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do you look at your wedding photos and wish you'd worn something else..

41 replies

southeastastra · 05/05/2016 20:07

or done your hair differently? I was just looking at mine (sedate registry office) but wish i'd worn shoes that were a bit higher and lost a bit of face fat Grin

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BorisIsBack · 05/05/2016 21:14

Yes - despite many sessions with the dressmaker it didn't fit well. Made me look fat and bottomless. A wife of one of our ushers kindly pointed out that the structure of the dress was wrong Angry

Gutterflower · 05/05/2016 21:23

I wish I was thinner and I'd gone from being blonde to really dark brown about a year before, my mother tried to convince me to go back blonde or at least lighter than I was and I didn't. Having gone back to blonde a couple of months ago I really wish I'd listened to her

JackandDiane · 05/05/2016 21:34

god NO NO to shite boring strapless dresses surely no one wishes they wore one of thsoe?

southeastastra · 05/05/2016 21:56

i just always regret the shoes, my graduation, shoes, my wedding shoes...

but i am tall and don't want to tower above anyone

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squidgyapple · 05/05/2016 22:11

I loved my dress at the time and looking at photos now still think it was a good choice, though it came with a silly long train which now seems rather pointless.

SirChenjin · 05/05/2016 22:14

Yes, definitely. I was a bit relaxed about the whole thing and now wish I'd taken just a bit more care with my appearance.

RaisinGirls · 05/05/2016 22:15

I wish I hadn't stayed up drinking and chatting until 2am the night before. The bags Under my eyes are shocking. We thought it would be a great idea to have a party the night before the wedding for some reason. Still love my dress and shoes and hair though.

Errata · 05/05/2016 22:18

No, but then I wore jeans, biker boots and a fake fur coat. And the jeans weren't even clean... Grin

Admittedly I was almost 9 months pregnant, which also meant I had lovely thick, glossy pregnancy hair...

JaceLancs · 05/05/2016 22:21

Loved my hair, flowers, shoes, make up
Hated the dress! I wasn't that keen on it at the time. I wanted to have something made, quite plain raw or textured silk, dress and jacket - think Audrey Hepburn
It was the eighties and DM who was paying talked me into a power dressing, shoulder padded, pleated satin Joan Collins/Dynasty nightmare!

TheFuckersBitingMe · 05/05/2016 22:24

I loved my dress. Love it still. It was this Sassi Holford Hayley with a sort of lace bolero bit at the top. Bit bland and blah for other's tastes but I fell in love with it.

do you look at your wedding photos and wish you'd worn something else..
Teddy1970 · 05/05/2016 22:25

I wouldn't change my dress, I loved it then and still do, It was a lace coat over an A line dress with a long lace train, (very similar to Autumn Phillips wedding dress) it hasn't dated one bit since I got married 13 years ago, I do wish I wore my hair down, but I couldn't risk it because the forecast for the day was rain and I couldn't cope with the frizz! It didn't rain in the end..

Teddy1970 · 05/05/2016 22:30

I know my SIL regrets what she chose for her Bridesmaids dresses, patterned floral curtain material, believe it or not it was fashionable at the time!

pettyprudence · 05/05/2016 22:46

I loved and still love my wedding dress. I made it myself. A very classic 1950's ballerina length dress with a lace overly. I chose a cut and style that would suit my figure. It was appropriate for my registry office wedding and relaxed party afterwards. I sort of wish I was smaller (I've since lost 5 stone) but not that bothered as I was happy then and I'm happy now.

buntymo · 05/05/2016 23:12

My dress looks very dated, I wish I had chosen a more classic design, I did my own hair and make up so I look the same as normal, I refused to lose any weight and I didn't know about the existence of magic pants and I had a huge bouquet of orchids...all a bit naff but I had just turned 24 and had 3 months to plan it

flirtygirl · 06/05/2016 09:32

Yep love my dress and would have it taken in and wear again, i couldnt understand why i put on a stone and half in the month before, i wanted to cancel but had already changed the day once and on the day everything went wrong so i did my hair myself and lady for my nails never turned up, i felt awful.

2 weeks later turned out i was pregnant and i get so ill in pregnancy with hyperemis gravida
So in hind sight i dont mind the weight as lost nearly 4 stone in the next 2 months but even though that weight gain saved me in some ways, like my body prepared for what it knew was coming, ive just got two pictures printed in 5x7 of my wedding and have never put them on display.

My photographer never turned up so bil stepped in and did his best, my dj canceled less than a week to go and my best friend of 17 years never turned up so my pictures are a small part of the disappointment i feel looking back at my wedding day.

Bf no longer bf as she gave a flimsy excuse, never said sorry and never rang or came to visit when i was ill. I tried to make amends when dd was 1 yo as id had time to forgive and forget but she wasnt forthcoming. So everytime i think of my wedding i feel sad.

flirtygirl · 06/05/2016 09:39

My dress was a strapless sequined bodice with layered ruffle princess skirted organza in bubblegim pink and i love it.

Never regret choosing it despite my awful day just wish id had a bolero made or had it adapted with sleeves as hate my arms and never felt comfy having them out.

If i wear it again ie to a ball ill still do that.

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