Bride Falls In Love With Purple Steampunk Dress That Is Way Over Budget | Say Yes To The Dress UK 

Amen. 💯

And then say it's the only one like it in the world.........

They do this on almost every episode. I can't stand it, why ask what their budget is if you're not going to follow it.

What she wanted it was difficult to keep under budget.

Quite often, brides INSIST on trying on dresses, knowing they are out of their price range.

Also how is she supposed to ride the motorcycle wearing a bustle and train. 🤦

@@Dulcess Bingo!

I thought the same thing.

Exactly!

Same thought - it doesn’t fit! I can’t imagine how much she will have to spend on alterations! SMH.

Same thing with Atlanta

so does the lancashire version of the show that Gok Wan does... it's literally just David Emmanuel🙄

Its called ethics. Something that the Say-Yes-To-The-Dress UK folks lack.

@@AHunt2024 Gok goes above and beyond! he not only doesn’t show dresses above their budget but tries to lower prices on people’s dream dresses when they ARE very pricey

@@fairyfairiefaerie he's amazing!

I bought a beautiful wedding gown in a second hand shop. Someone else had worn it… once.

@@ellenlehrman9299 So smart - I believe there is an online store for selling wedding gowns, if I remember correctly.

Thankfully there are shops out there that do respect a brides budget. I went dress shopping with my best friend a month ago and the sales woman only got dresses in her budget.

@@ellenlehrman9299 It's been many years since I got married, my dress was also second hand, it was beautiful and it cost me £15! It never bothered me either, that it had been worn by someone else.

Please, if they put you in an over-budget dress and you like it, you won't even care

Randy on SYTD in NYC never picks out a dress thats over the brides budget. He understand the hurt feelings that can arise from falling in love with a dress you cannot have. Or, worse, giving in to the temptation & getting into debt.

She did mention on the first dress she tried that the type of dress she is wanting comes with a bigger price tag.

Agreed!! Why disappoint her so??

Welcome to retail lady. : )

@@lindsayhall481 they say that about all the dresses. They can offer inexpensive options same as they can offer more than the same 3 Dando London dresses they just choose not to.

It drives me nuts. I think they should explain that the dress she wants just isn't in her budget and let her decide.

Exactly

Yeah, I feel the same...

But it generates comments which is good for their channel.

You're still watching it though :p

And if the bride saw it her self in the begining Gok would try his best.. it seems like.

Pretty sure Lori owns her store, but she does negotiate with the designers sometimes to lower prices.

Not necessarily true…they have been known to do the same thing at times lol

Why must they help pay for it? She can say no!

@@adnel4142 They should've brought it out in the first place! They're consultants, their job is it help a bride find the perfect dress within their budget. The bride told them exactly what she wanted, and what her price range was, and they still went ahead and ignored her wishes. It's like paying for tickets at a concert online and after you get there, the price of admissions has increased and you cant get in. Brides probably pay extra for consultants like this who can help them find the right dress for their big day. Finding the right wedding dress is an important event for brides and this consultant ruined everything by ignoring the bride's wishes for something in her price range. Who wants to start a marriage in dept because of a dress worn for one day?

I agree! If you think that they can cough up money so easily, why don't they do it for her... 😒

Sounds like your first rodeo with syttd uk :D

The show won't work otherwise

Because she is just going to keep asking for more detail with her steampunk request and she needs to understand what she's asking for so they can move forward in the process and actually pick a dress that day

To politely show her that the type of dress she wants cannot be made for such a low cost

@@slaydreamer it’s one thing to show, it’s another thing to have them try it on before they know the cost.

EVERY TIME.

So true and sad...

Can’t agree more

It also doesn't help when the ones with small budgets, want the dresses that will cost more. They seem to think huge, detailed dresses are gonna be cheap

Maybe one with budget is more simple n one of a kind. The one with no high budget tends to show extravagance. But store with more variety n choices r always the best.

They shouldn't put any bride in any gown without first telling them the price and never in one that is over budget without the bride's permission. that includes gowns picked out by the entourage,

I so agree with you both dresses was well over her budget but she still put her in it.

@Plumeria calm down 💀 they could easily tell her in order to get the dramatics she wants they have to stretch budget

@Plumeria I agree with you but the consultant could and should have warned her before she put her in the dresses that these types tend to be more pricey and to keep that in mind going forward.

@Plumeria bullshit, i just found nearly the exact same dress on etsy for $775. this shop absolutely scammed the hell out of this bride. and she's clearly upset, she's just been duped into believing there's no alternative, precisely because of language like "if you want drama it's going to be expensive."

It's one of a kind and doesn't come close to fitting, so they'll also have to pay for major alterations!

Same thought, like why do the hell they would go beyond the budget? I feel bad for the bride

Do they get a commission?

@@sunflowerbaby1853 most likely but as a consultant you SHOULD warn the price before putting it on the bride and let her decide if she’ll take the risk or not. If she decided herself to put it on and fell in love with it, and couldn’t afford it… That would be different. But she wasn’t even warned. When the bride heard “one of a kind” her face instantly dropped cause she felt the price was gonna be over her budget

I prefer watching Say yes to the the dress Atlanta. Lori and Monte wouldn’t do that to their brides

That dress was many sizes too small and will need huge alterations

They would order it in her size. The "only one in the world" is regarding the pattern and the material.

I was just thinking I could make that dress for less than $1000 when I read your comment.

Once she's back at home sharing with her friends and Co workers, someone will tell her of other places more within her budget.

I wanted a steampunk victorian dress for my wedding, couldn't find one, so i designed it myself, the bridal shop made it for me for 1850€, also unique in the world but it fitted, so you are absolutely right.

And if you get it handmade and design it then it’s also a one of a kind nothing like it in the whole word thing that the consultant was saying to manipulate the bride

I wondered that myself. Having such a particular vision, she might have been happier if she went to a seamstress. A bridal boutique like this is unlikely to have many choices in her particular style, and they will be costly due to both the workmanship and materials involved, and the fact that they are more rare. But I imagine a seamstress could make something she would love for 2000. And maybe make the skirt work better with riding off on a motorcycle as well. But I do think that truly budget-minded brides are not going to such a fancy place in the first place.

Because the bride falls for it just about every time. It's the brides decision in the end.

Agreed. Extremely unethical.

They want the MONEY 💰 🤑 that's why they do it. They could be on commission where they only get paid by the amount of sales they make. Anyway you look at it it's nastiness by the shop people

Oh ffs. You act like a bride is a brainless creature who can be pressured to anything

That consultant was evil. She knew that was the perfect dress and they would stretch their budget for it.

Unfortunately that doesn't work for everyone, as I am a peasant i don't have thousands of £ to spend on a bloody dress.. If I were to go into a bridle store and they put me in a dress that was twice my budget, I'd simple leave and buy a prom dress for a few hundred £.

When I got married 20 years ago my dress was less than $400. It had a ball gown skirt and to make it stand out like I wanted it to (and because we were having an outdoor wedding in the South in June) I needed a hoop skirt. The shop wanted me to purchase a hoop skirt to wear under and I told them they were crazy. I’d never use it again. I did get my dress there but I found another bridal shop that rented petticoats and hoop skirts. I wish I had gone to the other place to begin with.

@@Kat-mu8wq I fully agree, like uh I won’t be paying more because the budget is a budget for a reason and it’s all I got😂 I’d simply be like oh okay I’ll just buy it online for my budget price🙃

for the other bride they brought in some crap Dando London number...who had some £4K budget...

True so annoying

Lol. Exactly!

@@debjanikundu8576 IKR! what the heck. Those dresses were ugly af.. honestly.

i think she heard the bride wanted to go over 3000 like: my budget is 2 but i'm willing to double it.

What part of steampunk don't you understand that's the only style of dress that she wanted and that's what they had. So they did their job I don't know what you're going on about. It doesn't make sense. How would you know it's their policy anyways

@@sarawithanh1935 girl listen it was fine i understand their point its just that if they didn't had a steampunk dress in their budget then they should have told her before putting her in that dress. And the policy thing was a sarcasm if you get it cuz everyone does aftrr watching thousands of syttd episodes.

Exactly

@@sarawithanh1935 what part of a budget don't you understand? if someone says "i'm looking for a steampunk dress under $2000" you just say "we don't have those," tell her to hit up ebay or etsy or something because there are definitely dresses out there within that criteria.

I know right? I mean THAT SMILE on the sale lady’s face when she answered the mum that the first dress out the gate was over budget... AND that would be true of all the dresses she could try... WITH A BIG SMILE THE WHOLE TIME! Like what the hell?! And announcing to the camera but not to the bride or the family that “really there was only designer” they could POSSIBLY work with which automatically placed thei options out of budget... but had she told them her plan up front to only work with this one expensive line, they could have made the call to proceed or not... rather than carry on, and on, and on! Ugh! It was SUCH sleezy set-up! *but done with a SMILE so all’s well! SMH 🤦🏻‍♀️

To be fair, that was a concern of the bride. Just keeping her best interest in mind lol.

Yes its so ignorant that one of the girls wanted a dress under 2k and they gave her one over. They could have found one that would fit her type for under 2k.

@@sxnflxwer9122 She was the one who had to be super biker. This is the only purple wedding dress ever.

Usually, smaller sizes will be cheaper and have more options.

@@np100 lol. Do you TRULY believe that?

Nope, they are there to sell clothes just like any other dress shop and probably on commission.

@@barbaraburton8914 honestly yeah

Honestly I find this consultant annoying and pushy..

Couldnt a lot of this sales and prices, along with parent and sibling preferences etc. be played up some for entertainment value.

And it obviously is very much the wrong size?! So do they have another made in the correct size... thus ruining the whole "One of a kind!" Sales shtick, or somehow cobble together enough alterations to make this one fit which just makes the cost even higher?! Sooooo many questions.

the dress is way too small for her too! there is another grand in alterations to get it to fit her...did you you see the panel they pinned to the back to get it on her....most emotional times in life...weddings and funerals.....

Buy a prom dress.

Because no buissness wants to turn down a client and especially on camera.... Plus think about it David saying in front of camera "well our store doesn't have the kind of dress she wants in her price range, so we had to tell her to go home" doesn't look good for his name does it

@@christineb.655 then don't do an episode with her?? they know damn well what her budget is & what she's looking for before the cameras start rolling, they can easily say "she's not a good candidate to be on the show because we can't provide what she's looking for."

@@dietotaku yeah but because she had such specific style they wanted to show that they can provide for all brides ("they like a challenge" as David said), which in a way they did, they did find the dress even though it did come a "little" higher price. Plus it's the bride's choice to go on TV, SHE wanted to go on the show, I don't know why because if I were her with that style request, I wouldn't go to "regular" bridal store cos I know they wouldn't have EXACTLY what I want or much choice. Again show won't turn her down because they have few of those dresses and they can persuade her to buy it = make money

@@christineb.655 - Well his name looks even worse when they always push brides over their budget. The trick with this shop, it to tell them 1000 less than your actual budget, then they will put you in something at your exact budget. If you tell them your real budget they instantly add 1000 in their brains.

YES! Auntie Gok would've worked in her budget!

@@ArgyleDinosaur Auntie Gok i think is the ONLY syttd consultant who will work within the budget. even on the US versions of the show, they always start with a dress "close" to the budget but on the opposite side of the line

If I were Ever to get married again [haha, not happening], and I had £4000 [or dollars] for a gown, I'm buying a ticket from my home state of North Carolina to Lancashire for an appointment with Auntie Gok, or go to Curvy Brides Boutique for an appointment with Jo and Al.

@@johnnabuzby6103 Damn, that's nice!🔥💯

FR.😲🙌

@@kamwashtv5169 Almost makes me wish I were going to get married again just so I could go meet Auntie Gok and Jo and Al. Those three are the best!

@@johnnabuzby6103 Def💫

To be on the show🤔

@@pragyaparamita5294 fair point, but i wonder why! it's not like they're getting a discount on the dresses for being on the show or anything like that. to each their own i guess, but i feel so bad for these brides that come in to the store expecting dresses that they just wont find.

With her sense of style maybe not. It’s going to cost her money.

If she found a good dress maker..she could have gotten exactly what she wanted within budget..and even some more..

She is a full figure woman and many stores even bridal boutiques do not carry many of the larger sizes. Even here she could barely get into the dresses she was trying on.. What she didn't do and should have done was go online and see what was available and the relative cost so she would have been better prepared and saved up more. She must know since this is her preferred style that these items are pricy because of the additional labor and some times the material involved.

If she was concerned about the budget the bride should have asked. also she didn'tgive a firm number. When they do the consultants try to bring them gowns within or nearly within the budget. The consultants are also somewhat handicapped in that the larger the dress size the higher the cost. Yet this is dangerous territory because too much information might be giving the impression that they are body shaming the bride.

@@interestedobserver-gk3ih she did give a firm number (2k)

@@interestedobserver-gk3ih she told them her budget, and probably assumed that the sales consultant would actually stick to it like they should

Oh it's totally rude. It's disrespectful to her request.

Agree. Plus it´s not that she had an extremely low budget, 2k is a lot of money for a dress, no matter how you look at it.

Agreed. But did she really think she could get the look she wanted for that price?

Idk it's probably just some made up drama they came up with like they do with so many other episodes. It would make more sense if she already found this dress online, had the budget for it and then the production team wanted her to come on the show with a lower budget just for the extra suspense.

totally agree. seems consultant insane. d bride said 2k...or d consultant dont know the numbers ....and it s a bad thing ... insane

@@dexterdy1897 - DRAMA of the magnitude that the steampunk bride wanted comes with a PRICE TAG, she obviously didn't do any research into the price of gowns with TITANIC STYLE DRAMA AND BLING. The consultant did warned her with the dress prior to the purple gown, but she tried the purple gown on anyway. She underestimated the price range for her style of drama and bling because she did no research; so she gave herself sticker shock.

Agreed. Yes the dress is gorgeous and she looks beautiful in it......However nearly double the budget, then add alterations cost on top of that..... and no way she can safely wear that dress on a motorbike. Whilst I understand that her style would be more expensive, they should have explained that BEFORE they started the appointment and told her the price of each individual dress BEFORE she tried it on. The consultant applied pure manipulation and emotional blackmail to make the commission.

There marketing skill 🙂

Marketing rude

Commission.

But the customer said yes...SHE could have said no!

For real! Everything else aside, you cannot ride in that unless you can tie it up from the inside of the skirt. It's a lovely dress but my goodness.

She just looked so beautiful they probably forgot lol

@@sandiabha I liked the first dress better but that's just my opinion. 🤷

That and more. He listens to what THEY want and will alter the dress in the fitting room to make sure it's what they want. He works with them until they feel beautiful and confident AND the gowns are original and within budget.

Right? If this is the only one, how are they going to make it for her? It's like 10 sizes too small. Oh, right....it's not the only one. They'll make a new one that's actually in her size. Sure, this designer might make completely unique giwns, but they don't only make one of them. Also, rude to give her a dress nearly twice her budget.

And, if it were truly "the only one in the world" and couldn't be ordered in a different size, it should already be on the sale/markdown rack!

My thoughts...very confusing.

Yeah i just realized it

Well, it depends on what they are asking for. Many brides with small budgets have champagne taste.

right like are they gonna take it off the rack once they sell it to her? of course not.

It was way too small for her. She would need a whole new corset.

It look so horrible on her dont understand that woman and yes impossible to be unique so silly to believe the lie, just common sense it was an impossibility! Hahah

maybe they are having sales target 😅

Same with me from Malaysia

Me too!!! 😍🙋🏼🇺🇸

Same same from india

Me too here in Jamaica

Same

They sort of clued her in at the beginning that steampunk style dresses were very pricy. It is a very attractive look but this bride does not rock it. This style looks best on tall narrow waisted and narrow hipped women since the cut and material are designed to enhance what nature skimped on. She can forget about riding her bike to the wedding because of the fulness of the skirt and the off shoulder sleeves. Over all though the dress looked very good on her.

That's the weirdest thing - they always put brides with big budgets in dresses way below budget!

I fully understand why the dress was so expensive, I just hate that they didn’t tell her the price until after she tried on the gown and fell in love with it.

i understand how beautifully crafted steampunk work is i just hate how they let the bride fall in love with it knowing it’s double the budget. she talked about picking up extra work and selling stuff and no bride should have to do that

Then that is exactly what they should have told her before ever putting her in the dress.

@@ofcourseidontcare2773 If you have champagne taste, you sometimes have to sacrifice other stuff to afford it.