Weddingbee Blog

Yeah, you read that right. Bridesmaid’s dresses for under 50 buck-er-roos! A girl’s gotta dream and set goals for herself, right? As the saying goes, I like to shoot for the moon and if I don’t succeed, at least I’ll land among the stars. First off, on a total side note, I love the sentiment of this saying but it doesn’t make any logical sense to me. If you don’t make it to the moon, you would fall back down to earth because the stars are much further than the moon. But shhhhh. Don’t tell anyone. I still have this saying sitting on my desk.

So here are my finds of the day from a couple of my favorite places to window-’net-shop, also known as shopping online, loading up my cart, then closing my browser.

Let’s start with Lulu’s. I am always shocked by their prices. I haven’t actually bought clothes from this site, but I think their selection is great. They typically only carry dresses in small, medium, and large. If you have a large bridal party with lots of varying body types like I do, this is a problem. But here are some of my recent faves.

Lulu’s Yours Truly Dress in Plum and Silver – $33.00

Lulu’s About Town Dress in Mustard – $37

I adore this dress! I simply can’t believe it’s only $37. Look at the pockets and the details. I’m very tempted to buy it and just have it altered to fit my frame.

Moving on to ModCloth. Not only do I window-’net shop here all the time, I like to read their blog, too. They have the cutest specials. Again, I have not bought clothes from here but they seem very similar to Lulu’s.

ModCloth’s Precious Parcel Dress – $49.99

And the winner in low-cost dress is Forever21. The beauty of Forever21 lies in their extremely low prices and the number of locations they have around the country. The problem with them is their quality. I use to joke that their clothes would only last 21 hours. Now, for a wedding that would be perfectly fine. 21 hours is more than enough. But their lower quality fabrics don’t exactly look great in photos and their low quality craftsmanship often means the clothes don’t quite fit right. So, move forward with caution and pick dresses wisely. I have bough clothes from their online store and actually did not end up wearing any of them because they did not fit me properly. With that said, I still look and love. Strange, you say? Well… that’s the beauty of window-’net shopping!

Forever21 H81 Sheer Striped Floral Dress – $26.90

Forever21 Ruffle Front Shirt Dress – $39

Windsor is another store people often forget about. I use to shop at Windsor for my homecoming dresses in my he high school dance days.

Windsor’s Black Halter Dress – $49.90

Windsor’s Black and White Short Day Dress – $49.90

Aww… and Target! I love me a good Target roaming trip. So why wouldn’t I also love roaming and window-’net shopping on their website? I would, indeed! Unfortunately, I am unable to get their images on here. So let me just encourage you to check our their dresses. Almost every single one is $39.99! Score and score.

Aren’t they all so pretty? And unbelievably cheap. On a final note of caution, these dresses tend to be pretty short and come in the typical small, medium, and large. But if you have a small wedding party or can adjust these dresses it fit, they’re a great option.

Do you have any suggestions for other places to surf the ‘net for dresses under $50?