I gave my wife a champagne shower at our wedding — haters say I ruined our $200K ceremony but I know she loved it By Alex Mitchell Published May 23, 2024, 7:23 p.m. ET ...

Gwendolyn Stulgis walked down the aisle in the dress of her dreams. But after her wedding, she decided to pay the feeling forward to a complete stranger.

Samantha Humbach’s mom spent $1,000 on her dress in 1988 and preserved it in a special box after her wedding. Courtesy of Samantha Humbach “She was like, ‘Absolutely!

One of the oldest elements of a bridal ensemble, dating at least as far back as Ancient Greece, veils have largely remained a staple accessory for even the most modern or subversive brides.

U.S. brides — outside of big cities — on average spend less than $2,000 on a wedding dress, Landgraf and Greenberg estimate. American-made dresses tend to start around twice that price.

If you want your wedding gown to truly hold you in and possibly alter your shape, you can choose a dress with a corset. But don’t think of corsets today as the difficult undergarments of the past.