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Top wedding dress designer Monique Lhuillier is known for her ultra-feminine, high-end designs, and with those upscale details comes an equally high-end price tag. Although you can always shop her romantic creations at the regular bridal shop on Melrose Place, head to the manufacturing corner of DTLA on Sunday, June 26th for an epic sample sale and a chance to shop some of her must-have pieces for less.
If you've had your eye on a particular style from Lhuillier's Signature, Platinum, or Bliss collections, you'll find gowns from all these lines at $500 to $4,000 (approximately 90% off retail prices), in addition to bridal accessories like shoes, veils, belts, and bridal shower items. This is a first come, first serve situation and the doors open at 10am, with the sale scheduled to run until 4pm (both cash and major credit cards are accepted).
The sample sale is taking place as part of a Monique Lhuillier pop-up in an industrial warehouse near her corporate offices, and the company warns that there won't be any fitting rooms and there's no AC — all totally worth it if you're shopping for your impending nuptials and have yet to find that perfect dress.