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Well, since your FI is requesting it I would say do as he asks. It would make for awesome pictures.
I say go with it. You'll fit - and the pics will be adorable. Plus, there's no harm in the upgrade possibility. :)
Just have someone start the car before and crank the AC! Give it five or ten minutes before you make your grand exit.
I say you should go with it. I had the same request...I am worried about getting all that dress in the 75 Mustang we will be leaving in, but hey....it will be FABULOUS!
I want to put on a classic 60's suit. I think. I dunno. maybe something little and sassy for the afterparty. :p
Lots of crazy underwears underneath, though.
Since he hasn't asked for much, I say go for it!
I haven't bought my dress yet, so I don't know about comfort, etc. But my attitude is, if I spent $____ on a wedding dress, I'm going to get my money's worth!
I am not doing a getaway dress. I love my dress and want to wear it as long as possible.
The photo op is completely worth it, IMO.
I am also planning on wear my dress as long as possible! We will already have our hotel room so an upgrade isn't in the cards, but that's a bonus!!
I intend to. I've never heard of or seen the bride changing into a separate dress for the reception except Asian brides. Especially since the wedding day is the only time you will get to wear your dress, and they aren't cheap, so it only makes sense to me to wear the one dress as long as you possibly can. But do what works for you.
I want to keep mine on as long as possible because I love the dress. I do think the pictures will be cute as well. :)
Go with it!
They ask so little of us and it really is a simple request and as soon as you get to the hotel room it can come off ;-)
I don't know I agree that if he really wants it, you should do that for him, but I am sooo with 50footbride with a classic vintage-y suit. That would look so classy, and I just love the idea, it's kinda a throw back to traveling clothes back in the day, and if you could even pin a small veil in your hair, and it would look cool in pics and get the point across to the hotel people, too.
I think if he really wants it, go with it!
If it's something that'll be really impossible, you could just do it for the pictures, go back & change to another white dress & get out of there! :)
Oh absolutely! Our big plan is to leave and climb into our Jeep Wrangler (with the top down!) in all of our wedding gear!
So.... I left in the dress! Just a tip to all of you considering doing this. If you are not going in a limo (or other roomy vehicle) make sure your dress will fit! I BARELY made it into our Honda Civic witht he seat pushed the whole way back (my dress had a full crenolin slip). Thank goodness we didn't borrow my uncle's porsche!!!
I left in my dress...I felt like a cupcake stuffed into his 1986 Chevy Blazer, but I think that was just due to the car. It was pretty cool leaving all dressed up. He got some shouts and honks along the way.
We had our elopement reception, six people, in a private room in a restaurant in San Francisco. We got a standing ovation walking out! It was so much fun! We then showed up at our hotel in our wedding clothes and got a HUGE upgrade with a bottle of champagne too! Especially since he's asked for it... I'd go for it. Stuff that dress in that civic!
awwwe I say try to go with it if you can!! what a sweet request :)
It will make great photo ops as well!!
Definitely go with leaving in the wedding dress! The pictures you two will get will be amazing. Trust me.
Groomy and I left our reception with a bottle of champagne and cake while fully done up in our dress and tux. Yes we had a limo, but crawling in and out was still a little difficult. LOL We got our pictures back and even the videography with us pulling away was soooo cute. :)
Can't wait to see pics!!!
I say do it! You only get to wear the dress once and do you really want to take time away from your guests at the end of the night to change? Everyone's right, the pics will be great :)
We were in my Mazda 6 in our wedding attire. Depending on how poofy your dress is, you might look like a cream puff in the car so it might not be a good picture!
Oh, definitely go for it! As others have said, it should be a fabulous picture, and I love the idea of you arriving at your hotel decked out in your dress!
I wish I could do something similar, but we're spending the night in our venue -- only upstairs in the lift for us!
I am definitely leaving the reception in my dress. I think it would be bizarre not to.
My first bride had the huge full ball gown tulle skirt. She fit in the old tercel! We got a lot of cute pictures! If it was a long drive I may be tempted to say maybe change into a cute white dress that's easier because those dresses ARE hard to sit in. But if it's just a short drive I'd suck it up (and in) and shove myself in the car. I'm sure your FI will be more than happy to help you out of it asap :-)
Some of you have mentioned arriving at the hotel in your dress and I do have a cute story. Yes, I did leave the reception in my dress and wore it for the short ride to the hotel in the city. Hubby dropped me off so that he could park the car and I wouldn't have to trudge through parking garage in my dress. While I was in the lobby waiting for him, I got many smiles and congratulations. A little girl came up to me wide eyed and said, "Are you a princess?!" Too cute! 
So my FI has asked that we leave our reception on a Harley...he has not asked for really anything else and I think it would make for really cool pictures, but I'm not sure if I should still be in my wedding dress. And then its a 15 min drive to our cabin for the night...do you think the idea of the harley is better in my head than in reality? or could we make it happen?
I LOVE my dress. I am going to get every minute of wearing it that I can, so I will definitely be leaving in it. Plus, I'm kind of like your FI, I've always imagined my getaway in my dress!
Definitely leaving in my dress. That way I can walk all the way up to our hotel room and then jump on the bed in the dress.
We're probably going to be staying at the same hotel we're having the wedding at so I'm just going to walk off in my dress I think. However, even if we stay someplace different, I doubt that I will change. I love my dress too much to change, lol!
Go for it!
I want to get as much wear out of that baby as possible! I think its pretty common now a days for brides to leave in their wedding attire :)
I'm leaving in my dress but it is very thin and flowy so there will be no problems fitting it anywhere! I'm sure you can squeeze it in, and 20 minutes is not so terrible. You'll have so much to think and talk about I'm sure it will fly by! :-)
I can't decide if I want to leave the reception in my wedding dress or change. Here are my thoughts:
1. I'm thinking about doing a "sparkler exit" which would look best if I'm wearing a dress for photos.
2. I'll only wear this dress once, so why not get every minute out of it?
3. There's something magically old fashioned about the couple changing and having a departure...
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FI has made very few specific requests in regards to the wedding. So, when he makes one, I tend to try to accomodate it. One of his few requests has been that we leave the wedding (and drive to the hotel about 20 min away) in our wedding attire. I'm wearing a heavy satin dress with a full crinolin underskirt. Not only am I worried about fitting (!) in the front seat of my Honda Civic that we will be driving away in, I'm worried that I'm already going to be hot and sweaty and ready to be out of the dress!!! But, FI really wants pictures of us getting in the car and driving away together in wedding attire. Plus, I've been told it might not hurt to enter the hotel all decked out as it may be the inspiration for a room upgrade!
Any suggestions on leaving in wedding attire vs. changing into a cute little dress?