Most brides who choose this type of dress spend an average of €2,500, but there are cases where simpler designs can cost under €2,000, and cases where more complex designs can cost over €3,500/4,000.

Most experts suggest starting your wedding dress search at least 6-9 months before the big day.

Typically, a bride will have up to three wedding dress fittings before the wedding day, with the final fitting approximately 1 or 2 weeks before the wedding day.

Pay attention to the underwear you wear during the fittings: it's best to wear discreet, white or flesh-colored underwear, seamless panties, and a strapless or silicone-padded balconette bra.

The groom must not see the wedding dress and cannot speak to or see the bride after midnight.

Usually the wedding dress change is done in the evening after cutting the cake, so just for the party, so you can let loose on the dance floor without any more impediments and with something more comfortable

Your mother, some of your closest relatives, such as grandmothers, aunts, and cousins, as well as the friends who know you best, are ideal companions.

But who lifts the veil? It should be the father of the bride to lower it over your face before entering the place of the rite and then also to raise it once you arrive together in front of the future husband or wife.

Traditionally, there is only one bouquet, held during the ceremony and tossed at the end of the reception. But today many brides prefer to have 2 bouquets: one to keep or give to a loved one; the other, smaller one, to use for throwing.

Wash it immediately after the wedding This means restoring it to its original whiteness, thus preventing stains from setting in on the fine fabrics it's made of. Preserving your wedding dress means storing it in a suitable container.