Woman who paid $25 for $6,000 designer wedding dress at Goodwill is finally engaged

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By stefan armitage

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A woman who purchased a $6,000 designer wedding dress at Goodwill for a bargain price is finally getting the chance to wear it.

Back in October, 21-year-old Emmali Osterhoudt from Birmingham, Alabama, visited her local Goodwill store in an effort to find some cheap photo frames.

However, it was a stunning Galia Lahav wedding dress that caught her eye, and the student walked away paying just $25 for the gorgeous gown - despite not even being engaged.

The cherry on top? The dress didn't require any alterations as it fit her like a glove!

Emmali would then shared her incredible find on TikTok, where the bargain ended up amassing over 4 million views on the platform.

She revealed that she was stunned to find the gorgeous bejeweled gown on the rack, and even more surprised to see her future wedding dress was marked at just $25.

Emmali told Insider at the time: "I thought it was gonna be like the '80s, poofy sleeves dresses because we've always wanted to reenact that scene from Friends where Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe are sitting on their couch in '80s wedding dresses. So I go over there, and she shows me this dress and it was so pretty. It looked like it was my size, so we go and we try it on, and it fits like a glove."

And just when you thought Emmali's luck couldn't get better - she's now finally been given the excuse to wear her dress, as she's now engaged to her boyfriend, Nick Gould.

Sharing a clip of their engagement outside Buckingham Palace to TikTok, Emmali captioned the clip: "I can finally wear my $25 Galia Lahav dress!!!"

The adorable video saw the couple outside the famous London landmark, before Nick got down on one knee and pulled out a diamond ring.

And people in the comments section couldn't help but share their happiness for the couple. "Omg biggest congrats!!! Can’t wait to see you and that dress down the aisle," one person wrote.

A second added: "OMG!!! Congratulations!!! Been waiting for this since the dress video".

In an interview with PEOPLE, Emmali revealed that the couple are planning to have their big day in the summer of 2025.

"The wedding is going to be small and intimate, but I do have plans to wear the dress nonetheless," she told the outlet. "I knew he was proposing on the trip to London, but I wasn't sure when. So when I told him I wanted pictures in front of Buckingham Palace and then saw he was down on one knee my jaw dropped."

She went on to describe the proposal as "the most beautiful moment ever."

Congratulations to Emmali and Nick! We can't wait to see more of that gorgeous dress!

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