New York – Krista Vásquez had his heart ready to marry a body -style dress that embraces the body of Spain. In April, the paramedic of Atlanta learned that the dress of his dreams would cost almost $ 300 more due to the new American tariffs of imported goods.
With little room for maneuver at the time, the future girlfriend quickly Revised for similar styles. The story was the same: any dress in Europe would come with price increases driven by rates ranging from $ 150 to $ 400. And that was before President Donald Trump said that the rate of the goods produced in the European Union from 10% to 50% would increase.
Vásquez, 33, was with his first option, fearing delays in shipping or additional costs Like a hurry rate before its October wedding If she made an order elsewhere.
“It’s already expensive enough to marry,” he said. “He just made me a little sad.”
Wedding cakes, decoration, attire, flowers, party favors, photo and video equipment, dishes, wine and champagne. Not many goods used in The wedding industry Remain intact for the rates Trump has imposed since he returned to office. The amount of import taxes is transmitted to consumers depends on florists, photographers, catering and a myriad of other suppliers and intermediaries, such as wholesalers.
Olivia Sever, a 28 -year -old online content creator in San Diego, has many wedding purchases ahead. Much of what she wants can Cost more due to rates. An immediate concern is some of your paper goods. Its wedding planner has already marked a 10% price increase for menus, place cards and signaling he wanted for his September celebration in Hawaii.
Sever said that changing American assets is not always profitable. For example, flowers grown in Hawaii have a great demand, with an increase in prices to be coincided, in response to 10% rates imposed on a large amount of imports worldwide. That includes flowers from Ecuador, Colombia and other countries that cultivate most flowers than imports from the United States.
“There are so many unknowns, but we have our budget and we are trying to work within our budget,” Sever said. “If that means we cannot get these, you know, cups of specific shells that I want, then we will not get them and get something else.”
Here’s a look of Inside the wedding industry on rates.
The clients of Phoenix artist Cake Armana Christianson pay approximately $ 750 to $ 800 for one of their creations. He spent two years perfecting the 16 combinations of flavors he offers.
They range from simple vanilla, made with imported vanilla paste from Mexico, to black chocolate raspberry with a beaten hazelnut ganache that depends on chocolates and dusts in Belgium.
Not all Christianson’s cost problems are driven by the rate. The chocolate industry was already fighting due to a shortage of cocoa beans.
“I am a small company with my employee. I have seen a 20% increase in the chocolate I use. It is a type of chocolate that I have incorporated into my recipes. Changing the brands is not acceptable,” said Christianson.
The white chocolate imported in its white chocolate mud cake, a popular flavor, fired from $ 75 or $ 100 per cake at $ 150. She used almost 10 pounds in a recent order, A cake that had five levels.
It is possible that Christianson has to find new recipes based on less expensive ingredients. Meanwhile, he said, he is eating the cost of tariffs for customers who are already in his books.
“I don’t have it in my contract where I can increase the prices of unexpected events like this,” he said. “Unfortunately, that is something that I have to add to new contracts for my future couples.”
Almost all nuptial dresses are manufactured in China or other parts of Asia, and so are many of the fabrics, buttons, zippers and other materials used, according to the National Association of Bridal Retail. The manufacture in those countries, where the workforce generally costs less, has put the price of high quality wedding dresses within reach of many American families.
Retailers and manufacturers say that the United States lacks sufficient qualified labor and production of specialized materials to completely serve the market. Qualified seamstresses are difficult to find and, often, come from previous generations.
“The materials we sell in a wedding store include lace, accounts work, boneless for the corser. We really do not do things like that in this country. There are simply not many designers who believe and put all their appearance in this nation,” said Christine Greenberg, founder and co -owner of the boutique of Urban Set’s girlfriend in Richmond, Virginia.
“The designs made here are normally simple designs. There are not many American manufacturing dresses that have many details, many embroidered lace, and that is a really popular style of wedding dresses,” he said.
Greenberg said that many designers with dresses labeled in the US. They are using imported materials.
If Trump’s highest rates in China are restored after a current pause, Greenberg said his small company will pay between $ 85,000 and $ 100,000 additional in import taxes this year.
“For a small family business that only houses one bride at the same time, this will absolutely take us many others to close forever,” he said. “We cannot buy American when products do not exist.”
Approximately 80% of the cut Flowers sold in the United States They come from other countries. And many quality imitation flowers are made in China.
Colombia is a great supplier of roses, carnations and chrysanthemums. Ecuador is another great rose supplier. The Netherlands produce a large part of tulips and other flowers. In addition, some of the cut vegetables used as filling in floral arrangements and branches in the US are imported.
“If you are talking about cars and computer chips, they have an inventory that is sitting there. It is already in the United States. Our inventory revolves in days and saw the impact almost immediately,” said Joan Wyndrum, co -founder of the floral distributor online flourishes next to the box. “We are all absorbing a little, but it is inevitable that you go out at the end of the consumer.”
Wyndrum, who works directly with wholesalers and producers, said the US flower industry is not able at the time of absorbing all the production of other places. However, she does many business with US suppliers and sees a great opportunity for growth in the United States.
“There is a benefit to the United States girlfriend to have cultivated flowers here. It is the simple reason for freshness,” he said.
Jacqueline Vizcaino is a luxury wedding planner and event designer in Atlanta. She is also the National President of the Association of Professionals of the Wedding Industry, a commercial group focused on the education of 3,500 members whose members include transport providers and photomatons, makeup artists, caterines, linen distributors and planners.
Any wedding can involve 40 or more sellers, Vizcaino said. Huge costs in costs are already widespread due to tariffs, he said, florals and fabrics between them.
With many planned weddings up to one year or more in advance, she and others in the industry are looking for more news.
“We are going to see many interactions that are not so pleasant in the next eight to 12 months,” he said.
Tariffs have delayed decision making among many couples who plan weddings.
“Decisions are making twice as much time due to uncertainty. People are buying more and wishing (sellers) contain at the lowest possible price,” said Biscay.
McKenzi Taylor, a planner that coordinates weddings in Las Vegas, San Diego and Black Hills in South Dakota: “Our research window to reserve reserve has grown from 40 days to 73. The cancellations are so far this year, to the rhythm until double from last year, with costs definitely a worry for accessories. My vendors are shaking in their kots.” “
