The cost can vary a lot depending on the purpose of the wedding. Normally, a gypsy wedding dress with few ornaments costs around US$ 5.000. If you add a lot of designs, prices can go up to US$ 25.000. And if you go over the top, prices can escalate. Priscilla’s pink heart dress on the reality show “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” is said to have cost US$ 100.000!
Steps to dress well for your gypsy wedding
Step 1: plan ahead. It’s important to look around before finding the right designer. This also helps you to organize your budget to pay for everything. If you leave everything for the last minute, chances are prices will go higher. In dresses, a lot like in husbands, don’t go saying yes to the first dress!
Step 2: always try to call and involve your family in the decision, especially the mother of the bride. This will avoid surprises on the wedding day.
Step 3: when all is decided, see how you can pay for everything. Many designers and stores offer the option to pay with a credit card and in small installments.
Step 4: try it on before the wedding!
Sub Heading 1: BROADEN the dressing code to all those invited.
Paragraph: if you go purple, they can’t all go black. Just don’t tell the fiancé.
Sub Heading 2: DRESS to impress!
Paragraph: the general rule always applies: it’s better to go over the top than to think you haven’t done enough.
Sub Heading 3: IT’S your day, so make it pay.
Paragraph: if your original dress doesn’t allow you to move a lot, it’s also important to think about an extra dress to dance and enjoy the party.
Where to find a good gypsy wedding dress designer?
Any designer can make a gypsy wedding dress, but as Sondra Celli ― the famous (gypsy) wedding dress designer from the reality show “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding” ― states: “gypsies are very status oriented”. So it’s important to think about a renowned and celebrated designer. Also, focus on the details. Sondra Celli makes a lot of her designs using Swarovski crystals. But always remember not to exceed your budget for the dress. All the elements in the wedding must be harmonic. If you use Swarovski crystals in your dress you can’t use anything less than a crystal glass for your guests to drink.
Conclusion ― The wedding day can be the most important day in a person’s life, so the bridal gown must reflect all that special emotion on that special day. Gypsy weddings take that concept literally and transform the way the bride dresses into a true form of art. Anyone who has been invited to a gypsy wedding knows that they are up for a visual treat. So if you are a fiancée and a bride-to-be in a gypsy wedding you can not disappoint everyone with less than they deserve, especially yourself.
I want Swarovski crystals in my dress, how much do they cost?
It’s hard to say because normally the dress is made with that purpose to shine in mind. There are options today in couture that are not very expensive. You can choose a detail or the whole dress to shine exquisitely, but the choice to use crystal comes before the crafting and the final presentation: it’s a part of the material selection of the dress. There are options from Sondra Celli that can cost from US$ 10.000 to US$ 20.000, but there are much less expensive options from other designers.
Can’t the wedding dress be white?
Color is only one of the effects which can be displayed by the dress. As Sondra Celli declares: “gypsies in the west love color”. Of course, that is the main difference between them and other westerners. Even so, Sondra Celli herself made four almost completely white dresses for Tatiana, Lottie, Trouble, and Tara on the reality show “My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding”. The effect on Tara’s dress, for instance, was caused more by its giant skirt than by the use of pink accent all over the dress and on the tie waist belt. Also, the crystals on her veil with her husband’s initials were a cute idea that made her look like a true goddess.
Where can I find my gypsy wedding dress?
With designer Sondra Celli. You can contact her by Instagram @sondracelli or through her website. Also, these stores can offer many choices from talented designers. If you search you can find perhaps a good and less expensive deal than a designer-made original dress:
Wedding Dress Fantasy ― (costs vary from US$ 769 to US$ 4. 999 ― this last one is the price on sale for a dress that originally costs US$ 7. 200!);Kleinfeld ― (bridal designer “All Who Wander” offers gypsy-inspired dresses from US$ 2. 400 to US$ 2. 900);Roma Sposa Atelier
