Intimate DW with reception at home ... do I wear my dress again?

Re: Intimate DW with reception at home ... do I wear my dress again?

• Knottie37373131 member

  

  June 2014

  We are doing a destination with just the two of us. When we get back we are having a small reception with 30-50 people and I will be wearing a mint colored casual dress. I thought about wearing my dress or a white cocktail dress but I think I will feel uncomfortable.
  

  

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• NolaBeachBride member

  

  June 2014

  I wore my dress again and didn't feel uncomfortable. Our guests at our reception party who didn't attend the DW were excited to see it. I figured I paid for it so why not get my money's worth.

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• mrs4everhart member

  

  June 2014

  I've been on the fence about this very thing for months. I am currently leaning toward wearing my wedding dress again. Where else am I going to wear it? I know I'll be super overdressed and there's a really cute white bridesmaid's dress I've had my eye on but the thing is, that's another $150+ and possible alterations. Do I really want to spend the extra money? Or the extra time with fittings? I'm still not 100% sure but I have a feeling I'm going to re-wear my wedding dress to our AHR. 

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• princessleia22 member

  

  June 2014

  If you look at etiquette board, they would give you an overwhelming "NO, absolutely not" to this question. At home reception really should not be a copy of your wedding.  If you wanted the full reception experience, you should have a traditional wedding.

  But, I do understand wanting to celebrate with people that were unable to attend the wedding. Personally, I think the dress may be a bit overkill, especially if it isn't a highly formal party like a wedding typically is. And I'd personally rather have a more laid back party than going into it all "look at me, I'm a bride" a week or two after the actual wedding.  I think AHR should be more casual than that. And if guests are showing up in shorts or blue jeans, wearing a highly formal dress is a bit much... and probably less comfortable.

   

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• NolaBeachBride member

  

  June 2014 edited June 2014

  Well, the people on the etiquette board are stuck up snots. If it works for your venue and you want to do it I say go for it. Who is some stranger on the internet to tell you what is right and what is wrong. I didn't want a big fancy wedding and really wanted to enjoy our whole wedding day and not feel like it flew past me. The DW gave us that exact feeling. We had our party at a pretty nice venue when we returned and all of our guests were excited to see me in my dress. The reception party went by so fast and there were a lot of moments where I felt like I was being pulled around. I never wanted this feeling on our wedding day. I don't regret our DW or wearing my dress during our reception party when we returned. All of our guests were dressed in slacks or suits for the men and women dresses or dress pants so wearing my dress was not uncomfortable. I say if you have the option go for it and get your money's worth!

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• saric83 member

  

  June 2014

  I've seen it done both ways, and all but once, it was a little weird when the wife wore the dress because the events were rather casual.  When the AHR immediately follows the DW, it seems a little more suitable, but when it's a few months later (and everyone has already seen it in pictures), it can come across kind of pretty pretty princess-like (when the venue nor the attire of the guests matched the formality of the dress.)  

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