What to wear for the reception?

One of things I was repeatedly told by friends and family who got married: make sure when trying on dresses that you can move and dance in the wedding dress and you only get to wear the dress for a few hours from getting ready to going home so make sure you don’t want to take it off.


I have never personally seen a bride do costume changes because what they wear to the ceremony, they don’t appear to have any problem dancing in. That’s the mindset that I went in with so am planning to wear the same dress all day/night and make sure it’s flexible for movement.

Ideas for alternative options: a short prom/bridesmaid dress?

View Quoted Comment I was leaning more towards nice jeans and a nice top. I’m not a dress wearer but I did get one for the ceremony. I’m much more comfortable in jeans or leggings.

View Quoted Comment The dress I chose is beautiful and I love it and it’s very comfortable, but the problem is that it’s a ball gown dress with a semi long train. I’m not a big dress wearer in the first place, so the second the dress isn’t required I’d like to take it off. Obviously I’ll have it on for the special dances and the speeches and the cake cutting but once the party actually starts I’ll want to be the most comfortable I can be and not have to worry about someone stepping on the dress.

This really depends on the vibe of the whole wedding. Will your guests be casually dressed or will they be dressed up? If they’ll be dressed up, I’d go for a light summer dress. If they’ll already all be in jeans I think it’s fine for you to do that too.

I danced all night in my gown and had no issues.

View Quoted Comment It’s a pretty laid back wedding. Some people will be dressed up but the majority will just be in jeans and a nice top too.

View Quoted Comment Thank you. I was super worried about that.

Try looking at lulus. Maybe a cute little white dress. Or a white top and jeans

View Quoted Comment Thank you 🥰

A cute "Bride" tee!

Here’s my reception dress I’m going from a huge ball gown to something more fitted

I too have a large ball gown. I'm changing into a sequined evening dress.

For our first wedding, we both changed our outfits. He changed into a suit and I had a short ivory dress with dressed up ballet slippers. This time we will both change again. He will once again change into a suit and I have an ivory, one shoulder jumpsuit with a removable train. I’ll probably wear the decked out converse sneakers I made.