I went to the Running of the Brides held at the NYC Filene's, annddddd I found a dress!!! I will have to say though it was entirely by luck. It is by Pronovias, I am not sure which collection it is from, and I only paid $500
Let me start off by saying, I was slightly disappointed by the selection available, but it could have been because I got there at 12:30pm instead of when the doors opened at 8am. According to a salesperson I was chatting with there was a better selection at that time.
I went with a friend who was also looking for a dress, and I met my sister and cousin there. There were racks and racks of dresses, but most of the styles I found there were not very current and alot of the dresses looked trampled on. There were many people trying on dresses in the middle of the sales floor, but luckily there weren't many in the dressing rooms, so I was able to try on a few comfortably.
I honestly couldn't even remember some of the designers they carried, there was no organization, just dresses on racks so I had to comb through them one by one. Alot of the women were very territorial but I guess that is too be expected. I found my dress hanging in the dressing room all by it's lonesome and couldn't believe no one and grabbed it yet. I was very lucky, because I was ready to give up and go home. My friend had no luck and ended up leaving empty handed.
In conclusion, I will say to go, you can find something if you have patience and look throughly and also bring back up, it comes in handy. You may want to go earlier when there is a better selection, but if you aren't too picky you can wait and go later with less stress.
Good Luck, and I hope this helps!