BacheloretteStar Gabby Windey Got Married in a $1,490 Wedding Dress That She Joked Made Her Butt Look 'Huge'

Mar. 15, 2025

“At first I wanted to go full Kourtney Kardashian, where she went in casual leather and Prada sunglasses, but we wanted to do our own thing,” Windey told the outlet of her wedding. “I went into department stores and the first dress I saw on the mannequin was off-white lace, and I was like, ‘This is gonna be it.’ "

Her dress, as seen in a March 5Instagrampost, was an ivory lace Rabanne gown with a high neckline that retails for $1,490 onFWRD. The dress featured other lace details on the bodice and below the hips. For her wedding day, Windey paired the off-the-rack dress with simple, white stilettos with a pointed toe.

As for the overall wedding, theBachelorettealum told the outlet, “Everything just fell into place so naturally. It felt so serendipitous and so precious and so meant to be.” Hoffman agreed, adding, “I actually can’t believe how perfect it was. It was the best wedding I’ve ever been to.”

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Windey revealed in the aforementioned Instagram post that she and Hoffman were married in a secret ceremony on Jan. 11, 2025, in a Las Vegas chapel. She toldCosmopolitanthat their wedding day totaled just $799, including a limousine and minister.

The formerDancing With the Starscompetitor also shared that she and Hoffman — who began dating in August 2023 — chose to tie the knot after fleeing to Las Vegas following the Los Angeles fires.

“We had just evacuated from the fires. Literally cue Rihanna, ‘We found love in a hopeless place,’ " Windey said. “What better time to get married than right now? Because if the world is ending, we want to be with each other.”

source: people.com