If your wedding dress doesn't have any embellishments at all—or you need to amp in the wow factor on the style that's already embellished—you can inquire about your options whenever you order the gown from the salon. It may be easier and much more cost-effective for that designer to create the customizations when they are creating the gown for you versus adding them later.

Your other choice is to add embellishments throughout the wedding dress alterations process. A professional seamstress can help you customize your design, whether this means adding lace to sheer long sleeves, enhancing the skirt with beading or sequins, or sewing buttons on the back of the gown or cheap wedding dresses for any classic look. But be ready to pay more to produce your dream wedding gown, with respect to the type of customizations you would like. Material and labor costs can tack hundreds of (or a large number of) dollars on your baseline alterations fee.

Want a simpler solution? You can add embellishments for your look for that big day by using temporary pieces, just like a sash bedazzled with rhinestones or perhaps a bridal cardigan decorated with intricate hand-beading.

Hand-cut or laser-cut bits of fabric that are sewn onto the feeltimes gown. Lace appliqués would be the most common type, typically inside a floral design. Appliqués with beads sewn on top from the fabric are known as "beaded appliqués," while other kinds of appliqués are embellished with additional embroidery using metallic or colorful thread.