According to the wedding planning website, Zola is currently The average cost of a wedding in the United States is $29,000. and this is due to the fact that for two years inflation has caused an increase in prices, including wedding dresses.
According to the online reselling platform thredUP cocktail dresses increased 23% compared to pre-pandemic prices, therefore, the bride and groom and the guests are inclined to shop at second-hand stores.
Sarah Ghabbour, who owns a wedding dress store in Beverly Hills, California, “Loved Twice Bridal” told CBS that “the bridal industry standard is that all sales are final, you just can’t change your dress,” she said. .
Pre-owned wedding dresses can currently cost more than half the price of a new one which is close to $4,000 plus the trend is that many brides decide to buy and pay for their dresses themselves so saving money is a great option. “I definitely think second-hand dresses are here to stay,” Ghabbour said.
On the other hand, it cannot be ignored that it is a way of conserving the environment, according to Ghabbour around 2,300 gallons of water are used to make a single wedding dressIn this sense, he said “if you can have some kind of impact on your carbon footprint, and it is in your wedding dress, why not?”.
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Source: La Opinion
