A note about budgeting for a wedding dress: Don’t forget that there are other costs involved than just the sticker price of the gown.
Other costs of your bridal look include:
a) fittings/alterations, which can be 15% or more of the gown
b) tax (which can sometimes be avoided by shipping out of state — but then there are shipping costs)
c) a veil
d) shoes
e) a bra for the dress (can be anywhere from $70-$150 I found)
Although my gown was $1,770, I budgeted $2500 which is about what I ended up spending as follows:
Romona Keveza Gown: $1,770
Pattern change (opening the cup): $300
Alterations: $200
Tax: $173.36
Subtotal: $2,443.35
Long-line Bra (from Bra Tenders): $99
Veil (from Rose’s Bridal): $50
Shoes (from Zappos): $180 (a wedding gift from a friend)
Grand Total: $2,772.36
Actual cost to me minus the shoes: $2,592.36
This is just a little over where I said I’d planned on being, so I was very happy.
But the whole look cost just over $1,000 more than the gown itself.
How much did you spend on your “bridal look” excluding your dress?
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