Anna Redman Jokes She Might Splurge on a 'Mini Kelly' Bag Instead of a Wedding Dress amid Engagement to Chris Bukowski
Anna Redman Jokes She Might Splurge on a 'Mini Kelly' Bag Instead of a Wedding Dress amid Engagement to Chris Bukowski
Erin ClackMon, February 23, 2026 at 9:39 PM UTC
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Anna Redman and Chris Bukowski; Hermès Mini Kelly bag
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Bachelor Nation star Anna Redman joked on Instagram that she might splurge on a "Mini Kelly" bag instead of a wedding dress amid her engagement to Chris Bukowski
"Like… do I do it?" she asked her followers
She also shared an update on wedding planning in the video
Newly engaged Anna Redman says she hasn't started wedding planning yet — but she does have one big idea.
"What if I don't spend an arm and a leg, $10K, on a wedding dress and instead I get a white Mini Kelly?" the former Bachelor contestant, 29, asked her followers in a GWRM video shared on Instagram, referring to the coveted Hermès purse design. "Thoughts and opinions?"
"I honestly texted my mom this yesterday and I thought she'd be like, 'No, blah, blah, blah,' and she's like, 'Well, honestly, you wear a wedding dress once. You wear a purse forever.' I was like, 'Facts! Yes, thank you, Mother!' " continued Redman, who said "yes" to fiancé Chris Bukowski in a New Year's Eve proposal.
She then revealed that she had been browsing on Poshmark and found "the most gorgeous dress" in her size "for $400 that was at one point $10K."
"And you know me, I love a vintage, I love a little used moment," she explained, before circling back to her idea of buying the designer bag. "So, can someone talk me out of this? 'Cause otherwise I'm going to do it. I don't know how I'm going to get my hands on a white Mini Kelly. I would have to play the game a little because the ones on the secondhand market are $35,000, and the ones in the store are $11,000."
Hermès Mini Kelly bag
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She went on to joke that the idea of buying a purse instead of a dress has led to more thoughts about the wedding budget. "I'm like, what if I just buy a house instead of a wedding? But I want one — I want a wedding."
"But I'm not sold on a wedding dress," she added.
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In the video's caption, Redman wrote, "Like… do I do it? But also will be going and trying on 1 million dresses because I love playing dress up," adding the hashtag "#weddingdiaries."
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Earlier in the clip, when giving her followers an update on wedding planning, Redman said, "I am zero percent of my way through" the process.
"I don't even have a date," she explained. "I don't even have a season. I don't even have a year."
Anna Redman shows off her engagement ring from Chris Bukowski
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Redman and fellow Bachelor Nation star Bukowski, 39, announced their engagement in a joint Instagram post on Jan. 4..
"Best friend. Fiancé. Future wifey. 12.31.25," Bukowski wrote, alongside a series of photos of the romantic proposal, which took place at sunset while he and Redman were visiting Nekajui, a Ritz-Carlton Reserve resort in Costa Rica.
The groom-to-be popped the question to Redman on a "treetop" balcony, which was decorated for the occasion with candles and rose petals.
Anna Redman and Chris Bukowski Anna Redman/Instagram
Photos showed Bukowski down on one knee, Redman showing off her sparkling ring and the couple posing together on a suspension bridge.
The former reality stars began dating four years ago, after being set up by their mutual friends, Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt. They debuted their romance on Instagram in March 2022, with Redman sharing two photos of the pair at a friend's wedding with the caption, "Hard launch."
Redman opened up about Bukowski's proposal in a Jan. 7 Instagram post, revealing that she gave him "ZERO direction" because she "wanted this moment to come 100% from him."
"And he killed it," she wrote. "From this insane antique diamond and engraved band from @andriabarbonejewelry (a site I spent HOURS ON and never told him), to a custom music box playing our Billy Swan song, in the location that’s special to both of us - I literally want to cry thinking about all the detail he put into this moment."
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