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brandypugh

I have so many questions. Ok, so we are having a reception or celebration after we get back from Vegas. I'm torn as to whether or not I should wear my wedding dress again for the reception or just wear a nice dress. What do you guys think? We will have a photographer there taking pictures.

vegasgroom

I don't see anything wrong with wearing it again if you want to; keep in mind it may be fairly dirty on the bottom from the wedding and Vegas reception.

nycheryl

Where's Smokey?  LOL.

If you have a reception at home, I would recommend inviting the same group of people that you invite to the ceremony in Vegas.  If that's not feasible, I would say wear a nice dress and tone down the wedding-ness.  If you're eloping, it may be a different case...?

lsvensson

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[QUOTE]<strong>Where's Smokey?  LOL.</strong> If you have a reception at home, I would recommend inviting the same group of people that you invite to the ceremony in Vegas.  If that's not feasible, I would say wear a nice dress and tone down the wedding-ness.  If you're eloping, it may be a different case...?
Posted by nycheryl[/QUOTE]

<div>ROFL she would have a field day with this.  OP, my recommendation would be to wear another (perhaps a short) white dress instead of your wedding dress, particularly if the folks invited to your AHR aren't the same folks that were invited to your ceremony.  </div>

goodtobeking

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[QUOTE]Where's Smokey?  LOL. If you have a reception at home, I would recommend inviting the same group of people that you invite to the ceremony in Vegas.  If that's not feasible, I would say wear a nice dress and tone down the wedding-ness.  If you're eloping, it may be a different case...?
Posted by nycheryl[/QUOTE]

Ditto all of this.  And lsvensson.

If you are inviting people you couldn't afford to invite the first go around, don't call it a reception either... Nothing wrong with having a big party back home, but you get to go through the whole reception bit on your wedding day. Once back home, tone it down, I'm not as good some of the other people saying it, but it's like telling your not invited leftover guests "OK HERE is something we can afford to include you in."<-- IF you call it another "reception."

IMO.

klsatlin

That's a very good point.  Ours isn't going to be called a reception.  We haven't figured out exactly how to phrase it yet, but it's going to be something more casual.
Any suggestions of what to call it?

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Another question : Ditto all of this.  And lsvensson.<strong> If you are inviting people you couldn't afford to invite the first go around, don't call it a reception either</strong>... Nothing wrong with having a big party back home, but you get to go through the whole reception bit on your wedding day. Once back home, tone it down, I'm not as good some of the other people saying it, but it's like telling your not invited leftover guests "OK HERE is something we can afford to include you in."<-- IF you call it another "reception." IMO.
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brandypugh

Its just going to be me and fi in Vegas. No guests. So there's no Vegas reception.

lsvensson

When my brother got married a few years ago, his wedding was out here in San Fran so a lot of our NY relatives couldn't come.  My mom wanted to throw the same kind of party it sounds like you're having, so my brother kind of framed it as a "Come Meet My New Wife" party.  Not like you could put that on an invitation, but I think the invite could say something like "A Post-Wedding Celebration in Honor of the new Mr. and Mrs. X", maybe?

ETA: You actually don't even need "Post-Wedding"...just maybe "A Celebration in Honor of the new Mr. and Mrs. X"

klsatlin

Great ideas!  Thanks lsvensson!