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March 2012 Weddings
Meagano19
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XP: Reception - Veil In or Out?
Hi Ladies,
With just over 3 months to go, I've been thinking a lot about my w-day hairstyle. My veil is a single layer, finger-tip length, with lace around the edge that matches my dress exactly. It was about $100 so I feel weird about only wearing it for a 20 minute ceremony and a few pictures...I've heard that it is "traditional" to keep it on until the first dance but I don't think we are going to do our first dance until after dinner, toasts, and cake...
Here is a picture of my dress with the veil:
Would it be weird to just keep my veil on the whole reception? What have y'all done/seen?
Thanks for the opinions
With just over 3 months to go, I've been thinking a lot about my w-day hairstyle. My veil is a single layer, finger-tip length, with lace around the edge that matches my dress exactly. It was about $100 so I feel weird about only wearing it for a 20 minute ceremony and a few pictures...I've heard that it is "traditional" to keep it on until the first dance but I don't think we are going to do our first dance until after dinner, toasts, and cake...
Here is a picture of my dress with the veil:
Would it be weird to just keep my veil on the whole reception? What have y'all done/seen?
Thanks for the opinions
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Re: XP: Reception - Veil In or Out?
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I see what you mean about paying as much as you did for it and wanting to keep it on. It is the one day where you can wear a bridal veil and it NOT be wierd, know what I mean?
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I say do whatever you like! If you love your veil, you rock it all night long! Then if it bothers you, take it out
My only suggestion would be to not wear it only because you paid a lot for it. This is the thought process I would go through....
1) As many other PPs said... will it be comfortable?
2) Do you LOVE the way it looks? and/or do you want to somehow change up your look at all?
3) Try to search photographers' websites/ blogs and see if any brides kept their veil on the whole night. If so, did you like the way it looked?
I'd say depending on your responses to these questions, you should have a good inkling of what you want to do!
[QUOTE]Honestly, I don't think I've ever seen a bride keep the veil on for the reception. However, it is your wedding , so do whatever you want!! :)
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</div><div>Same. I know some think it can have the tendency to just be annoying when dancing and walking around to visit tables. Etc. I'm taking mine out and putting in a separate head piece for the reception. I just don't want to deal with it if it gets snagged on something or whatever. But that's just my opinion, if you wanna keep it on, do it!
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