Tradition
Since it is believed that the groom should not see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding ceremony, the responsibility for selection lies with the girl. Therefore, the bride travels to the wedding salons, choosing for yourself the most unique and unique dress in which she will be most beautiful in your most important day. However, by long tradition, to pay for the selected bride dress should groom.
In some countries, respecting tradition, wedding attire, jewelry, shoes and other accessories are always paid by the man or his family.
Previously, all spending on a wedding dress were pinned on the groom's parents or future in-law, who went with the bride to Bridal salons and chose the outfit along with the girl. A similar pattern of behavior is widely practiced now. To avoid unpleasant disagreements with the mother-in-law when choosing a style or color wedding dresses, brides are advised to choose a suitable outfit for her, and then to invite into the cabin her and show her your choice. In addition, the bride can offer the groom or mother-in-law to share the costs – for example, one party pays for the shoes, veil and jewelry, and the other is the dress itself.
Modern reality
Today, the tradition gradually fade into oblivion. Grooms don't always take on the costs of purchasing wedding dress for his future wife, and some brides are too independent to allow a man to pay for itself even in the Bridal salon. Of course, there's nothing wrong in buying dresses for bride money – many of today's girls are even proud of it, refusing the offer of a man to buy them any wedding outfit.
If the future of the family budget does not allow you to take great pride, bridesmaid dress and groom suit can be purchased together.
In the case that the bridegroom does not accept to spend money on your favorite wedding expenses and unconditionally undertakes to pay, the bride can with a clear conscience to go shopping with my girlfriends. So she will be able to choose a wedding dress that will be a surprise for the groom and other guests on the wedding day. However, it is not recommended to go to Bridal salons with a large number of sovetic – they all can have different tastes that will make the most pleasant choice in life in prison and trying on countless outfits.
