12 Celebrity Wedding Dresses With The Heftiest Price Tags

If you've chosen a wedding dress in the past or plan to do so in the future, you likely know that there are a few different aspects to consider that all factor into the cost. Along with the fabric that is used and embellishments that are added, the price of the dress will change based on the designer who created the dress, as well as any necessary alterations, according to Brides. All those details considered, a typical person in the United States pays about $1,600 for a wedding dress, although the price tends to range anywhere from $500 to $4,000.

Of course, that's what a typical person pays for a wedding dress. When it comes to the rich and famous, they tend to pay a lot more — just consider how expensive royal wedding dresses have been in the past (hint: many brides could trade in their gowns for a luxury sports car). Granted, that's because, along with opting for gowns that use the best materials and are made individually by incredibly skilled hands, they are also often custom-designed and feature as many pricey personalizations and costly touches as the star desires.

Are these gowns worth the money? Well, you can decide while checking out some of the most expensive celebrity wedding dresses that have ever been worn down the aisle.

Paris Hilton married entrepreneur Carter Milliken Reum in November 2021 and certainly seemed to be determined to make her lavish wedding an event to remember. That included wearing an Oscar De La Renta wedding dress that cost $25,000 and was inspired by the gown worn by Grace Kelly during her royal wedding back in the '50s.

Back in 2011, Kim Kardashian married former NBA player Kris Humphries and wore not one, not two, but three wedding dresses on the big day. All stunning Vera Wang creations, they each cost $25,000, putting the total of her gowns at a pricey $75,000.

Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank in October 2018 while wearing a Peter Pilotto dress that had a distinct V-neck, an open back that showed off her scoliosis scar, and a long train. She paired the dress — which cost around $260,000, according to The Knot — with a super-expensive emerald tiara borrowed from the queen.

Sarah Burton was the designer behind the $434,000 Alexander McQueen dress that Kate Middleton wore when she married Prince William in 2011, according to Business Insider. Along with the stunning gown with lace that covered both her shoulders and arms, Kate wore a delicate veil and another of the queen's incredible tiaras, per The Knot.

Kim Kardashian's 2014 wedding to her now-ex Kanye West was an extravagant $12 million affair, according to The Daily Mail. The event included her custom-made Givenchy dress which cost a staggering $500,000. That's right, half a million dollars just for the dress!

When Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian married in 2017, she wore three wedding dresses, one of which was designed by Alexander McQueen's Sarah Burton, the same woman who had created Kate Middleton's gown, per Hello! A ballgown that was sleeveless but paired with a sheer cape, the incredible ensemble cost $3.5 million. "I felt like a princess and superwoman all at once," Williams wrote on Instagram of Burton's stunning gown. With a price tag making her dress the most expensive wedding gown of all time, there's no question why Williams felt like royalty on her big day!