I had never considered doing anything other than wearing my beautiful dress all day and all night until the bitter end.I will only be wearing it once and all that! Anyway h2b has now asked if i will be having another dress for the evening so that i can dance.He also said maybe i would be more relaxed as it is quite likely that if i wear my dress in the evening someone will spill something on it or step on it and it will be ruined! Is anyone thinking of doing this? My thoughts are who am i keeping the dress pristine for? If it gets spoiled it would be a shame but its not like i am planning to wear it again? However i spoke to my moh and she said that my dancing ability is likely to be severely restricted by my dress and i do like a good boogey at a wedding1 xxx
CommentAuthorCupCake
I didn't change, as I wanted to get the most out of my wedding dress, I also wanted my evening guests to see it ;) By the evening time you don't really care if your dress is clean or not to be honest lol it didn't stop me dancing either!!! I think you might regret it if you take it off x
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CommentAuthorlala "mod" bunni
i m thinking of changing into my America dress when we play the dvd of the ceremony there ... just so people can see it
I'm keeping mine on all day but then mine isnt particularly big or heavy. I couldnt find another dress that I loved enough to change out of my wedding dress anyhow... nothing is getting me out of it x
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CommentAuthorMrsKisywisy
it used to be the done thing to have an evening dress, but not as popular now
i am going to be fortunate enough to wear my dress twice, but i think i will end up changing into a white bikini and sarong in cyprus. i'll be too hot and worried about it being ruined before the party back home. don't have time to get it dry cleaned and can't afford it!!
it's up to you though
if i was only having a wedding at home, i would keep it on all night
there are some beautiful dresses that have detatchable skirts to solve the dancing issue will upload some photos :)
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CommentAuthorbecky -mrs firth
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all weddings i have been to the brides has managed to dance! i reckon u be ok but when geust that aren't staying at my venue get kicked out at midnight i may change for the late night drinks lol into 'bride' track suit ha aha
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CommentAuthorHappilymarried Mrs G
I have bought a dress to get changed into if i want to..... so i have got the option. I would rather have it and not want it than want it and not have it you know? The dress i have bought to change into is very pretty but will also be easily dressed down to wear on honeymoon / evening out etc... so if i dont wear it on the wedding day i will still get some wear out of it so no major worries.
CommentAuthorlinzmum
I have a second dress as my main dresshas a fairly big hoop so not easy to sit in or do a close dance in lol. However I am currently expecting our second child so theres a chance I will have to wear the second dress the whole day if I don't slim back down time to fit the main dress
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CommentAuthorjellybean
I want to wear another dress in the evening , but we wont be cutting the cake till 8.30 so im not sure if there will be much point x
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
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When i got married first time around i changed into another dress for the evening reception, and actually wished i hadnt. this time i am gonna wear my dress all day and night..... AND a change of plan means we wont now be staying over at the hotel, (changed venues and the new venue has no availability) so we are coming home, and as its not a late wedding because not having evening reception so will end around 8-9....we are hitting the town pubs...and i'll be wearing my dress for that too! should be fun...... nothing and nobody is making me take my dress off.... I MIGHT even go shopping in it the next day! LOL
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CommentAuthorMrs Ross
Oh no dont do that your paying a lot of money for a dress and you only get to wear it once so why change after a short while??? My sis in law did this 8 years ago at her wedding and everyone was totally surprised she had changed into a normal summer dress from new look, i wouldnt do it but its up to you
CommentAuthorSian''OCD''Holkham
I wanted to have a 2nd dress a short one for dancing but my mum as banned me from doing it as she said she's not paying a grand for a dress I'm not gona keep on all day lol x
That's how I'm thinking of my own dress sian - I dont want to spend all that money then only wear it for half the time I'm there. I think h2b will have a hard time convincing me to take it off after the wedding lol x
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CommentAuthorAnastasia
I may wear mine for a whole week & to do the housework in it when I get home lol just so I don't have to take it off x
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CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
I am actually thinking of taking mine on honeymoon....as we are going to vegas and we said wouldnt it be fun to pose outside a wedding chapel for a photo, or by the vegas sign, and pretend we just got married so we get lots of freebies from the hotel etc....was joking but i am thinking it might be funny to do it anyway.
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Kate Middleton did it, so I'm doing it! W2B will not find out about this until the day though. I'll have to pay out of my own pocket rather than the wedding budget!
I want to be able to dance and I don't want other people standing on my dress so I'll be going for a shorter but still white, possibly ivory dress. I think I'll go with a vintage style.
CommentAuthortillyturtle
i did considor doing this but may not bother now, we are also abroad so depending on how i feel later in the year i may just buy a nicer white /ivory dress and have the option to change.. but i possibly wont. ill defo be wearing my wedding dress for the party in the uk so everyone can see it
CommentAuthorFuture Mrs Doublé
I was thinking about it, but my mum is against it, and I love it too much my dress, won't want to take it off at all ever.
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I'm greedy :-) My second dress will be versatile though so that I can dye it a different colour after the wedding and wear it to functions.
CommentAuthorElliekitty
Originally, i was looking at another dress for evening, but i realized that i'm going to only have one chance to wear my dress so i might as well wear it all day and make the most out of it. Just going to bustle the train up at night
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CommentAuthorOfficially Mrs M
one dress all day for me :-) i want to make the most out of it i've paid over £1000 for it and i want to make the most out of it and i reckon i'll be cleaning the house in it every weekend after that as well
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CommentAuthorfwills25
i will prob keep my dress on all day dont think i could take it off lol
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CommentAuthorSweetchilli
I'll be wearing mine all day and night. I've waited so long to wear it, I might even sleep in it, although I think my new husband might have other ideas so I will be forced to take it off
CommentAuthorFaye x
When i got married the first time i kept mt dress on for a hour or so at the evening re3ception so people who hadnt been to the day could see it and then i changed into soemthing else. I really regretted it and this time there is no way im taking my drss off. Its staying on all day and all night. Even think H2B might have a problem getting it off me when we go to bed lol. I want to keep it on as long as possible lol x x x x x
CommentAuthorMel D
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I took another dress with me in case I needed to change, but I loved my dress so much I didn't want to ... I did change my heels for flats, though and my feet were very grateful!
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CommentAuthorPB
Part of me thinks its a good idea but maybe its because i would be able to go dress shopping again hee hee.I know what you ladies mean though i have paid over £1000 for my dress i should get as much wear out of it as possible.I think next time i try my dress on i am going to have to practice dancing in it to see how i manage-it will be bustled for the evening but i imagine that will just make me really hot! xxx
CommentAuthorMel D
The spare dress I took wasn't another wedding dress, it was a regular dress - actually it was the same as my bridesmaids, but a different color xx
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CommentAuthormunchkinpie
My 1st wedding I bought an outfit for evening but didn't take dress of as there just wasn't time and i hardly stopped to breathe nevermind get changed.
Funniest thing was that next morning when I got up to get dressed to go down to breakfast I realised that my mum had forgot to put my bag in my hotel room, so i just chucked the dress back on and went down to the hotel restaurant in it for breakfast. The whole place was in stitches at me .... I was too hungry to care as I had hardly eaten the day before lol
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CommentAuthorPB
I think if i did opt for another dress it would be very different from my wedding gown-short and easy to dance in but poss still a bridal colour. xxx
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CommentAuthormym72
I kept my wedding dress on all day, right to the end of the night. When we had our evening reception back home though, I wore my wedding dress again (so people who weren't at the wedding could see it) - but half way through I changed into a smaller dress so that I could have a dance etc. It was a short, strapless one - ivory with black lace over it.
CommentAuthorRaggedyAnne
I kept my wedding dress on all day and night......it cost too much to just wear it for a few hours ......and I loved wearing it, its one of the few things that I have worn that make me look 4 sizes smaller, and makes me look like a princess...LOL
I even wore it a second time, and loved that too, when the photos had to be done again because mine were crap.......
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CommentAuthorShazk
I dont think i will take mine off even if i cant move, I dont see the point of spending the money to then tak it off, you only wear it once and like previously commented Im hoping I wont want to take it off lol.
I will be keeping in mind when i go dress shopping about the size and movibility I have it it and will not allow myself top by a dress that i cant move in and wont be comfortable as I also like to dance the night away but will not be taking it off (the shoes however is a different story) x
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CommentAuthorLauraJo87
I think I'd like a second dress for the night as my dress is quite big and we are having a band so I want to be able to boogie! Xx
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CommentAuthorIzzy_w
Thanks for the bump Samantha....
I suppose I really am a bit premature. I havent even bought 1 dress yet let alone 2! To be honest, I dont think money is a worry as my Mum is buying my main dress and likes the idea of having a second. I don't want my Mum spending a fortune so aiming on getting a sample or end of season from a specialist shop. The second dress, will prob be a sample too and I have found a shop that specialises in shorter dresses and regularly sells the samples off for £50 so that was my plan. Either way, I need to buy my 1st dress I think, because by the sounds of it, I might not want to take it off! ( and it might not be as heavy as I am imagining it!)
CommentAuthorKristina
I am planning to have a second dress, but for a totally different reason, as i be celebrating two things in one day.
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CommentAuthorEllenS40
Im staying in my Wedding dress for as long as possible as I want to make sure it remains my day carried into the evening where I stand out! I dont think i will want to take my dress off as soon as i got it on :-)
CommentAuthorsita_meena
Ooh I've been wondering this too! I'm not wearing a traditional wedding dress but a sari! Still debating....
CommentAuthorxbeckix88
Im going to wear mine all day and all night. Its the only day ill ever get to wear it and because i LOVE it sooooo much and it cost a small fortune lol x
CommentAuthor*KelBel*
I'm also going to be wearing mine all day and night, no changes x
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CommentAuthorNicoleee_x
i'm thinking of doing this... but only because our wedding is going to be very small and intimate and we will most likely leave the venue we choose around 6pm and then go to a local country pub for a family knees up, and i don't want to be wearing my full on wedding dress at the pub (i'm a massive introvert - hence the small wedding - so would feel really awkward and out of place) so i'm thinking of buying a 2nd dress, still in white, but maybe knee length? x
CommentAuthorHelenW
My sis had another dress and was so glad she did! Her dress had a lot of detail up by the underarm, and by the evening had all rubbed sore so she was really pleased to be able to change. She went off at about 9pm so evening guests saw the dress and the second one was a more relaxed floaty wedding dress.. shes offered me it as a back up and I may well take her up on it as mine has similar detail! Xx
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CommentAuthorRachaelH78
I had a big princess dress and decided to go looking for something lighter for the evening and ended up realising it was because I didn't really love the dress I had like I thought! Whilst looking for an evening dress I tried another dress on and fell in love!! There's no way I'll be changing out of that, I may protest and just wear it the entire weekend! Hehe. Maybe like me, you girls that are thinking of getting a second dress need to evaluate if the one you've got is really 'the one' x
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