Letting your groom see your before the ceremony?

My FH and I are doing a first look! Helps with most of the photos and so we’re enjoying our cocktail hour!

FH is insisting we don’t see each other until the ceremony, which is hilarious to me because we live together, have kids, and literally nothing about our relationship has been very traditional 😄. So I guess no first look for us! I love that he cares though.

Team First Look for sure. I think it’s almost a must these days in order to have enough time for photos without making your guests wait too long for the reception to start.

View Quoted Comment Also a DW bride here and this is our plan also! I don't need to be to hair/make-up until 1130 so we'll be together until then. We're doing a first look also.

I am doing a first look session. My FH isn’t an emotional guy, so I don’t expect him to cry or anything when I start walking down the aisle. But doing a reveal before the ceremony, just the two of us, is more personal and emotional for me. We’ll feel more comfortable seeing each other alone for the first time. As well as saving time on photos. And then the photographer can focus on photos of me coming down the aisle and not have to jump between catching his reaction and my march.

I had looked at dresses online to narrow down what I liked. So I made an appt. to shop myself, tried on ones I liked, and 3 store staff picked. Two I liked, one much more, but either made me feel wonderful, just different fabrics, same mood, cut. So my FI and mom came to the second appt. and I did not say my preference, asked them to see both. Then say, and if neither right, we would go on. Both all smiles at first dress. Tried on second, both absolutely still, then tears down FI face, and he smiled, and said this one. My mom laughed and kept nodding her head could not say anything. So no reason to keep it secret. Unanimous decision.

View Quoted Comment I want to do the same. I think it makes it more special

I was very torn about this but I’m leaning towards doing a first look. I want to save time on photos so we can enjoy this day we’ve put so much effort into. Also, I think it’ll calm my nerves!

View Quoted Comment Yes! This is our plan too! DW, wake up, breakfast, separate to get ready. Then meet beforehand.

I considered a first look but my FH is adamant about not seeing me until I walk down the aisle. We may not see each other for about a week before the wedding.

I will having a sleepover the night b4 the wedding with our daughters and wont see each other till the ceremony itself...this is very important to me.😊

First looks are very common these days and I think don’t “ruin” the moment for couples during the ceremony. My husband and I did a first look, took family and wedding party pictures before the ceremony and it allowed everyone involved in the wedding to relax immediately after the ceremony and enjoy cocktail hour with our guests. If anything, I think my husband became more relaxed as we took photos, but I still cried like a baby when it was my turn to walk down the aisle and my husband teared up a bit during that moment.

So I wanted to wait until the ceremony before we saw each other but we decided to do a first look. The only reason is because my photographer explained she spends an hour just doing photos of me and my FH and then 2 hours doing the family and wedding party photos. So that's 3 hours after the wedding we would be doing pictures. we could separate some before the ceremony and after but I personally didn't like that idea. She said usually if she does the pictures after the ceremony everyone feels rushed and she isn't able to take as much time on pictures. She said she's even seen people leave because they don't want to wait.

We’re in agreement as of right now (this will be a struggle as we’ve been living together) that we’ll spend the night before apart and not see each other until a first look.

Doing a first look before after being away for 12 hours - we are both walking down together down the aisle

My fiancé and i live together, so we discussed after the rehearsal dinner (Thursday) I will be staying in a hotel with my MOH until our wedding (Saturday) we decided on a first look because we are not getting married in a church, and our ceremony will be rather quick. We wanted to share the moment with close family and friends, take our photos, get married and party our booties off 🤪

View Quoted Comment Lol same here my FH and I have been together for 8 years we met at highschool and now we have a 10 month old daughter we've lived with each other for 7 years but we don't want to see each other until I walk down the aisle we think its bad luck.

View Quoted Comment This is our plan as well. I want that private moment just between us first.

I want my fiancé to see my first time walking down the aisle. It's all about preference and asking your FH what he would also prefer. I know my venue recommended it to get all my photos out the way but we keeping it traditional.

We did a first look. It was amazing. I suggest to everyone!