What's the norm?

Re: What's the norm?

• Summer2011Bride member

  

  October 2012

  If you are having photos done prior to the ceremony, I would ask your photographer what time he/she needs you there. Our photog asked for us to be there by 1230 for a 300 ceremony, since we were doing separate photos beforehand.
  
  If you want pics of you getting dressed, then usually your WP is there and helps you get into your dress, etc. However you don't HAVE to do that if you don't want to.

  
  
  
  
  

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• Simply Fated member

  

  October 2012

  There is no right or wrong here.
  
  If the bride needs help getting into her dress, by all means, ask someone for help. It can be a bridesmaid or her mom or who ever she feels comfortable with.
  
  If you want to do pics before the ceremony, definitely talk to the photographer about what time he wants to start and ask the girls to arrive at that time.
  
  For my friend's wedding, it took several of us to help with the dress, but that might not be the case with everyone. So it really depends.
  

  
  

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• kipnus member

  

  October 2012

  I didn't need help getting dressed, but I had my sisters get ready with me. It was great getting some casual photos of the three of us, and I got photos taken with my parents, grandma, and best friends. It was good to have those done before the ceremony. We didn't have professional hair or makeup at all, so it didn't take too long to get ready. I think we started working on my hair at 11:30, our photographer showed up at 12:30, and we were at the church by 2:30 for a 3pm wedding.

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• [Deleted User] member

  

  October 2012

  Here is what I'm doing, not sure if this will help.
   
  9:00 AM whoever is getting hair professional done will meet at salon (some girls are doing their own hair which is fine with me)
  11:30 AM Meet at church, light lunch, relax & get dressed (also have to do this due to limo schedule) Those of that that live on side of town that reception is at are taking limo & those that live on other side of town, spouses are dropping them off at church and will join us on limo after church
  12:30 PM Photos w'bridesmaid
  1:00 PM Ceremony
  

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• itzMS member

  

  October 2012

  It's "traditional" in my circle to spend the whole day with the bride from breakfast time on, no matter when the ceremony time is.
  
  If you haven't been in many weddings, it's probably a good idea to just ask your bridesmaids.

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• cwaggoner07 member

  

  October 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_wedding-party_whats-the-norm?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:37Discussion:201c144a-3b66-4f57-837d-1c65a98c8ca6Post:01885383-8c3a-4caf-aac9-f836d03a3222">Re: What's the norm?</a>:
  [QUOTE]<strong>It's "traditional" in my circle to spend the whole day with the bride from breakfast time on, no matter when the ceremony time is.</strong> If you haven't been in many weddings, it's probably a good idea to just ask your bridesmaids.
  Posted by itzMS[/QUOTE]
  
  Same here. I had two of my four bridesmaids spend the night with me in a hotel room the night before, and around 9am the other two drove over (we all live local) and we got ready at the hotel until 4 when we headed over to the venue for a 7pm ceremony.
  I would just ask what works best for everyone else. Since you say that they are getting ready on their own, maybe try asking if they would like to get ready together. That was a lot of fun for me that day!

  It was a fairytale.

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• erinlin25 member

  

  October 2012

  It's up to you and your bridemaids really.  Unless you are paying for hair and make-up you can't make them be there all day, but my experience as a BM is we had the option to get our hair make-up done and they had someone there to so it, or were invited to the bridal suite to do our own ( in two weddings, Bride's mom paid for our hair to be done, we had a option to get make-up done or do our own);  basically we were given a time we "had" to be there for pictures, but were invited to spend the whole morning if we wanted.  I always enjoyed spending the day together and had a great time taking pictures, getting ready, etc. 

  
  
  
  

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