We went to a local wedding dress designer and asked her for ideas on keeping the costs down on wedding gowns. We've already posted her first ten ideas; here are the next ten:

1. Halter dresses will cost more. Although it's a type of seamless dress, because it's now moving into designer dress style, it will cost more to do.

2. Boning is expensive. If you're looking for a totally sleeveless dress, but your body type is such that more boning has to do into it to keep it up, it will cost more in time and material.

3. If you're having a dress made, decide on the style you want before deciding on the fabric. The style of a dress goes a long way in determining what kind of fabric works best, and of course the fabric types can raise the costs of the dress.

4. Accessories can be pricey. It's not necessarily the cost of buying accessories as much as the time it might take in adding them onto a dress. This is why Reem Acra's wedding dresses cost so much, because of the time it takes in doing all the embroidery.

5. The types of foundations needed for a dress might raise the price overall. By foundations, we're talking underwear or internal clothing. For a sleeveless or halter dress, different types of bras might be needed, possibly sewn into the wedding dress. If it has to be sewn in, that will increase the price.

6. Think about buying a prom dress or something similar and turning it into a wedding dress. There are many beautiful and colorful prom dresses, and if you can fit into one it's easy to add touches and turn it into spectacular wedding dress.

7. Depending on your dress pattern, think of something different than satin. For one dress which had a very simple yet straight pattern, the bride decided on using raw silk, which didn't have the type of shininess of a traditional wedding gown, but it didn't wrinkle all that easily and, because of the fabric's ?pilled? style, adding something new that wasn't traditionally seen.

8. The simpler the style, the less expensive the dress. This one seems to be a no-brainer, but simple doesn't mean style-less. A simple dress can still accentuate the positives on any bride, but easily will hide problem areas.

9. Don't try to fit into a style that doesn't fit you. Not every dress is for every woman, and being true to yourself can save a lot of money in alterations on the back end.

10. The more time it takes to make a wedding dress, the more expensive it will be. A simple dress that a bride will want to add many accessories which will cost more than a simple silk dress with a little bit of lace added to it. The more someone has to sew, the longer it takes to make and the higher the price.

This concludes the great ideas from an expert on how to keep the costs of a wedding dress down. If you use these ideas, you can not only end up with the wedding dress of your dreams, but some extra money to take on your honeymoon.