Dress change

Morning!

I did consider changing into another dress too and I thought about going for a short-ish white dress, something a bit more relaxed but still smart. I quite liked the ones from Monsoon. I think it's down to you entirely whether you want to stay with the same colour scheme or opt for something different, maybe something to reflect your personality?

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I think it is entirely up to you, personally I would want to wear my wedding dress for as long as possible, plus if your having additional guests in the eveni gthey may like to see you in the full wedding get up.

On the other hand if you would feel morecomfortable getting changed go for it, I would say still go with something that marks you out as not just a wedding guest, maybe a cream knee length number.

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I think you are mental - why spend all that money on a dress and then not wear it for the whole day??

A wedding reception I went to last year had a "dress change" and when I got there at 8pm I couldnt find the bride, so I asked the bar staff and they pointed to a lady in a very nice knee length shift dress dancing away on the dance floor - I was really gutted - so obviously I thought she got married in that outfit - it wasnt until I saw the photos that I saw her "real" dress which was much nicer IMO

Sorry but I must say i have to agree, why would you want to change out of the best dress you'll ever own, and you can only wear it for one day?

Personally, if I thought I would be too uncomfortable in by dress to last the whole day I would change my dress to something which wasnt so uncomfortable rather than change in the evening.

I'd only change my dress in the evening if I was super-rich and could afford to have something gorgeous with a train etc for the day and then a slinky Jenny Packham or similar for the evening! I wouldn't wear a 'lesser' dress later on :p

I have bought a red halter neck from Vivienne of Holloway, just to give me the option of changing - we have a 1pm ceremony and I think maybe by about 9pm I might be feeling the urge to break free of all the corsetry (I'm usually in my dressing gown by 7pm!).

I hope I will stay in my dress all the way to the end, I just want the option of comfort (and if anyone would need me pointing out to them as the bride, I would wonder why they were there THB).

I feel like a gorgeous princess in my dress! I couldn't imagine wanting to change out of that when I will only be wearing it for 1 day anyway! And it's bloody expensive!

I've got a 2 piece dress with the top being a steel boned corset so I'm going to have a change of top (same colour as the corset) on stand-by just in case it all gets a bit much by the end of the night - I'm hoping to stay in the corset all night but I'm not going to risk spending the evening not dancing because I'm not comfy. Even if I do need to change I'm going to do my utmost to stay in the corset until after the first dances so that evening guests get to see the full outfit.

I felt inclined to reply to this comment Fozzy Bear - methinks you have read far too much into my comment .......................

You walk in to an EVENING reception, it is DARK and there is LOUD music playing there are about 100 people there, most of them on the dancefloor, you can see the bridesmaids and the groomsmen etc, but you are looking for a lady in a large dress - there is no lady in a large dress, hence my confusion - Hopefully that explains it a bit better

Here's another angle. For a bride that wants to be on the dance floor all night a wedding dress can be quite restrictive. Most wedding dresses are heavy, long and ultimately difficult to move in.

I can see it from both angles because on the other hand its good to be able to spot the bride during the evening, not only for me but also for other guests.

Thank you all for your comments, The wedding dress was very expensive but it is quite thick and restrictive for dancing in,I want to avoid looking glam one minute and then looking like I ought to be out clubing or something.

I think I will leave this one for the time being, time is on my side.

Thanks again ladies xx

I went to a lovely wedding last month where the bride decided to change in the evening, I don't think she had preplanned it though. She went from a very demure White wedding dress to a fairly racey little black number and everyone said how fabulous she looked as it was such a contrast. She did wonder if whe would regret changing, but then decided it was her day, so she could always change back if she wanted to!

She has ceratinyl inspired me! I am going to take something to change into just in case and see how I feel on the day.

HTH

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Sarahcroft - I wasn't having a dig at you, I suppose I'm judging it on what my wedding will be like, a fairly small affair where it will be family from the day, some of my work colleagues and some of our mutual friends, so no-one will be needing to ask hopefully! Sorry if it came across as a snipe at you, it wasn't intended, more like thinking out loud.

I stick by having a bit more comfortable back up dress, just in case. I don't want to be grumpy because I'm sick of lugging a stone of material and sequins around!

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Not to worry Fozzy - I really didnt take it as a dig at all, your post just made me realise that my response wasn't clear and that I needed to clarify etc

It wasnt that I didnt know what the bride looked like - it was more that it was dark and I was looking for her dress - not her face... Does that make sense, i know it makes me sounds odd!!

It does make sense, hopefully if I get changed then everyone will have seen me in the dress first (I don't really want to get changed but I know I get really grumpy when I am tired and uncomfortable!)

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