Just read an article on the latest designs of Disney inspired wedding gowns. The dresses are even named after your favorite characters, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, and others. Recently Costco began offering wedding gowns at wonderfully reduced prices. Happily, there are still bridal shops owned by individuals with a passion for helping you to find, and then to fit, the perfect wedding dress. The choices are limitless!
I was thinking back to a visit to a bridal salon last summer. I watched as a plus-size bride tried on dress after dress that her mom and sister chose for her. Finally, she gained permission from them to try on her favorite. As she emerged from the dressing room, she was already saying, "I feel like a princess! This is exactly what I dreamed of!" You could see it in her face, she knew that she had found "The Dress", and she was beaming.
The mom gave her daughter a quick look, and pronounced the dress "...absolutely dreadful for your figure...". Her sister didn't acknowledge her comments at all, but instead pushed the bride-to-be back toward the dressing room to "try on that first one we picked out" again.
Sadly, our heroine took a last resigned look at herself in the "Dress of her Dreams", and obediently went back to the dressing room to remove it.
OMG! Please remember that YOU are the one getting married! Not your mom, your sister, your future mother-in-law, or your BFF! You don't need to go all "Bridezilla", but gently remind everyone that it is YOUR day, your once-in-a-timetime, been dreaming about it since I was a little girl day. If you want to wear a "Cinderella" or "Ariel" or "Famous Designer", or even your grandmother's wedding dress, remember that famous ad slogan: JUST DO IT! It's YOUR wedding!
