Online shopping is always risky - but scouring the internet for your wedding dress is the biggest gamble of them all.
And, as these brides will contest, it doesn’t always pay off.
From white dresses which turned out to be green (yes, GREEN!), to beautiful embroidery which turns out to be stick-on sequins, these brides definitely weren’t prepared by what arrived at their door.
Now, to help stop any other women making the same mistake, several Facebook groups (including Brides Beware, Knockoff Nightmares, and International Ownership) have been set up in a bid to name and shame the online wedding dress stores that have been busy scamming people all over the web.
You might want to avert your eyes now if you're allergic to horrific wedding gowns...
Something blue:
A lovely example from www.goodgoodschina.com > >
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Friday, 2 May 2014](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/620466888045097/?type=1)
Not so pretty in pink:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487127818045672/?type=1)
This ‘Vera Wang’ number:
Posted by [Knock Off Nightmares](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares) on [Tuesday, 10 June 2014](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares/photos/a.1374255436151407.1073741827.1374245942819023/1459628934280723/?type=1)
Rose-tinted glasses:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Thursday, 7 November 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/537458869679233/?type=1)
Not all that glitters is gold:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Thursday, 7 November 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/537458973012556/?type=1)
A beaded nightmare:
This is one that has been floating around the internet. I wish that they had done the original in the inset instead. The... > >
Posted by [Knock Off Nightmares](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares) on [Tuesday, 23 September 2014](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares/photos/a.1374258626151088.1073741828.1374245942819023/1508724552704494/?type=1)
Feeling blue:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 22 January 2014](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/572439949514458/?type=1)
The dream vs the nightmare:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Monday, 18 November 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/542228145868972/?type=1)
Green with envy:
Posted by [International Ownership](https://www.facebook.com/InternationalOwnership) on [Monday, 5 May 2014](https://www.facebook.com/InternationalOwnership/photos/a.300926800036364.69078.300925683369809/498798056915903/?type=1)
A terrible mistake:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Monday, 7 October 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/521669447924842/?type=1)
Not all white on the night:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487127778045676/?type=1)
Kate Middleton it ain’t:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487124391379348/?type=1)
Even Barbie wouldn’t want this one:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487127784712342/?type=1)
Say NO to the dress:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487124411379346/?type=1)
This’d work as a Strictly Come Dancing costume:
Original Pnina Tornai and what ended up coming to the customer. Obviously, most girls can't afford a Pnina, but the... > >
Posted by [Knock Off Nightmares](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares) on [Tuesday, 29 October 2013](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares/photos/a.1374730742770543.1073741829.1374245942819023/1377851762458441/?type=1)
Happy Halloweeen:
Thanks www.internationalownership.com > >
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Monday, 28 October 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/532404256851361/?type=1)
Tack-o-rama:
Just another terrible disaster www.internationalownership.com > >
Posted by [International Ownership](https://www.facebook.com/InternationalOwnership) on [Monday, 14 July 2014](https://www.facebook.com/InternationalOwnership/photos/a.326427944152916.1073741827.300925683369809/535264309935944/?type=1)
Oh dear:
Not even close! > >
Posted by [Knock Off Nightmares](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares) on [Wednesday, 23 October 2013](https://www.facebook.com/KnockoffNightmares/photos/a.1374730742770543.1073741829.1374245942819023/1374739442769673/?type=1)
Total fake out:
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Wednesday, 24 July 2013](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/487127838045670/?type=1)
Oh god:
Please don't buy from JJ's house or Jen Jen's house, its the same company! > >
Posted by [Brides Beware](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware) on [Thursday, 7 August 2014](https://www.facebook.com/BridesBeware/photos/a.487124101379377.1073741829.475593509199103/669034906521628/?type=1)
Have you ever suffered a wedding gown disaster? Share your own horror stories via the comments box below now.