When nurse Rani Matthews found the perfect dress for her big day, she thought it was out of reach – until she took a look on secondhand marketplace Vinted

By the time I found my ideal wedding dress, I’d already spent two days hunting through local boutiques. I was starting to lose hope when, on my third day of searching, I found The One: a white satin dress with a sweetheart neckline, a nipped-in waist and a full skirt with a big bow at the back.

So far, I’d found wedding dress shopping surprisingly nerve-racking, but this dress ticked all the boxes – it even had pockets, which was the dream. As I turned back and forth in front of the mirror, my friend Kirsty, who I’d brought along with me, started welling up. She rarely gets emotional, so I knew that meant the dress was perfect. I didn’t want to take it off.