Thanks for bringing logic in this thread Naqsa. *Im paying for more than 75 percent of my dress because it's my choice to get something costly and don't want my mom or dad to when I myself can afford it. My mom has insisted on paying for some of it because it's her khushi. I am also paying for all my jahez clothes, almost all the wedding costs, and pretty much everything Im buying for my new house. *
MashAllah..that's awesome.
To go slightly off-topic, I know many girls who got married when they were in college (and some even before!) so naturally they were not working or saving money, and thus they did not get to have as much choice in decor and dress and other certain things.
I don't think it's wrong to offer your honest opinion if someone is only contemplating something, for example, the nilofer dress someone is inquiring about.
However, after you obtain something, you shouldn't ask for opinions about it because you are setting yourself up for disappointment, it's different if you show it out of happiness and joy rather than for critique or opinions.