Wedding fashion maths:How much did you spend on your wedding dress and does it match up to the national average?

Reducing your wedding plan to a series of spreadsheets and percentages might not sound like a lot of fun, but for modern brides who don???t have a limitless budget at their disposal, wedding admin, or ???wedmin???, has become an integral part of the process.

Now, two new surveys have revealed to The Telegraph how much the average engaged couple is spending when it comes to wedding fashion in 2017, as well as details on exactly what they???re buying and from where.

The average UK bride is now spending 25% less on her wedding dress that she might have done last year - possibly affected by the launch of dozens of brilliant high street bridal collections this spring.??832 is the new average spend on a wedding dress, down from ??1,112 last year, according to a survey conducted by online retailer Lyst.

Wedding fashion maths 2017

Lyst also notes a trend for brides choosing to spend more on ???statement shoes??? for their big day as a factor that has perhaps influenced the redistribution of budget, after discovering that 60% of brides now consider their wedding shoes to be as important as thedress.

According to wedding planning website Bridebook, the bride will spend a total of ??1,329 this year on her whole wedding outfit, when shoes, bags, veils and jewellery are all taken into consideration.

5% are nowalso choosing vintage or second hand dresses, as a possible cost-saving method, but Lyst says that the most-searched-for wedding dress brands for this year have been Amanda Wakeley, Alice Temperley, Needle and Thread, Self Portrait and Whistles, the latter havinglaunched a new affordable wedding dress collection last month.

Rose Wedding Dress, ??599, from Whistles

On the outfits for the rest of the bridal party, Bridebook tells us that the average couple is spending ??625 on bridesmaid outfits and ??577 on menswear this year.

As for the guests, the average female attendee this spring is thought to have spent between ??100 and ??200 on her outfit, according to Lyst, with Zara, MSGM and Givenchy being the most-searched-for labels (and, as such, perhaps are the brands to avoid if you don???t want to clash with anyone else in the congregation).

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Lyst meanwhile, suggests that a ???honeymoon wardrobe??? is now an important factor for many brides, with an average of ??400 being spent on new outfits for their getaway.

All things considered, though, fashion will still be a small part of the overall spend at the majority of UK weddings this year;the average total cost has reached a new high of ??26,989, up ??487 onthe previous year.

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