By Brittney Bonds
Since childhood, women often fantasize about weddings and the
beautiful dresses that brides wear. We like to play dress-up and pretend it is our wedding
day. Our earliest fantasies involve ourselves, a prince and a dress. The dress is what
captures our attention.
We have seen beautiful weddings on TV and glorious pictures of
brides in their gowns. Perhaps we were flower girls in someone’s wedding. Regardless
of our differences as adult women, we have all fantasized about our dream dress from
childhood.
Choosing the wedding dress makes all the other decisions pale in
comparison. Once the gown is chosen, the tone of the wedding is set. If you chose a
heavily beaded gown with a cathedral length train, then you should plan a formal wedding.
If your heart is set on a knee-length dress that shows off your figure, then you should
plan a more informal wedding.
Many of the "old rules" do not apply anymore. A formal
wedding does not have to occur after 6 PM, and most grooms choose not to wear tails on
their tuxedos. The formality of the wedding dress should be reflected in the degree of
formality of the wedding. Since you already have a style of dress in mind, begin shopping
for the dress before planning any other aspects of the wedding.
A good guide to trying on dresses is to try on 5 dresses and then
choose 2 to try on again. Then try on up to 5 more dresses. After the second round of
dresses, pick two or less from that group to try on again. Now you have tried on 10 gowns
and have narrowed it down to no more than 4 dresses. Try on all four dresses again and
linger in them.
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