More Brides-To-Be Suffer From Multiple-Dress Syndrome (POLL)

Purchasing the perfect wedding dress seems like it would be the ultimate pre-marital headache, but the New York Times reports that more and more brides-to-be are buying not one, but multiple white gowns for their big days...yes, even during the recession!

Annie Hunter of Seattle bought four:

She bought two at a sample sale in Seattle for $3,800 combined. She bought a third dress, an Amsale, online for $3,000. "It had pockets," she said. "I wanted pockets." She wore it to a small wedding ceremony she and her bridegroom held in Mexico, but felt it was a bit too revealing for her formal wedding. The fourth, and final, dress she bought at a shop in Seattle, a Monique Lhuillier for $3,400.

Her husband purchased the first two, she bought the third and her mother shelled out for the fourth.

With the rise of wedding dress resale websites like PreOwnedWeddingDresses.com, there is a developing niche for brides who want to buy and sell--and feed their dress addictions--at bargain prices. However, the Wedding Report, which tracks marriage-trend statistics, doesn't have any numbers on how many women can't settle on one gown.

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[Angie Tyne 1]

02:02 AM on 12/16/2009

Where's the zero button? Happily living in sin for many years w/nary a dress to be found. :)

[sort84]

05:22 PM on 12/14/2009

Why is simple uncertainty now crowned as a syndrome? Honest to God everything is a syndrome now. What about you-can't-decide-so-instead-of-thinking-about-it-you-buy-more-than-you-could-ever-possibly-need syndrome?

[sydneymusic]

02:54 PM on 12/14/2009

lol..I picked up six (!!!! ) gowns before my wedding at FIDM here in Los angeles. They were designer samples donated to the FIDM store and were $25 apiece. My friend was on the faculty and called to let me know they had just received a big shipment. I drove downtown and tried on various gowns for several hours! I ended up wearing something completely different and donated them all.

[m black]

07:09 PM on 12/14/2009

that's the smart way to do it! At $25 a pop, you could consider it a trial fee until you decided on your real dress. And that's still cheap as far as wedding dresses go. But in the story, that lady seems to have spent an average of $3K per dress!

I'd be curious to know if there's any statistics on couples that remain married vs. what they spent on their wedding, i.e. the more they spent, the less likely the couple remained married, etc.