A bride who refused to spend thousands on a designer gown has revealed she walked down the aisle in a £15 wedding dress.
Tyler Griffith tied the knot with husband Cameron Griffith, 24, in May after the couple vowed to keep wedding costs to a minimum.
Rather than splashing out at a bridal boutique, the 25-year-old searched online and snapped up a mermaid-style gown on Vinted for just £15.
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And despite fears it might look cheap, Tyler says none of her guests spotted the bargain.
“On my wedding day, I felt the most beautiful I’ve ever felt in my life,” Tyler, from Manchester, told What’s The Jam.
“My first reaction when I saw it and tried it on was ‘wow’.
“I was so shocked and surprised by the quality and how beautiful it looked.
“None of my guests thought it was from Shein and were very shocked when I told them.
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“I feel I saved hundreds, if not thousands, of pounds.
“I looked at Shein because I shop there regularly anyway and I thought, why not have a look and see if there is any on there.
“I’d never planned to buy from a bridal boutique because it wasn’t within my price range and I personally find them too expensive.
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“The dress cost me £15 and I did have some concerns before ordering it, mainly about the quality and how it would look.
“I ordered this particular dress because it was a mermaid-style dress that looked similar to one I wanted to buy online that cost a lot of money.”
Tyler and Cameron first met through a mutual friend online while they were both at college.
The proposal came at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey – Tyler’s favourite beach – in July last year.
She said: “I felt very emotional and immediately started crying with happiness.
“We did start planning the wedding pretty much straight away because we were both so excited and couldn’t wait to start planning.
“We had a rough budget and we knew we wanted to keep it simple and not spend a fortune.”
The couple opted for a navy blue colour scheme and married in their local church, with the entire wedding costing around £1,700.
Although Tyler later tried on other dresses, she kept coming back to the £15 gown.
She said the dress fitted perfectly and required no alterations, apart from removing some frilled straps because she preferred the look without them.
She added: “I would definitely recommend buying online, especially if you know what you want and if not, you can always sell it on or send it back.
“This dress was the very first dress I tried on and I immediately fell in love with it, but I didn’t want to jump straight at the first dress I saw.
“I kept it to the side and tried on other dresses too but in the end I went with the original.
“I do feel wedding dresses are overpriced and that there is nothing wrong with going elsewhere.
“For me, it was about the day more than anything else.
“It definitely did allow us to spend more elsewhere.
“But our entire wedding was budget-friendly, with the majority of our stuff being from Shein or Vinted.”
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