Incredibly pretty and incredibly...affordable?

For most brides-to-be, I'm assuming the last adjective that we want to hear our dress described as is 'budget'. The word budget used to bring all sorts of connotations that you least want associated with your gown..poor design, poorly constructed, and tacky.

Lately, I've been pleasantly surprised to see an array of gorgeous gowns hitting the market in really realistic price points. All of the beauties below are under $1,500, can you believe it? In the bridal world, that's pretty much the equivalent of clearance-liquidation-going-out-of-sale-forever prices.

From top to bottom: Camellia bottom at jlmcouture.com, georgette gown at nicolemiller.com, Morgan dress at 57grand.com.

Images courtesy of http://www.marthastewartweddings.com