How Kelly Ripa Rewears Her Marriage ceremony Gown Practically 30 Years Later (Unique)

Kelly Ripa is aware of learn how to get probably the most bang for her buck.

Whereas many brides select to maintain their wedding ceremony clothes stashed in a secure place after they stroll down the aisle, the 54-year-old speak present host, who eloped along with her husband, Mark Consuelos, in Could 1996 in Las Vegas, determined she wished to get extra use out of hers.

Talking with PEOPLE for this yr’s World’s Most Stunning concern alongside her daughter, Lola Consuelos, Ripa reveals that her “off-the-rack” costume from Barneys New York continues to be an on a regular basis staple in her wardrobe.

“I took the tags off to put on it to our wedding ceremony and I put on it on a regular basis now as a seaside cover-up,” she tells PEOPLE, revealing that the piece value her “some huge cash” on the time.

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In 2016, throughout an episode of her daytime present along with her then-host Michael Strahan, Ripa shared how even again then she knew the costume would come in useful in all types of how.

“I didn’t purchase it as a marriage costume. I simply purchased it as a result of it was actually fairly,” she mentioned, including that the under-$200 price ticket was a promoting level too since she was engaged on All My Kids on the time.

“I mentioned to myself, ‘I wager if I purchase this possibly will probably be an funding piece. Perhaps I’ll put on it greater than as soon as,’ continued the actress, who did actually rewear the slip costume throughout her Twentieth-anniversary getaway with Consuelos (the 2 are celebrating almost 30 years of marriage this yr).

An outfit repeat is a particular vogue “do” in Ripa’s vogue books, however with age she’s come to find out about a number of “don’ts.”

“There are such a lot of issues that I simply can’t or will not put on. I am actually making an inventory in my head. I actually attempt to not, at this age, [wear miniskirts] — and particularly since I spend most of my time sitting in a stool or a desk, I attempt to put on longer skirts,” she tells PEOPLE in her joint interview with Lola.

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However that mini she selected to put on on for his or her mother-daughter shoot? “Immediately was an important day. Lola requested me to placed on [the] skirt [she’s wearing] and I mentioned, ‘I simply can’t.’ Merely can’t. Previous a sure age, you bought to know when to hold up your disco sneakers!”

Nonetheless, Ripa’s assured sense of vogue has not gone unnoticed by her equally trendy 23-year-old, who praised her mama’s type as “very stylish and minimalistic, however in a really lovely and genuine solution to you.”