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This is going to sound awful, but honestly I have found Amazon has a lot more affordable options than brick-and-mortar stores. I hate it, but it's been my experience. I wore this dress to a wedding last week with a semiformal dress code. It was outside and more garden-party themed: Scarlet Darkness Women's Summer Dress. For context, I live in an area that is really casual and under-dressed--like, showing up to weddings in denim and flip-flops casual--so this was appropriate. I only say that because I know some people would find it too casual depending on where they live. I don't know if it's what you're looking for, but I was able to wear a regular bra with it, although even then I still had to use fashion tape to cover the sides of my bra as the shirring looked awkward pulled up high enough to cover the bra without tape. I got tons of compliments and felt very pretty in it! I feel your pain though. Wedding guest dress shopping is so frustrating. Everything is either super matronly or too skimpy for a bra.