Different dress for evening do?

It's entirely up to you. I'm wearing mine all day. As evening guests won't get to see my wedding dress. I am however having it bustled, so can tie the train up for evening do.

Hiya & welcome and hitched.

would it be an option for you to bustle the train?

Hi

I might do this, I haven't decided yet. I found a cheap dress on ebay which I bought, although I haven't actually got the main dress sorted yet. I want to be able to dance properly, including salsa dancing and I don't think I could do that, even with the big dress bustled. Plus it might be nice to change into a more comfortable dress by the evening. i don't think I would change before the evening guests get there though. Maybe do the first dance in the main dress and spend a little time in it so evening guests can see it and then go and get changed.

I think it's upto you what you want to do and what you'll feel comfortable in.

The only problem with that thought is how long it takes to get wedding dresses off - some brides report it taking over an hour if it's a particularly fiddly one with lots of buttons etc on it, plus you have the danger of damaging your hair if you're taking it off over your head.

Obviously I have no idea whether your dress is something that you might be able to change out of in 5 minutes or not - but I know a lot of people do underestimate just how long it takes, hence it may not be totally practical for the middle of the evening do - unless you have an army of assistants ready to help you get out of it!

Don't know if you've picked your main ballgown dress yet but I've seen some dresses on-line that can be converted, might be useful for your purposes eg;

/brides/wedding-dresses

Oh, don't get changed! You only get to wear your wedding dress once in your whole life, you should make the most of it. Having said that, I couldn't salsa dance to save my life so I'm happy to hide under a big dress! Sound like you've got some skills that you should definitely flaunt for your guests!

The amount I'm paying for mine I intend to eat, drink and sleep in it for at least a week!! Lol

I wouldn't have changed out of my dress and didn't even want to take it off. It was a lot of money for one day never mind only a short period of time so I wanted to keep it on for as long as possible.

Do what you want to though. x

Exactly WSS

There's no way I would change out of my wedding dress before I had to!

Exactly this!

If you want to salsa and enjoy your evening definitely change! It depends on what you want from your wedding day, I suppose. But for me having fun with my guests and feeling relaxed and comfortable rates higher than showing off an expensive dress.

I had a dress with a corset and a big train and it only took two mins to get off. If your BM helps you into it, she'll be able to get you out of it quickly! I regret not having an evening dress because I felt quite tired by the weight by the end and didn't dance as much as I'd have liked to!

I took my dress off by myself and it took 2 minutes.

If you are paying through the nose for your wedding dress I wouldnt change, and before I got married I didnt understand brides who would want to change but following on from my wedding I can see why comfort is important, I loved my wedding dress and it was rather expensive but it was a pain to drag it around with me all day especially in the evening even with the bustle BUT if I had to do it again I would still wear the dress.

If you are getting 2 dresses for the price you would pay for one wedding dress then I would go for it, think of the comfort!

Hi everyone,

thank you so much for your advice. I think I'll go with the shorter dress but change a bit later than initially planned.

will flash when i get the dresses. watch this space

xxx