When I worked in a bridal salon, we would sell sample dresses at or below cost mostly because we needed to get rid of them and often they had some damage from being tried on by multiple people. I don't know about Kleinfelds, but generally the mark up on bridal gowns is lower than the mark up on regular clothes.

I love it when people who have never had to set margins talk about margins.

That’s how most things that are sold work.

Issa scaaaaam peoples!

It was also pretty funny that she said it's not $2000... its $1999!!!! HA same same honey.

The budget wasn’t $500, that was just the number the mother/grandmother was stuck on. Not the bride

@@oki__ I think that depends on which bride. One was fully willing to put hundreds of dollars of her money into the dress but the other was relying entirely on her grandmother as far as we know.

a wedding dress like any gown is an intricate affair that is usually tailored specifically to the person buying it (unless it is on sale but then you need to alter it which can also be quite pricy 200 dollars at the very least but usually more than that I'd say). In general I think we forget how much effort it is to make a beautiful gown like a wedding dress. As an example, if the person making the dress needs 10 hours for the whole process and they get paid a living wage let's say 10-20 dollars an hour then the cost of making that dress without materials is 100-200 dollars alone. For a nice gown you need at least 2 meters of 2 to three different fabrics (lining etc.) which can be quite expensive if the material is decent so that is another 50 to 500 maybe even thousand dollars in materials (real high quality silk can go for hundreds of dollars a meter). Then you would end up with 150 to 700 plus production costs alone for one gown. Now these brands and stores need to make money. For fast fashion they usually sell the garment for roughly ten times the production cost (sometimes more sometimes less). So if it costs 150 dollars to make one gown most brands will probably sell it for 3 to 10 times the production cost so a standard non shitty labour conditions sown gown would be sold for at least 450 dollars or 1500 dollars. I think we often forget that high quality clothes are expensive. And wedding gowns are harder to make so naturally they are way more expensive (that's a gown not a t-shirt). 500 dollars for a well made dress is really not that much. I get that it's still a lot of money but it is really unrealistic to get a decent quality dress for 500 dollars in a boutique like the ones from syttd for many of them 500 dollars probably barely covers the production costs. If one is shopping in that price range a department store, home made or a mall are the way to go.

​@@xylypotatohead3947thats all beside the point. They should just tell the bride that and not show them higher prices than their budget.

@@KM-rt5jj if this wasn't a tv show they probably would just tell them to leave yeah

Yes! In terrible taste.

People often think bling makes things fancier but can’t afford the actual bling so they overload on rhinestones which cheapens everything

I don't understand it either. It always looks like an afterthought. I wore a blue sash on my dress with my grandmother's vintage brooch. It was my something old and something blue.

i think I remember someone saying a belt was to create a hourglass shape/give shape to your outfit. maybe that’s why they add the belt? to be glam and give shape?? not sure if it’s true tho

Ok I get what you’re saying - but my kibbe type is flamboyant gamine and that means I need to break up my vertical line - I don’t look my best in one unbroken line of color - I need to separate my top half from my bottom half - that means a belt usually!!

I used to always watch the German version of this show, and they had at least one store that sold second hand/vintage dresses! From what I remember they were really beautiful most of the time and I'd love to see more of that

Giddy up German SYTTD. Thanks for the tip!@@Link-dx1lx

Me wedding dress was a $300 vintage 70s Gunne Sax, and it was my dream dress. There are beautiful vintage wedding dresses out there, absolutely no reason to spend thousands of dollars unless that's what you really want.

Yes please!!

I would watch the heck out of a show about vintage wedding dresses!

Oh trust me, he has!

There is a show like that…

Some ladies just LOVE those monstrosities. I’ve seen them coming down the aisle.

Exactly, she knows there is an in-between. 😂

They want to get rid of that seasons stock fast. If it was on sale already then they probably just wanted to get rid of it to make room for the new dresses in the next season. Read between the lines

I had to stop watching the show because of the shady consultants.

@oki__ If they want to get rid of dresses, that's fine, but don't go over budget. I'm sure they had dresses that were below the 1500 budget. I'd be pissed if they put me in a dress, had me fall in love with it, and then go, "yeah its $300 over."

Agreed. And I have a feeling the saleswoman picked out a $500 dress she knew wasn't the most flattering so she could convince them that they 'needed' to spend more. Not to speak for all salespeople - but they're quite literally trained to swindle people. My cousin worked as one once and she was always getting reprimanded and retrained for actually listening to customers when they said something was too expensive and helping them find things that actually fit what they wanted. Definitely do your research before going to these boutique styled wedding shops. I'm noticing a lot of the more exclusive shops have begun hiding the prices of the dresses online, so be careful with where you buy, even if you do have a larger budget. They ARE shady bc they know they can pressure you and manipulate you into feeling like you HAVE to buy more.

David's Bridal is not Kleinfeld. Ypu should know that.

I would love to see what he would say about mine haha

OK that would be funny as hell!!!

I would totally do it. I would send in pictures of me in the strapless dress that like fell off at the reception (I had an ivory corset underneath so it was okay). I had food poisoning the week of my wedding and was skinny as a rail to begin with.

But then why invite them along in the first place? If she knows what she wants, she should just go by herself and buy it instead of bringing a dozen people with her and expecting them to smile, nod, and lie.

@@ttintagelit’s not about “expecting them to lie”. The tradition is about sharing the experience with the people most important to you. Even when I go ordinary shopping with friends if I’m with a friend who I know is more sensitive or easily swayed by outside opinions I’ll encourage them towards the choice I can tell will make them happy. Cause they’re my friend and isn’t the point that they find something they like? In situations like that I guess I just don’t feel like I need my opinion to be heard so bad that I would sacrifice a good time and a forever memory with a friend just to voice: hey I don’t like that thing. Sure, they could work on being less sensitive or people pleasing or whatever - but nobody’s perfect, we all need friends, and I can be a friend and help them out.

@@fizzigigsimmer6090 It's not actually a "tradition" at all. It may be a widespread practice now, but it's a fairly recent development, like turning the bachelorette party into a luxury vacation. If you bring people with you shopping for a dress, the expectation is that you want their opinion on said dress. The expectation for them is that they will give it politely but honestly. Otherwise there's no point and you've just made everything harder on everybody for no reason.

@@ttintagel What is it that you think tradition means? People create traditions in their friend groups and their families every day. I'm not sure why we're policing how long something has to be done culturally before random folks on the internet can call it a tradition lol. But since dress shopping has been happening for at least three generations within my own family I'm 100% comfy calling it a tradition. And in my own experience with that tradition, the event is about the bride sharing a special moment with their loved ones. If I'm not the bride then it doesn't matter whether or not I think the dress is right in the end. I can give my honest opinion without being an ass, and I can read the room to know when it's time to just be supportive and have a nice moment with my friend. It's that simple.

@@fizzigigsimmer6090 You can define any word however you like. You can be as comfy as you like calling a cat a dog, but you can't pretend to be offended when other people hear it meow and say, "Nice kitty." A tradition is a tradition and a fad is a fad, and the latter doesn't come with an established set of rules and expectations like the former. If you expect the people you're bringing along on a social media/reality TV trend to lie to your face, you need to spell that out to them before they decide whether or not to be involved.

Correction: GREAT grandchild. Also, she's basically at the peak of her youth, go get a job. At least a summer job and use everything you earned to buy the dress you want. Also, 2k or more for ONE dress? I don't live there, but isn't 2k like a whole month's salary for a regular well paying job?

@@aylenvillarreal5439 2k is basically the price of most gowns, and that is across most currencies. In my country usually prices start at around 800€ and go up from there. I've talked to a seamstress and she told me that custom made gowns will be about the same price. Wedding dresses are expensive because of the kind of materials used, aswell as the fact they're not usually produced in bulk, but by order. I do agree that it's unreasonable from the bride to be expecting other people to fork out for her dress, she should take whatever the grandma is able to give her and pay the difference out of her own pocket.

i mean if shes offering to pay she probably has the money

@@aylenvillarreal5439 That she and her daughter (the girl's grandmother) raised. It's not unheard of for a bride's family to buy their dress. You don't know if the bride is paying for the rest of her wedding. You don't know if they have been putting money up to buy her a wedding dress. Chances are these two women raising their grand and great grand daugther have looked forward to seeing her on her wedding day.

@@trevordonaldson7634 Ummm... I'm sure they said very clearly that the grandma ans great grandma are paying her side of the wedding. I still think it is A LOT, for anyone for that matter, to spend a whole month's salary or more on ONE dress. Let alone, ask someone else to do it for you. As much as I'm sure these two sweet women are looking forward to the wedding, I still think that it was a lot to ask. But oh well, I'm from Argentina, we definetely live in different realities. I some times just cannot understand people from the US

and they have lesbians and gays, drag queens just more

Wow who would think, white culture in white countries. This is rocket science for you people nowadays isn’t it?

exactly! ex-fuckin-actly! if you want to spend so much on an expensive dress, then simply buy it yourself! if not, then don't you dare to ask nice old ladies - probably nice old ladies without much savings (it's the USA) - to pay for you. this is absolutely shameless.

there's also the matter of having unrealistic expectations when you are walking into a designer boutique (specifically one like Kleinfelds). If this granny truly thought she could walk out of there for less than $1k+, she's severely out of touch at best and delulu at worst. (Tho I am pretty sure most of the show was manufactured/scripted. Some of the financial drama might be partially true, but once it was filmed they would give the dress away BTS, both as charity in exchange for the family allowing filming, and as a tax write-off.)

@@BlackCatBritt I mean... Idk about all of that, though I think you are right in all aspects regarding the show itself. I just really don't know about the topic enough. What I don't agree with is calling the granny delulu. If you are a retired woman, I don't understand how it is any of your bussiness to keep up with boutique's prices and market. The last time she had to probably worry about buying a really expensive dress for herself or her daughter is probably over 25 years ago at the least, but I would dare to say over 35 to 40 years or even more. We called her granny, but she is actually the great granny of this episode's bride.

What about renting a really fabulous dress?

Some people have generous parents with an abundance of money.

Exactly.

Yes the Mother in that episode was crude and controlling. The way she said "Cheap" every time. Gross really! You could tell the daughter has been worn down and controlled all her life. She had the most stooped and droopy posture. I hope she can stand proud at her wedding and do the dress justice. The inlaws were polite but I could tell they were shocked at the Mother's demeanor and behavior. No just no.

Those god-awful Pnina Tornais!

I said the same thing about the "princess" thing. It's always a giant ball gown.

I think it's more that they discounded it over $1000

SAME! 💙💙💙

that sounds interesting. Do they have the traditional colorful wedding dresses?

@@Mik6ne Yeah we do and we also have many pre-wedding festivities so there are many outfits as well 😍

I think the one where the older lady only wanted to pay 500 it was a split payment situation where the bride would pay the rest of the cost of the dress over 500.

​@@awolters5827Are you talking about the girl's grandma?

@@briannam916 Yeah, I was just confused about whether she was the mom or the grandma.

@awolters5827 Ohh, well it sounds like she raised her, I thought she was paying the whole thing? They made the joke about her keeping money under a mattress, and that girl was pretty young, didn't sound like she was saving up, if she was even working.

@@briannam916 I think we might be talking about 2 different brides. edit: I think there are 2 brides in the video where a relative wanted to only spend 500, and the one I was thinking of came first in the video.

IKR? You get what you pay for.

They are used to not caring how slaves in other countries get paid as long as they get the low price they want.

i cannot understand how they would decide to marry if they cant even afford to buy their own dress.. i'd rather pay for my own etsy/asos wedding dress than get $2000 dresses paid by my mom

The only one who didn't pay for her dress at all was the last one. The first one was buying it herself. The second one took her mom's £500 and put her own £700 on top of it.

​@@riellereally Well, say you find someone you want to marry. You and your partner decide to just go to the courthouse because it's cheap. Then your mother starts screaming about how if you don't have a proper wedding for the family, youll break her heart. Whats the obvious response to that? Isn't it "If you want the wedding, you can pay for it."

It's not their wedding.......any contribution towards the dress should be considered as a gift

exactly! pay for it yourself and get the exact dress you want, but if not then don't throw shades at those who actually pay. and not everyone can simply throw out 2000£ on a dress only worn once, many people struggle financially.

It's not "cane;" it's "Cain," from the Bible.

@@ttintagel Thank you. I was debating this correction but you did it for me. waist≠waste, paid≠payed cane≠cain

I have noticed devices tend to correct words improperly at times. My phone turns versus into verses every time even though it is wrong. Adding the correction will help people understand our devices aren’t always correct. My son’s devices have him stuck on thinking paid is payed.

Ikr I felt so bad for her Mami :(

I thought that was so cute, too. Oh honey, there is no tax on top. 😅

the tax comment screams american D

same here, the wedding itself is just one day so I wouldn't be willing to spend so much money on just a dress - and all the other expenses. have a nice, cozy wedding with the spouse of your dreams (because that's the only important part!) and then spend the rest of the money on more important stuff. and it's especially grating if the brides don't pay for the dress themselves but are upset if other won't/can't pay more for them. I'd never ever be shameless enough to ask anyone for so much money for just a dress.

Most of the dresses are more expensive than my wedding in Jamaica with a 2 week holiday and a free upgrade to their nicest ocean view room. I only paid about £60 for my Dress from Asos, it was long sleeve lace with black details. That was 7 years ago.

​@@rachelsmith3097omg yes, I'd choose an affordable dress then spend more money on a trip. No one's gonna remember the dress but you.

4:34 💔

Except mine, I’m real! 😂

Hes done a few

That’s the main thing.