Bride gets married in £35 dress she found in charity shop the day after getting engaged
IT'S COMMON for brides to spend months and a small fortune looking for their dream wedding dress.
But one woman discovered her's in a charity shop a day after she got engaged - and not only did it cost her a mere £35, but it almost fit perfectly.
While the average coast of a wedding dress in the UK is £1,385, a newlywed called Cat shared on how she came across the stunning second-hand white dress she was to wear to marry her boyfriend of five-and-a-half years by chance.
"On the day that Mike proposed to me he took me for a night in York," the 29-year-old senior lecturer in education wrote.
"The next day I was looking in the charity shops (as I often do) and saw the dress on one of the rails.
It was a charity shop on two floors and I was upstairs.
"Myself and the lady who worked in the store couldn’t believe that the dress fitted me perfectly, it was as if it was meant to be."
After her big day, she took the dress to a vintage bridal store to try and find out how it had ended up in the charity shop.
They were able to tell her the dress was from the 1950s, and had been made at home.
However the flower detailing had an even older prominence, suggesting the material may have been passed down several generations.
"Finding out the history of the dress made me love it even more,’ Cat added.
She is now trying to connect with the original owner of the dress, and also wants to encourage other brides to consider checking charity shops for their special day.
Earlier today, we told you how a bride-to-be has sent her guests a two-page letter detailing the dos and don'ts of her big day.
We also told you how a polyamorous "throuple" have claimed their three-way romance teaches their son, seven, what an "honest relationship" looks like.