I just bought a dress for my niece's wedding later this month and I bought it off the designer's website. Her name is Donna Morgan and I know a lot of bridal stores carry her designs. I first saw and ordered the dress I'm wearing from the Nordstrom website but had to send it back due to ordering the wrong size and when I went to re-order the correct smaller size they didn't have it in my size so on a humble I googled the designer of the dress and found out she had her own site. I ordered the dress in the correct size and didn't have to pay taxes or shipping and handling so it cost me $13 bucks less than it originally did from the Nordstrom website. However, I still would highly recommend Nordstrom for browsing purposes and then finding what you like and seeing if the designer has their own site where you can order from. Although Nordstrom has a wonderful return policy.