Did you/will you?

[Ash aka sky]

Let your husband or future husband see you in your wedding dress before the ceremony? Last wedding I went to the groom went to the dress shop with the bride and saw the dress there and the last couple of weddings I went to before that the couple did the wedding pictures before the ceremony.

I was real old fashioned... On the wedding day I did not see my husband after midnight until I was walking down the aisle.. if I were to do it over I wouldn't change that either I will never forget the look on his face when he saw me.

Ash

 

[Rustyflwr3]

I will be letting my fiance see me in my dress! We are having an evening ceremony and we want to get daytime photos around the GF and WP, so we decided to go ahead and see each other beforehand!

 

[mickeyfan2]

DH and I picked out my dress, so he saw me in it waaaaay before the ceremony. And that was 23 years ago!

 

[sajetto]

My fiance saw me in my dress as soon as I got it, he's seeing me in it again for our 6am photo shoot in the MK the day of the wedding, and for more photos before the ceremony. I don't really see the big deal of it. Not seeing the bride before hand is very OLD in the days when men never saw the woman at all before in arranged marriages. However, I do see why some may like taking part in that tradition for the anticipation factor.

 

[twojo21]

my husband saw my dress for the first time on the aisle. it was an awesome moment.

 

[JonetteA]

We saw each other beforehand b/c of the pictures and video that we wanted. Actually, I was running so late that he showed up before I ever had my makeup on!

 

[JoD]

We took pictures before the ceremony so we would be able to spend every minute enjoying our Wedding Day with our family and friends. Our EM Marion Stewart was awesome, she planned it so we were back to back and then she turned us around so we would see each other for the first time, it was perfect.

 

[calanniebu]

He's not seeing my dress before ... but we haven't decided if one of us is getting kicked out the night before the ceremony. We both sleep most comfortably together in our own bed (yes, we live together) so we're finding it hard to kick each other out just to be traditional! We haven't been that traditional yet, why start now?

 

[heatherlynn444]

nope, not till I walk down the aisle. I want to see the look on his face. just seems to be one of those "memorable" wedding moments for me that i want to do. I'm old fashioned but I think it makes it that much more special! lost of anticipation and fun! makes the moment that much better

 

[juligrl]

He didn't see me 'til I walked down the aisle and I will always remember his reaction.

 

[Gradar1]

We both want to see each other just at the moment of the ceremony--hope we can last!

 

[MrsTink04]

He did not see me in the dress until I was walking down the aisle. I would not trade that look on his face for all of the pre-wedding photos in the world! We did, however, stay together the night before the wedding. Since we had each other right there, we both slept comfortably and calmly and I would not change that, either. I was also really cool to watch WISHES from our balcony the night before the wedding. It was almost like it was JUST for us!!!

DH's dad picked him up from our hotel EARLY the morning of the wedding before I started getting ready.

 

[meghanet]

I looked at wedding dresses online with him and his favorite was mine as well! I wanted to make sure I didn't get a dress that he would think is just ugly. But I'm not going to let him see me in it until the wedding. He knows how the model looks in the dress, but not me! I've had him help pick out hairstyles, jewelry, etc. online. I mean, I'm getting all dressed up for him so he might as well like what I'm wearing, right? But I can't wait to see his face as I walk down the aisle!!! I told him my goal is to make his jaw drop We're going to do picture later in the day after the ceremony. i'm pretty corny, but I think that the joy of finally being married will add a little glow to us.

I had a hard time with this decisions, but I think the look on his face when I walk down the aisle is way more important to me than pictures before hand. You only have one chance to get that first impression moment as you walk down the aisle!

 

[ead79]

DH did not see me or my wedding down until I walked down the aisle. I wouldn't change it, though I can certainly see the convenience factor of pre-ceremony pictures. We wanted daytime pictures (our wedding was after dark), so we got ready all over again the next morning and had daytime pictures made then.

 

[hmgolden]

He saw me before the ceremony for photos. I wouldn't change a thing. We got all the pictures we could have wanted and were able to treasure those first few moments together. It was very special to me to beable to talk to him the moment he saw me and have it be semi-private rather than infront of all our friends and family!

 

[melmel]

I'm traditional so I didn't want him to see me before, BUT he walked with me down the asile. So what we did was we meet just before the ceramony (about 10-15 mins). Randy set him up with his back to the lobby behind the Poly, and then he brought me out and set me up. Then when Randy was set he told my hubby to turn around. That way I got that first time seeing me picture but he was able to walk with me down the asile. I loved that we did it this way. We got some private time just us, which I have to say is my favorite part of our wedding day. And it turned out that it was actually really helpful, I was totally not nervous all the way up until I got left alone in the lobby, at that point I freaked. So being able to walk out and be with my hubby was perfect, just seeing him totally calmed me down.

Melissa

 

[Honeymooners1021]

I showed DF a picture of mine and he said it was absolutely beautiful and he can't wait to see me wear it at the wedding! He would think I looked good even in a paper bag!

 

[cryssi]

we did the "first look" during pictures before the ceremony...It was pretty neat. He had his back to me and I walked up and tapped him on the shoulder. The videographers were there too, so we were able to capture the moment.

I didn't want to do pics before the ceremony, but we had to b/c our ceremony was at night and our photographers wanted to get some daylight pics. Hey, when you spend that much on photography you do what they want. LOL Anyway, it wasn't as big a deal as I thought it would be and we have some great pics.

Oh, and we stayed together the night before, and roamed Downtown Disney together the morning of the wedding before we had to go get ready...

as a side note (can't remember if I mentioned it before), he didn't fall over in shock when he first saw me, but he was a little watery when I walked down the aisle...who knows, maybe it was the tequila...

 

[Codie]

Dh made the final decision on my dress. I saw him before the wedding for pics...he's my touchstone...I needed him to be there. I got to see the look on his face in the lobby of the boardwalk--I thought it was more personal being just the two of us (and randy and the disney coordinator and several family members hanging around;-))

 

[donny]

never plan a getting a husband, wife yes....husband no