The 32 Best Places To Buy Your Wedding Dress Online

Wondering where to buy the wedding dress of your dreams, and if you can find it online? Let’s hand over our guide of the most trusted sites and bridal designers – the upper echelon of modern wedding day fashion. (And yes, even at affordable wedding dress prices!)

Elopement dresses, silk wedding gowns, and casual short dresses – we’re letting the dress designers lead us straight to the altar of bridal fashion.

It’s true we love the experience of shopping in a bridal salon, but there’s no denying the advantage of shopping for your wedding dress online. Love a trendy designer from across the globe that’s not carried in your local bridal salon? You may be able to buy directly online. And what’s more, online retailers like Net-a-Porter & Moda Operandi offer high-fashion, designer gowns off the runway for brides looking for the ultimate fashion statement.

All of this means: You don’t need to visit stores in real life anymore to find your perfect wedding dress!

With this online wedding shopping guide, you can find your ceremony dress, reception party dress, elopement dress, or anything else you’ve been searching for to complete your wedding looks. We’ve curated our top thirty favorite online shops that make wedding dress shopping easy, at every price point and for every style.

Where to Buy Wedding Dresses Online

If you want to skip the reviews & get straight to shopping, here’s our trusted bridal shop list:

The List

• Moda Operandi
• Reformation
• Etsy
• Needle & Thread
• Davids Bridal
• Net-a-Porter
• MatchesFashion
• BHLDN
• AW Bridal
• Fame & Partners
• Nearly Newlywed
• Still White
• Shona Joy
• ShopBop
• ASOS
• LoveShackFancy
• Free People
• The Outnet
• Revolve
• Loho Bride
• Grace Loves Lace
• Galia Lahav
• The Own Studio
• Kamperett
• A.B. Ellie
• Kaviar Gauche
• Shop Gossamer
• Daughters of Simone
• Lyra Vega Bridal
• Zoe Rowyn
• Fifth & Welshire
• Bec + Bridge
• Torrid
• Arcade Vintage Boutique

See Also: The Best Places to Buy & Sell a Second Hand Wedding Dress

Moda Operandi

Price range:: $100 – $11,000

Trendsetting brides looking to turn their wedding aisle into a fashion week catwalk look no further than Moda Operandi.

The pinnacle of fresh from the runway fashion, Moda Operandi allows you to preorder the freshest of styles from the fashion world’s top designer. Yes, you can wear an Oscar de la Renta wedding dress and yes, it’s as simple as ordering online from your home. Did you fall in love with Kitty Spencer’s five Dolce & Gabbana wedding dresses? Plan your own D&G bridal moment on Moda Operandi.

The trusted designer fashion website has a ‘For The Bride‘ edit curating the top designer wedding gowns & short wedding dresses, bridal pantsuits & wedding accessories.

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Reformation

Price range:: $200 – $500

Another modern online shop we love, Reformation makes wedding shopping for you and your bridesmaids effortless. Their pieces are ideal for a cool city bride, a casual backyard wedding bride, or any bride looking for high-style and simplicity.

Visit their “Wedding” section for classy and timeless pieces, and coordinate with your bridesmaid besties for other colorful flowy styles. We love their uncompromising quality, natural silk wedding dresses, and their focus on being eco-friendly in a fast-fashion world.

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Etsy

Price range:: $150+

Etsy has a little bit of everything: non-traditional, colorful, whimsical, vintage, and plenty of embellishments. Even more, you can find ready-to-wear gowns & custom made pieces in just about every Price range:!

There are bold laces for the bohemian brides, blush tones or blue colors for the playful brides, and dainty lace details and beading for the unique bride. We love just how personalized these pieces are, handmade with love.

Are you a wild bride looking for a little color? Shop our 20 favorite romantic wedding gowns on Etsy in dreamy colors. You can find our 15 favorite Etsy wedding dress designers here.

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Needle & Thread

Price range:: $700 – $1,200

Come gasp along with us at these beautifully embellished looks! Vintage lovers, this is your playground. While these dresses are new designs, they don flounces and fringe and the most decadent beading of the decades past.

We love the ombre tones and unique necklines, the sheer sleeves, the layers – every detail is divine. If you want a little color, texture, or that extra sparkle, then you’ve met your match. Pair these gowns in an outdoor garden, in a historical city setting, or with a swanky evening vibe.

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Net-a-Porter

Price range:: $500 – $5,000

These ready-to-wear gowns and designer pieces are all beautifully curated for the sophisticated bride.

From classic looks with simple and clean lines to more avant-garde party pieces with overstated ruffles and sequins, this site is a compilation of our dream luxe designer looks. Their site is updated three times a week, so you can keep coming back to see what else speaks to you and your bridal vision.

Noteworthy designers include Jenny Packham, Reem Acra, Temperley London, Rime Arodaky, Lela Rose and Needle & Thread – with some gowns starting at about $500! It’s no surprise this is one of our favorite trusted online wedding dress sites.

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MATCHESFASHION

Price range:: $170 – $29,000

For the little girl who old-school cut & paste fashion collages from Vogue magazines as a kid (like our editor, Claire!), you’ll want to take a look at the gowns listed on runway-ready MATCHESFASHION.

Featuring feather-adorned Saint Laurent minis, lavish Valentino gowns, ultra-cool Rodarte separates & radical Alexander McQueen bridal suits – this online retailer offers high-end & fashion-forward wedding gowns. Avant-garde brides will rejoice over the collection of cool shapes & textiles. After all, you’re not the kind of gal that does the traditional salon shopping anyway, right?

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BHLDN

Price range:: $200 – $3,000

BHLDN’s style is playful and modern with an air of something heavenly. They feature gowns ranging from romantic laces to darling short wedding dresses. We also love their featured capsule collections with some of our favorite designers (like current collaborations with Jenny Yoo, Fame & Partners, and Riki Dalal!) You can even find affordable Watters label gowns listed on their site.

If there isn’t a BHLDN location near you then shop online and take advantage of their easy 30-day return policy. Pieces start at only $200, making it a great way to shop for any price point.

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AW Bridal

Price Range: $100 – $1,000

AW Bridal is the go-to place for brides seeking a perfect blend of elegance, affordability, and variety. Their collection includes a wide range of styles that cater to diverse bridal visions, from classic and traditional silhouettes to contemporary and chic designs.

What makes AW Bridal standout is the balance they strike between quality and affordability. With dresses starting as low as $100, they make it possible for brides to look stunning without breaking the bank. They also understand that every bride is unique and offers custom-made services to ensure the perfect fit and design for everyone.

Fame & Partners

Price range:: $200 – $500

While we’ve shared plenty of their gowns on BM, Fame & Partners are a major love on our list because they are customizable and nearly zero waste company. These pieces are made-to-order and essential for the contemporary bride. This is another excellent site to shop for affordable wedding dresses online.

Shop their bridal section, and keep in mind that nearly every one of their gowns on the site for all occasions is available in “ivory.” We encourage you to play around on their site and start designing your perfect dress.

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Nearly Newlywed

Price range:: $200 – $5,000

This site has the best bridal shopping for new AND preowned wedding dresses. Filter through options that are important to you like price points, silhouettes, and designers. Whether that means you find your perfect dress that has been discontinued, or you score a designer piece for a major discount, you can customize your search. This is a gold mine for affordable wedding dresses!

You can even shop their collection of jewelry and accessories for a complete bridal look.

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Still White

Price range:: $10 – $30,000+

A more ‘worldwide’ online consignment store, Still White is a massive platform of real brides & bridal salons selling floor samples, preowned & brand new couture wedding gowns.

We love is how easy their site is to use. You can shop & explore the site based on designers you love, size, silhouette, sleeves, neckline, length, back, colors, fabrics…it goes on and on! Sort the database by “Biggest Saving” finding gowns literally at 99% off their market price.

Best of all, if you’re looking for a particular dress or designer to appear on sale, you can set up alerts for that designer so you’ll get an email when a new dress is listed.

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Shona Joy

Price range:: $150 – $545

Whether you’re searching for the perfect micro wedding, minimony or elopement wedding dress, or you just happen to be a romantic, casual bride – Shona Joy is about to be your wedding dress bestie.

Translating their sexy & effortless RTW silhouettes into bridal stunning fabrics that look like liquid silk, Shona Joy has made the dream wedding dress collection for the fashion-forward bride looking for an affordable wedding dress. Find flowing, bias-cut silk wedding gowns with beautiful trains, bridal separates with tie tops & wide-leg pants and a number of midi and shorter wedding dress styles.

The best part is, all of these dresses could so easily be worn for years and years to come as sexy resort-wear for that Post-Covid honeymoon.

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ShopBop

Price range:: $200 – $2,000

This site features playful and chic designer looks starting at just $200! ShopBop is also a must for anyone shopping for short wedding dresses online.

These dresses are light and airy, doused in sequins, sparkle, or cheerful bows and ruffles. Go from the courthouse to your reception in any of these polished styles. Their collection of dresses is also ideal for elopements, second looks, or any bride on the go. (With looks from Marchesa Notte and Zimmermann, to name a few!)

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ASOS

Price range:: $40 – $400

ASOS is the perfect online site for the bride swept up in romance. It’s ideal for brides with shorter timelines, or for anyone searching for elopement wedding dresses. They also make returns easy (and free!) so you can exchange sizes or return anything that doesn’t work out.

We’re loving the size-inclusive styles, with options for curvy, tall, and petite shapes. They have pieces that range from more trendy statement-making looks to classic and clean pieces. But regardless of design, everything about these white dresses has an element that feels playful.

If you’re trying to find cheap wedding dresses online, ASOS is definitely a great place to buy budget-friendly and affordable wedding dresses on the web.

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LoveShackFancy

Price range:: $300 – $2,000

Dreaming of the perfect cottagecore wedding dress? LoveShackFancy has every angelic cotton lace bridal dress you could ever think of.

The cult dress designer’s collection of casual wedding dresses conjures up images of meadow weddings & flower crowns. Just filter their dress section by white and you’ll find darling short wedding dresses for your minimonies & long white maxi gowns fit for any wedding style – fancy or casual.

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Free People

Price range:: $60 – $500

While this isn’t your standard wedding dress shopping experience, we love their signature rock-n-roll meets laid back style.

Find white dresses perfect for a beachy bride, honeymoon vacation, or a playful and flirty bachelorette look. Natural fabrics, embroidery, crochet, and drapey elements encapsulate Free People’s dresses. Toss tradition to wind, babe, because adventure awaits!

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The Outnet

Price range:: $200 – $10,000

If you’re a bride looking for a designer wedding dress at a significant discount, The Outnet may be for you. Find something glamorous for your wedding and score a stylish piece for your bridal shower, too!

Search by specific designers or by style to narrow down your vision. Or, check out their wedding shop for some of the coolest designer white dresses. It’s a trusted site for designer looks, with many gowns at 50 percent off or more!

We’ve even crafted a list of editor’s picks from the site’s current selection of discounted designer gowns.