Dress dilemmas
Apr. 5th, 2007 10:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kimberkitHmmm. (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?
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?
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Date: 2007-04-06 01:18 am (UTC)Any formal pictures were before the ceremony, which obviated the spillage problem. They were also taken by a friend, not a professional photographer.
Paula wore a Mexican muslin dress, not anything like a traditional American wedding dress, and I'm sure much more comfortable. We had a great time, with very little pretension.
Jeff
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Date: 2007-04-07 08:26 am (UTC)I know the pretension thing makes little sense, but part of it is for family, and the other part for the dream of that fairy-taleishness. I've already had my great guy, alone, for my own part.
As for professional photography -- I like my photog lots! He's unpretentious, and I care enough about photography that it's important to have good shots.