Bride Leaves Peeps Dumbfounded as She Spends Only R60 on Her Wedding Dress Bought at a Thrift Store

Bride Leaves Peeps Dumbfounded as She Spends Only R60 on Her Wedding Dress Bought at a Thrift Store

  • A beautiful lady shared where and how she found the perfect wedding dress at a dumbfounding low price
  • TikTok user Jillian shared a video of the items and revealed that she got her dress at a thrift shop which cost about R60 and her retailed for R128
  • Her entire look came to about R176 and netizens were left both amazed at her bargain and final look

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A bride stunned netizens all over the world when she disclosed how much she spent on her wedding dress.

Your wedding dress serves as a reminder for that special day, the day of your dreams. Brides spend a lot of time and money finding their perfect wedding dress for the perfect wedding, so seeing the wedding dress will cause those happy memories to come flooding back.

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A lady gave the term bride on a budget a whole new meaning. Image: @jilly_lynch/TikTok
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However, TikTok user Jillian (@jilly_lynch) did not break the bank on her big day. In a video, she shared items purchased at a thrift store. These included her wedding dress and matching shoes as she tries to figure out how she would style the items on the day.

The dress went for a mind-boggling $3.75, which is around R60 and her shoes went for $8 which is about R128, coming to a total of $11,75 (about R176).

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In another video posted on the big day, she is seen rocking the stunning gown and we have to admit this Jillian was a beautiful bride!

She did clarify that she had alterations done on the garment:

“Lols for ppl asking, alterations came to $110 (R1 760) total. But I don’t think brides usually include that when saying how much their dress cost...”

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Social media users responded to the post in amazement:

mosaicmaker22 replied:

“It is perfection. And no, brides don’t usually add in alterations when they say what a dress cost. Either way...very good deal!”

SoManyPatterns wrote:

“Congratulations!!! I hope you had a lovely, relaxing day.”

RaeRaeinSoyo responded:

“And I thought I was saving when I bought my designer dress at a sample sale $1000.”

Britney Bentick reacted:

“You look so beautiful!”

Logo commented:

“Literally ate. The plate, the chair, the table, the chef, the restaurant, the city block, the state.”

Red wedding dress designed by bold fashion designer captures Saffas’ imagination

In another article, Briefly News reported on eccentric designer and founder of BMashilo Designs, Bonolo Mashilo, who pushed the envelope with her breathtaking bridal creation that she posted on Twitter. She posted two pics on her Twitter account to show off her scarlet design with the caption:

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"My bride asked for a red dress with a touch of Muenda print."

Tweeps agreed that she exceeded the bride's expectations as the dress was beautiful.

Added to the praise from people on Twitter, Bonolo also received questions from peeps who would have liked to have her creation in the future.

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Nothando Mthembu (Senior editor) Nothando Mthembu is a senior multimedia journalist and editor. Nothando has over 5 years of work experience and has served several media houses including Caxton Local Newspapers. She has experience writing on human interest, environment, crime and social issues for community newspapers. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree and an Honours Degree in Media Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, obtained in 2016 and 2017. Nothando has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: nothando.mthembu@briefly.co.za