I found my dream wedding dress in the charity shop for £20 – it fits me like a glove and looks SO much more expensive
SOME women spend thousands trying to find their perfect wedding dress.
But one bride has proved you don’t have to, after spotting her dream gown in her local charity shop.
In a video on TikTok, Julia explained that she picked the dress up for just £20.
And when she tried it on, she found that it “fit like a glove“.
“I’m about to head to my wedding venue and I’m gonna put on my wedding dress, which is thrifted for $25 (£20) from my favourite thrift store.
“I’m just so excited to show you this thrifted wedding dress.
“It was perfect fit me like a glove.”
The only alterations she had made to the dress was having the straps shortened “a tiny bit”.
She then got it cleaned and pressed, but other than that she didn’t spend any more cash on it.
Julia also shared another video from the bridal suite, showing the stunning dress in more detail.
As well as a dainty row of embroidery and pearls around the neckline, there were three more lines of the pearls on the bodice.
The top of the dress was tight and hugged Julia’s figure, before billowing out into a full skirt.
She also turned around to show the gorgeous back of the dress, which featured a massive bow.
“Oh my God, I’m so in love!” she concluded.
“This is your sign to thrift your wedding dress!”
“I still can’t believe this is real life!” Julia added in the video caption.
And people in the comments section were quick to praise Julia for her find, with one writing: “WOW.
“This is the best thrifted wedding dress I’ve ever seen!”
Dos and don’ts of wedding dress codes
By Josie Griffiths, Fabulous deputy editor and bride-to-be.
Josie Griffiths said: I’ll never forget the wedding I went to in October 2022 where a guest wore a white dress.
It was ill-fitting, knee length and looked nothing like an actual wedding dress, but that didn’t stop everyone judging her.
The rules on wedding guest outfits – which are annoyingly loads stricter for women than they are for men – are meant to be about “not upstaging the bride”, which in reality is quite hard to do on someone else’s wedding day.
But if you get it wrong as a guest, you do end up looking a bit silly, and in front of loads of people who don’t know you personally.
It’s just not the occasion for your new white dress, as much as online stores love dumping them in the ‘wedding guest’ section.
I’d avoid anything too tight/short, and ditch super formal gowns unless the dress code calls for them – you don’t want to be in a full length sequin gown at a smart casual event.
Personally I don’t like black dresses either, it isn’t a funeral.
Otherwise you should be pretty safe. Technically wearing red means you’re in love with the groom, but that’s the kind of rule most people would scoff at nowadays.
I do always check what colour the bridesmaids are in, just to be safe, after the Spanish wedding where I watched them walk down the aisle in the exact same dress I’d had in my Asos shopping basket just weeks earlier.
If in doubt, safest to just double check with the bride… but if you’re already doubting your dress that might be all the answer you need.
“Oh it’s even better than I thought!” another added.
“I totally LOVE how excited you are about the bargain that looks like a million dollars on you!!!” a third praised.
“Absolutely beautiful!!!”
“The bow in the back – stunning!” someone else agreed.
“And the details on straps and neckline.
“Congratulations on your marriage!”
“Omg the best wedding dress I’ve ever seen!” another commented, as someone else wrote: “You have to be kidding it’s soooo prettyyyyyy!”
“It looks brand new,” another marvelled.
“So beautiful and perfectly fit on you.”
“It was never even worn!” Julia replied.
“Still had the little tag with the dress number on it!”
“My jaw is on the FLOOR HUNNY. You look gorgeous,” someone else concluded.