedding Dress! (Thrift Shop Score)

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#21 $200, Thrifted/Vintage, And Fits Perfectly! Couldn’t Have Designed A More “Me” Dress!

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#22 Found My Dress On Sale For Only 200 Yesterday!!

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#23 I Found My Dress! $70 On Sale From Modcloth And I’m In Love - Just Needs A Little Steaming And Tailoring.

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#24 $100 Asos Dress, $20 Alterations, $40 Veil From Another Reddit User. First Full Try On!

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#25 So I’m Having A Courthouse Wedding And I Wasn’t Gonna Go For Anything Big But You Know What. You Only Get One Wedding! So I Went To Local Stores To Look For Something Nice But Affordable And I Found This Gem For $53 It’s So Beautiful And I’m So Happy About It!!

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#26 Found “The Dress” And It Was Only $100!

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#27 Bought My Wedding Dress For $12!!

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#28 Prom Dress On Clearance For Wedding Dress - $26 Included Tax!

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#29 I Said Yes To A Hail Mary Of A Dress After Almost Losing Hope, And I Love It! 99 Dollars.

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#30 This Is From Lulus! “In Dreams White Long Sleeve Lace Maxi Dress”. It Was $82!!!!

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#31 Final Dress Update- Found The One On Poshmark For $260! I Live In A Super Rural Area, Aside From 1 Trip To David's Bridal The Search Was Done Entirely Online. So Happy To Finally Have A Dress!(Sorry For The Mirror Pic- No One But My Fiance Here To Take A Photo Of Me In It).

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#32 Got My Wedding Dress At A Pop Up Shop For Discounted Dresses! A Steal At $319 (Originally $1400)

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#33 I Found My Dress Today For $230! It Still Needs Minor Alterations, But I'm Just So Excited I Wanted To Share Now.

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#34 Just Got My Wedding Dress At An Op-Shop For $20

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#35 Found My Dress Today For $399 And I Couldn’t Be Happier!!

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#36 I Found My Wedding Dress At A Resale Shop For $500!

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#37 Found My Dream Dress For Only $285! Need Some Ideas For Jewelry And Shoes.

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#38 My Wife's Dress Was $250 At David's Bridal, She Then Sewed On The Tulle Which She Got From Wish For 10 Dollars.

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#39 The First And Only Dress I Tried On $250

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#40 Update: Finished Alterations On $95 Lastminutebride Wedding Dress

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#41 300$ Y'all! It's So Perfect, I'm Gonna Die!!

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#42 $90 Dress, $7 Veil, And Dollar Store Bouquet. I Don't Want To Take Them Off!

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#43 My Vintage 1950s Wedding Dress (Purchased From Etsy For $170 Total) Arrived Today! Nothing Extra Was Added For All This Amazing Skirt Volume

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#44 I Went To Try On Dresses At A Boutique That Was Way Over My Price Range, When I Got There And Said My Absolute Maximum Budget Was $600, The Stylist Said That The Dresses On The Floor Start Around $1000, But She Was So Nice And Found Me A Beautiful Discontinued Dress In The Basement For 400$!

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#45 Purchased My Dress From Salvation Army For $20 And It Turned Out Beautiful In The Pictures. Also Homemade Bouquet For About $3.

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#46 I Said Yes To The Dress... And To 87% Off! Bought In A Sample Sale - So Happy!

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#47 Bought My Dress For $400 Down From $1300!

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#48 Found My Beautiful Dreas For Only $25. Couldn't Be Happier

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#49 As A Plus Sized Bride, I Never Thought I'd Find A Dress I Could Feel Pretty In. Took A Chance On This Beauty For $250. Floral Print!

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#50 Just Got My Dress For $250! If You’re In Oregon Or Washington, Definitely Check Out Brides For A Cause!

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#51 Found My Dress!! $150 On Poshmark! Fits Like A Glove No Alterations Needed!

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#52 Updated My Mom's Wedding Dress From The 80's For $300! I Wasn't Sure If I Would Like It Based On How It Looked On Me Before The Adjustments But It Really Worked Out And Was Super Special! Most Of The Time It Is Way Cheaper To Remake A Dress Than It Is To Buy A New One!

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#53 Had The First Fitting For My $600 Wedding Dress This Weekend! Fits Almost Perfectly And I'm So Excited About My Dress. Trying To Hold Onto That Feeling When Think About My November 2020 Texas Wedding That Will Probably Have To Be Postponed ?

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#54 I Can't Believe You Can Get A Dress Like This On Asos! Price: £395.00

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#55 Brides, Don't Rule Out Second Hand Dresses - I Saved 1k On This Dress, And Saved £50 For Each Bridesmaid Dress So Far!

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#56 Found My Dream Dress At The White Room For $300 During A Sample Sale!

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#57 Got This Beautiful Dress For My Halloween Wedding Handmade On Etsy For $311 With Rush Shipping Included.

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#58 $399 Dress Down To $99 At The Register!

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#59 Bought A Bridesmaids Dress In Ivory And Covered It With A Cape, Total Under $400

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#60 My $590 Wedding Dress From Etsy. In Love

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#61 Found My Wedding Dress On Clearance For $499! I’m In Love!

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#62 Poshmark Bhldn Dress Under $250 ? Moving Forward With A 9/5 Wedding That’ll Either Happen Or We’ll Elope In Our Backyard. Covid-19 Be Damned!

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#63 Said Yes To A Dress I Never Thought I Would Fall In Love With! Price: $250.00

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#64 $40usd Reception Dress From Zuliliy! Thanks For The Heads Up Cheesecake_12

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#65 I Found The One For $29, I've Never Felt So Pretty Or Feminine

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#66 Found The Dress Of My Dreams! $150 At Brides For A Cause, When I’m Done With It I’ll Donate It Back To The Boutique For Another Lucky Bride To Fall In Love With.

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#67 Our Wedding Was Yesterday! Dress:$250 Veil:$40 Felt Bouquet I Made: $10 Sunglasses:$10

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27-Year-Old Cattle Rancher Lost 120 Pounds In 1 Year Without Going To The Gym

As Kiah Twisselman has proven, the best weight loss results don’t come from “bean counting,” fad diets, or harsh food restrictions, but from self-love and patience. The 27-year-old started her journey almost 2 years ago when she read Rachel Hollis’ book “Girl, Wash Your Face.” She decided to follow Hollis’ plan of five simple habits: woke up an hour earlier, moved her body 30 minutes a day, drank half her body weight in ounces of water, and began daily journaling and intuitive eating. And what’s even more amazing is that she has done so without ever setting foot in a gym. Which also makes it a great go-to weight loss routine for the most likely upcoming quarantine!

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The 27-year-old started her journey over a year ago

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She started out in October 2018, and by January 2019, she had already managed to lose 25 pounds; the result inspired her to set a greater, and more satisfying, challenge of losing 100 by the next October. Keeping in mind that you’re already reading an article about her, try to guess if she has done it. Spoilers! She did it, and what’s more, lost 120 lbs in total, way beyond her expectations.

At one point, she weighed 285 lbs

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She began on Oct, 2018 and lost 25 lbs, which inspired her to achieve even more

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The 6th-generation rancher opened up about her previous struggles with weight loss. She seemingly tried everything, from diets to restrictions, to radical lifestyle changes, but nothing seemed to work. The continual failures made her think that she just couldn’t do anything about it, that she got dealt a bad hand, or bad genetics.

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Over the course of a year, she lost 120 lbs

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She attempted her one last final hurrah after she realized that she wanted to become a better example of her own lifestyle. As she works in Beef Council and promotes beef’s health benefits to many influential figures and institutions, she felt hypocritical being in the shape that she was in. That’s when she read the fateful book that changed everything about her outlook.

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She has become a real role model to many people around the world. The greatest change wasn’t in her body, but in her mind. When she slipped up before, Kiah focused on her failure, thinking that she always fails. Now, when she fails, she’s more willing to forgive herself, allowing her to learn from her experience—so much so that she took on being a lifestyle coach, sharing her inspiration and wisdom with everyone that wants to hear it (you can find the link above.) She encourages people to do the same thing that she did—”It’s not about hitting a number or goal weight, and more about showing up and loving yourself today,” she said.

From size 20 to size 6

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Her process inspired her to become a lifestyle coach

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The greatest change wasn’t in her body, but in her mind

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“More importantly, I lost the mental weight I had been carrying with me for years”

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Now when she fails, she’s more willing to forgive herself, allowing her to learn from her experience

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Here’s An Inspiring Story Of Self-Acceptance Shared By A 22-Year-Old Man Who Has A Rare Form Of Autism

Accepting yourself can be quite a challenge. In a sense, we become our own enemy because we know what’s most wrong with us and we often live in fear and discomfort because of it.

It’s hard to like certain things about ourselves knowing that someone might see our “flaws”, completely ignoring the fact that they might not even be flaws to begin with and that we’re no different than anyone else as we’ve all got our demons to deal with.

Bronson Layton, a 22-year-old English language tutor and YouTuber from Ragland, Alabama, has recently come out with a public post about his life of living with a rare form of autism and how he overcame all obstacles by accepting himself.

Meet Bronson Layton, a 22 Y.O. English language tutor and YouTuber with autism (PDD-NOS)

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Several weeks ago, Layton wrote an inspiring public post about how he accepted himself and how everyone else, no matter how “different” they may be, should too

Layton was first diagnosed with PDD NOS, a rare type of autism, back in 1999 when he was just 2 years old

School wasn’t easy given his challenges with autism, but he soon found out about a talent of his: creative writing

Layton never knew about his autism until one day when he found some diagnosis documents while cleaning up

Autism is a broad spectrum of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication. It just so happened that Bronson Layton was diagnosed with a rare form of it called Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (or PDD-NOS).

In his post, Layton details how he grew up living with autism, starting with his diagnosis at just 2 years old, leading up to the school years and his struggles learning, the discovery of his talent for creative writing as well as his subsequent discovery of his autism at the age of 15—his parents never told him about it until he found out for himself whilst cleaning up at home.

He understood that his parents kept it from him because they wanted to protect him—to not affect his self-esteem and to not make him feel like a freak in the eyes of others. He understood that they did so because they love him, this leading Layton to accept who he is as an individual.

He accepted himself and never let autism stop him from doing great things, helping others along the way

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Layton never let it stop him from doing great things in life. He focused on his talents and used them to help those who needed a friend. Since then, despite these odds, he went on to do many great things, including becoming class president, leading class graduation, earning a Master’s degree at a prestigious college, and running his own YouTube channel.

The post ended with a message of support, saying that no matter how different you may be, you’re on the right path in life—“don’t worry, you’ve got this.” He also offered to share his advice and experience on how to deal with a life of autism for anyone who needs help, urging people to not forget that they are not alone in this.

Layton had a feeling that he needed to tell this story to the world, and that he did. He posted the public post on the Good News and Happy Stories Only Facebook group, where people were inspired by it. People praised him for the amazing story of his life, calling him an inspiration and thanking him for sharing it. Some passed on their best wishes to him and even shared their own experiences with autism.
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