How much did you spend on your wedding outfits?

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3000 for wedding dress + alterations
50 for shower dress
50 for rehearsal dinner dress

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$1500 - Wedding Dress
$100 - Engagement/Rehearsal Dress
$500 - Grooms Suit

I haven’t bought anything yet, but budgeting 10k for my outfits (wedding dress / reception outfit change / rehearsal dress)

$2700 - wedding dress, veil, alterations, shoes, jewelry
$90 - rehearsal dress
$50 - shower dress
$350 - suit rental + new shoes

Got married in 2022 for reference

2024
$2700 - dress, veil, alterations, extra beading, shoes ( 2 pair changed from high heals into lower ones during reception, hair doodads ( had updo with pearls and some sparkle woven in), garter ( made one - comfort is king)
$100. After party dress, but also wore it baccalaureate night out on the town
$250... extras for honeymoon
All other events... shower, dress rehearsal wore things I owned

will probably be around 12-15k after everything

The groom got a custom tux so he clocked in at $1500. Then again, he will ( hopefully) wear it more than once and since my dress was more, hard to argue. In his defense he is 6'9" and the visit to rental locations did not leave warm fuzzies

Caveating that we are having a luxury wedding, so this is much more than I was expecting to spend…

$10k dress; spending ~$1k after for having it dyed and made into a formal dress
$250 veil (found an awesome online site that custom embroiders them)
$2k party dress
$2k rehearsal dress and custom jacket
$2k for shoes - boots, bridal sneakers

Thanks ☺️

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