lottie8888

Hi guys...

Has anyone ever bought a wedding dress from izmir??? I know the place i have to go but just wondered if anyone had had any experiance on it??

I went to the consulate yesterday and to be honest i was really shocked as when i looked at the banns on the wall there were 50year old women marrying 19yr old turkish men i mean surely this is not normal right!!???

Any advice on how much they cost etc would be useful too (dresses that is!!)

Ms Who

Hi Lottie,

Dont know anything about wedding dresses from Izmir but have heard good reports of women getting wedding dresses made for them at a fraction of the uk price :-)

Yes I was in Izmir last week and I too looked at the Bans - Shocking? YES - Normal? unfortunately for Turkey, YES!

Lots of luck with yours :-) x

lilacdiana

I am sure we saw a wedding dress shop in Bodrum last summer. It was up by the bus station. If you are coming out of the bus station to the cross roads it was down the road that turns left instead of going down the main drag. Mind you they had some very strange outfits in the window for boys but also wedding dresses too.

lottie8888

yes i saw ive looked there it was awful ok if u want a huge dress that u cant walk in!!

I only have 53days to go so i hope i can find something from izmir

maggie

Hi Lottie,

They have some beautifull wedding dresses in the shops in Izmir Bazaar.

We were looking at them about a fortnight ago in the sort of dress section of the bazaar.

You can get a lovelly dress for the fantastic cheap sum of approx 250 ytl there are some more expensive ones but the shop we were looking in they were all approx 250ytl.

Almost wished i was getting married lmao.

just ask somebody where the bazzaar is and then the sort of dress makers bit.

Good luck.

Hugs Maggie xxxxxx

alison09400

Lottie

When you were in Izmir yesterday you should have gone to the Wedding Show at the International Fuar; it's in the same district as the Consulate. Mavi and I were there yesterday, and the range of dresses was enormous, not to mention gorgeous little tiaras (for as little as £5), veils, shoes etc.

In the Kemeralti district of Izmir where all the wedding shops are, they can make your dress for you in a week.

lottie8888

oh no ur joking!! I didnt realise :'( Kemeralti thats where i was planning to go to get my dress the only prob with getting a dress made is the fittings i already have to go back to izmir twice! one for the dress and the other for the consulate offf yaa!! Do you know how much to buy them off the peg??

Thanks maggie for the advice maybe i will check that out aswell x

maggie

the ones in the bazaar were off the peg!!!!!!

Hugs Maggie xxxxxx

Dalaman Deli

Hi Lottie,

when I got married I went to our local department store in Dalaman. It is a tiny old fashioned place but they have a little section upstairs for wedding dresses. I was expecting to have very little choice but it they turned out to have lots of brochures. I found one I liked but wanted sleeves in it. No problem, they said. I was measured up and 10 days later it arrived, having been made in Izmir. The dress I chose was a 2-piece (most of them are) with a beautifully hand beaded bodice with a fairly plain skirt. Fortunately it fitted perfectly, otherwise it would have gone back for alterations. From what I remember it cost around 300 or 350YTL, which I didn't think was bad for a hand-made dress which had been made to measure.