Dress dilemmas

[kimberkit]

Hmmm. (says Kim, having played hooky from school today because throat was unbearable...)

To you wedded people, what was the verdict on changing dresses between ceremony and reception? Gianna? Dan?

On the one hand, if I change into another dress between ceremony and reception, people (mostly me...) don't get to admire the pretty white dress very long. Also, changing in and out of the damn thing will likely be a pain in the tookus, and I'll have to change twice -- once out of it into another dress, and once out of that other dress back into a bridal gown for pictures after the reception. And I'll have to, y'know, actually find another dress.

Hang on a sec -- before I go on to the next point, if I didn't tell the bridal party -- pictures are after the reception, to get the best of the 5 PM summer light.

Okay, back to our story.

On the other hand, if I don't change dresses, there is the possibility of Kim spilling food on the white dress, which would definitely be bad for pictures, (although that would be amusing for the course of the reception) and there is also the fact that during the reception, I want to be able to move and breathe more freely than I think I'll be able to in a bridal gown.

Dilemmas. What would you do?

Comments

[osirusbrisbane.livejournal.com]

Me, I'd probably try to sneak pictures in before the reception to avoid the issue. But if your heart is set on 5pm sun, then you have to decide a) How likely is it that you will get food on your dress (which may depend on how much time you have to actually eat vs. circulate), and b) How much it would make you unhappy if your dress had food on it before the pictures. Basically, (a) is a multiplier ranging from one-tenth to one, but if (b) is astronomically high, you should change dresses. And if (b) is really low, you shouldn't bother. Naturally, (b) is somewhere in the middle, so you'll have to decide for yourself.