average wedding dress price
The price of weddings has jumped to a new all-time high, reaching an average $31,213 in 2014, new research says. Surveying around 16,000 American couples, the Knot 2014 Real Weddings Study also found that 45% of weddings exceed a coupleâs budgets and, more worryingly, 23% lack a budget altogether. Most brides spent an average of $1,357 alone on their wedding dress. At the same time, guest lists are shrinking even as costs rise. âThe average wedding now has 136 guests, down from 149 in 2009,â says the Knotâs Rebecca Dolgin. The cheapest place to tie the knot was Utah, where couples spent only $15,000 on the big day in 2014. The most expensive place for nuptials was Manhattan at $76,328.