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Wedding dress and suit timeline: when to order, how many fittings, and what alterations cost
When to buy a wedding dress, how long it takes to arrive, when fittings happen and what alterations cost according to published guides and one designer, plus timing for suits, rentals, bridesmaid dresses and hair and makeup.
When couples get married: popular months, engagement length and what an off-season is worth
How long US couples are engaged, which months and days are busiest, and what the 2026 survey data says about whether an off-season wedding actually costs less.
Wedding invitations: when to mail them and what the stamps cost
When to send save-the-dates and wedding invitations according to published guides, plus current USPS postage for invitations: the Forever stamp, extra ounces and the surcharge for square envelopes.
How to plan a wedding in 6 months, or 3
What changes when your engagement is short: which tasks move to the front, what to skip, and the deadlines that cannot be compressed.
Wedding planning timeline: what to do, and when
A month-by-month wedding planning timeline from 12 months out to the weeks after, based on published checklists, with the deadlines that matter most.
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