If you only have $1500 to spend, don't go to NYC and to Kleinfeld. Stay home. Go to a local bridal shop. Apply the cost of the plane tickets to NYC and the hotel to your gown. Or whatever. But don't go to NYC for a bargain. Go there for the best.
Just to play devils advocate some of their sample gowns are exquisite. I love the $16,000 dress a girl got for $999. She originally wanted a black and white striped dress. Plus their blowout sample sale they have every year.
My thoughts exactly. She is pretty girl. She doesn't have to go long way to find perfect dress. She would have lovely selection of gowns locally or in one of many New York stores that doesn't have Kleinfeld's prices. Girls with low budgets who negotiate discounts with teary eye, are, in fact adults who applied to be featured in reality TV show. They sign contract and they very well knew what kind of store Kleinfeld was. I'm sorry, this is not going to be popular opinion, but to me it's a clever shopping tactics on par with psychological manipulation that huge overpriced bridal industry practices one clients. This girl won that game, good for her. She knows she could find better or equal for less. I guess most of brides who want to be featured on the show are there precisely for that - international TV time and professionally filmed experience saved for generations to come. I see no other reason why would anyone went through the whole ordeal otherwise.
@@songbirdsystem1465yes, I always remember that one too. It was odd people criticised that bride for trying dresses (ie the black and white dress) beyond her budget…. I was thinking “did you watch the episode?! By sticking to her guns, Kleinfeld team went out of their way to find a $16k dress reduced to $900… $900!!! Her budget was $2k. She got her dream dress (which she liked more than the black + white dress) for WAY under budget!” Lesson to me, was aim high and share what you like… if you don’t ask, the sales people can’t help you out (they’d have never pulled that $16k for $900 in a million years if she didn’t keep going back to that black and white dress).
I agree with your advice. Why spend extra on plane tickets, gas if you drive, or hotel? I went to kleinfeld's when they were in Brooklyn and walked out. I knew they would be expensive and went inside a small Italian bridal shop instead and found my dress.
I would have liked to see a veil on Nancy with that dress. I agree about watching the British show, Jo and Allison are great with their brides. The brides don't just get a dress, they get free therapy and a boost of self esteem!
The episode is from 2009. The first bride was so gorgeous, with such a beautiful figure, it's as Randy said---every dress looked spectacular on her, and really, anything she chose was going to do so.
Same. I got a really nice dress that was knee length and I knew I could use at other occasions (not weddings, but it would be good for some cocktail parties and really fancy restaurants). Still have it, still love it 5 years later
If I'm on a tight budget, I don't go to my local fish store and buy wild caught shrimp and crab legs. I go to the supermarket, where I can stretch my food budget. I don't understand why brides who must pinch pennies for their wedding want expensive dresses. There are many ways to buy very nice wedding dresses at more reasonable prices.
I don't either. And they go to Kelinfeld, Bridals by Lori, or Confetti and Lace. And lots of times those same frugal brides need the sparkle, the lace, and the "wow" factor. I guess these brides think that, for one day, they can look amazing - and rich. But they have to pay for it be aude it isn't free.
I don't think $3000 is a small budget for a wedding dress, especially back in 2009, when this episode was filmed. 15 years ago, that was a really good amount to shop with.
The first time Christi tried on dresses I was completely on board with her because all three dresses were gorgeous on her. Very hard to decide. All exquisitely beautiful!
I liked them all. The last one was more romantic and sweet, IMO. IDK if that's what she was going for, but it works for that. The other ones were pretty too. But I despise taffeta for some reason. So I prefer the 2nd one if she wanted something glamorous.
Lol well they can’t cut fabric out of a dress; save it & reuse it. But fabric already put into a dress is…well more fabric. Plus if it had any embellishments that’s more
Ok, seamstress here, who often sews for plus size figures. Yes, the materials cost more due to the widths needed, especially if there is a lot of flare. You can end up using twice the amount of fabric depending on where the seams lie, and the width of fabric you are using. Unfortunately there also ends up being a lot of wasted fabric. It would help a lot if designers and pattern makers would take these things into account, rather than just designing for the easy to fit sample sizes.
The problem is often it changes the whole design of the dress, and they have to take that into account. Regular dresses are designed for women shaped like an 8, with different variations on the proportions. Once someone becomes obese and has a lot of excess fat on the waist, then they become O shaped, and you need a new design, which takes time and hence money. Some designers won't do larger sizes because they have to change the dress. Reality is, if you're designing very expensive wedding dresses, most of your clientele are going to be young women of high socioeconomic status- the demographic least likely to be obese.
The veil and the headpiece are more than $3000 at Kleinfeld. You have to be very careful what you purchase if you want to stay on budget because alterations are now $800.
Since she didn’t know what she wanted I’m surprised they kept putting her in the same silhouette over and over. I would’ve liked to seen her in some fitted or ballgown styles for variety.
It always makes me sad when I see brides and their parents sutrggling to pay for something that will be worn once. It's a special day but not something to go into debt over.
I honestly don't know how anyone can justify spending that amount of money for something that you will wear for a half day, and never again. So many things that money could far better be spent on. Just a total waste in my opinion.
Why are they so many waspish comments today? Dont think I have ever read so many judgy comments for any episode. Seriously, if you loved your 1000$ wedding dress, thats wonderful for you but let others do what they choose.
Yes this! That's what my mom and I did when I was trying them on. I'd see them in the photos after the "star struck" went out of my eyes and I could see it with different eyes. Really helped
An extra $200 in NYC is like telling the family to go get pizza rather than eat at a nice restaurant in NYC. They would save even more, actually. IDK why you're complaining about $200. When the bride is having trouble finding a dress the wants, sometimes you have to go higher to get all that she wants. And $200 is nothing.
Randy raises a valid point. Bigger dresses require more fabric so cost more. Why isn't that logic applied to ALL clothes? X-small sizes should cost less that X-large.
I would never expect the bridal store to discount a gown for me. All the crying was over the top. The mother should have said it was ok and that would have been that! Don’t go to Kleinfeld expecting discounts. Unless they are having their blowout sales. Plenty of shops in the garment district for discounts.
When I got married I went to David's bridal and spent a little over $300 and I thought that it was very pretty so you don't need to spend thousands of dollars on a dress that you wear once
If you dont want to get involved in financial decisions, don't show her a dress she can't afford. Especially when she's going to look great in any other gown.
They don’t have a big budget, just $3,000. Man, they have a different opinion than I do on small budget. I’m thinking small budget is under $500 for a wedding dress. I would only wear it once. I’ve seen beautiful dresses for far less.
I will never get why brides who get engaged leap at the first breath to try on dresses when they haven't even cracked open a single bridal magazine or browsed a single website to get a feel for what she may like. That usually leads to brides picking a gown they later hate.
"Christy is coming back to Kelinfeld because the first time she didn't find the dress she was looking for. And she likes everything." And $200 in NYC means that that the whole family settled for pizza instead of going to a fancy dinner that night. Easy peasy. You act like it was $1500 over her budget. And she, hemming and hawing on the price while she took her whole family to NYC, is really insane. If you don't live in NYC and have a strict budget, DON'T get plane tickets and fly your whole family out to NYC to go to a bridal salon. There are plenty of bridal salons near where she lives. Your complaint is ridiculous. That family spent more than $1500 just going to NYC. Don't tell me that they can't spend an extra $200. Especially since it was her SECOND trip there - with the whole family.
You are at Kleinfeld. It is ridiculous and to keep expecting more and more off is not in good taste. $300 or more is a deal breaker. The mom should have stopped them after the discount on the dress. Accepting the veil. Blusher and headpiece was over the top.
My dress was 600 dollars abd it was more pretty then some of these. It had a full.princess top and a beautiful beaded topnwith short sleeves. It was white. It was beautiful
Dresses generally are not great in this shop, the first girl looked beautiful in any dress…maybe quality of fabric is good but not so much about design…sorry
r.e. 2nd bride. "Against the odds.." Just because she was a "plus size" doesn't mean she should have to settle. I find that a rude, demeaning comment from the narrator. Girl, go to the Curvy Bride Boutique in the UK. You'll be looked after, respected, and shown a huge array of flattering dresses. You won't be kept in the back and only shown the ugly dresses like at Kleinfeld!
@@donnadrane4977 Big difference between the fabric and embellishments needed for a size 20 wedding gown compared to a size 8 sample size gown. There isn’t significantly more fabric needed to make an XL top compared to a size small top.
@@donnadrane4977 You're gonna compare a custom fitted wedding gown with alterations to an off the rack dress from Macy's??! Well you must be an XL then sorry.
