Dawn O’Porter shares photo of chic vintage wedding dress – and admits it only cost £24!

Fashion designer Dawn O’Porter has taken to Instagram to pay a touching tribute to hubby Chris O’Dowd (and her eBay wedding dress)

Dawn O’Porter shares photo of chic vintage wedding dress - and admits it only cost £24!

by Kayleigh Dray |
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Dawn O’Porter, who welcomed her first son with hubby Chris O’Dowd earlier this year, took to the social network to mark the couple’s third anniversary.

However, being the fashion queen she is, the yummy mummy decided to do so by sharing a snap of her previously unseen wedding dress.

She wrote on Instagram: “Three years ago today I married the man I love in this old and beaten outfit I got for £24 on eBay.

“If I'd have just have waited three years I could have worn my own version of it…

“Life is one big 'If Only' isn't it?”

She shared a photo of the stylish frock - but couldn’t help posting a photo up of her OWN take on the design, too.

Dawn, writing alongside the photo of her own update on the design, wrote: “I need to get married again so I can wear this one.

“I can promise there are no holes in the pockets in the BOB version;) #doyoulikemyvintagebob #BOBbyDOP @bob_by_dop”

However, while plenty of people - like us - were busy oohing and aahing over the frock, some Instagram users were unhappy with Dawn’s post.

Many slammed her for revealing the price of the original dress, saying that she had absolutely no right to charge ‘so much more’ for her own design.

“Maybe don't tell people how much the original was when yours is about 6 times the price,” fumed one.

“The prices of her range - you would of thought she would of related to real the working class!” snapped another.

And others even accused her of lying about the vintage frock being her actual wedding dress, with one writing: “Noooo u didn't you fibberoony it was a blue floaty one that @williamvintage helped source.”

“I thought the wedding dress was the vintage one with all the flowers on, the floaty one?” quizzed another.

Eventually, sick of the comments from trolls, Dawn fired back: “Jesus, some of you are so eggy. The new one is made of lovely fabric to a very high spec. Makes no odds how much the original one was - it was 50 years old and falling apart.”

And, to all those people who accused her of lying about it being her wedding dress, she added: “Also, I got married in this. We had another ceremony where I wore a 'wedding dress'.

“Now can you all just chill...flippin' heck!”

You tell ‘em, Dawn!

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