WeddingDress

With the ink barely dry on their marriage certificates, and piles of thank-you notes yet to be written, many brides are wasting no time getting their summer wedding dresses on the block for fall gown-buying season, hoping to cash out on their investment and eliminate a storage issue in one fell swoop.

This happens every day: a bride-to-be finds the perfect Vera Wang gown, but at $15,000 it's just too expensive. All too often, in the passion of the moment, she flings caution to the wind and spends the money anyway, only to end up with thousands of dollars worth of silk and lace in a size she'll...