Still getting married on your date? Will you wear your wedding dress?

Got married April 25th and totally wore my dress!! Best decision I made. I will not be getting another one for our later big wedding. I LOVE my dress, and I felt the prettiest I ever have in that thing. Some people asked me (before the wedding) if I was sure, because I planned on posting pictures and they wouldn't want future guests to see their dress before the day of, but for me, that wasn't a concern. The only one that matters is DH and he encouraged me to wear it for both. All of those people (after seeing the pictures) have expressed how excited they are to see it in person later. Do whatever makes you comfortable!

We just decided to postpone our July 3 wedding and I have the same question. We're still doing a small ceremony this year and will have our big reception on 7/3/21. I'm leaning towards getting a different style dress for the small ceremony this year because I picture myself wearing my original wedding dress at my big wedding with all the friends and family there dancing and having fun. I want to have that special moment of everyone seeing me walk down the aisle in my perfect dress and it won't be the same if most people already see it in photos from this year. I definitely see the appeal of wearing it twice though!

I got married March 28 in a small ceremony with just our families and I definitely wore my dress! There was no way I wasn't going to wear my dress, I love it so much! I picked it out to wear when we got married and even though it was different than we originally planned, I wanted it to feel as much like a wedding as it could. The only person I really cared about seeing me in the dress was my husband anyways and we got to have that special moment where he saw me in it for the first time. And one of the good things about having to postpone the reception is that I can wear my dress again, which most brides don't get to do. One of the first things I thought about when we were having to postpone but still planning to have a small ceremony was that I would get to wear my beautiful dress twice!

My FH and I have talked about eloping or doing a small ceremony, and he really wants me to wear my dress. I'm worried if I wear it now, he won't have that first look moment when we do have our wedding eventually, but I'm also worried if I don't wear it now I never will. If I felt 100% confident that we could have the wedding we wanted soon, I would just wear an elopement dress and save my wedding dress for the wedding celebration with our friends and family. We're in our mid-30s already and had to push our wedding until next spring, and if we want to have kids its going to need to be within the next couple of years. What if I'm pregnant or we end up having a kid before we ever have our big ceremony and then I don't fit into my dress anymore?

If we do something now, I'll probably wear "the" dress, and then perhaps get a reception dress for the wedding later (that way at least something is a surprise) or I'll at least accessorize and do my hair differently (different veil, different hairstyle, maybe even different makeup) so that each look is a bit unique. Also if you wear your dress now and later, you'll get to wear it twice, which is more than most brides! I think as long as you have something a little different about your look, both can feel special, and I bet guys don't notice those little details much anyway. He'll probably LOVE seeing you twice in your gown, even if your look is exactly the same!