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I didn't wear glasses at the wedding, since I am more comfortable in contacts. But I think it is adorable when brides do. Mrs. Spring Roll wore her glasses, so you might like seeing her recaps, she discusses her choice as well:
http://www.weddingbee.com/author/springroll/
I think if glasses are a distinctive part of you, then wear them. My husband wanted me to look like myself. I remember seeing Lisa Lobe's wedding picture and thinking "Of course, perfect" She would have looked off without them:
I'll be wearing my glasses! I prefer them over contacts and I look like myself with them. You can do a thread search and find other brides on weddingbee who've opted to wear glasses.
I'll be wearing my glasses and so will FI. We wear them every day, and personally I think I look weird without them. Not to mention I don't see as well out of contacts than I do glasses. I think you should go with whatever makes your more comfortable. Four-eyed brides are adorable!
I'm not wearing mine. I were them mainly to watch tv or drive (I'm near sited). I tried both with them on and without them for our engagement pics and I liked the pictures better without them. So no glasses. I really shouldn't need to see far away but I'll have them handy just in case.
If you wear glasses everyday, then I can understand why you would want to wear them on your big day. I do suggest having anti-reflective coating on your lenses to avoid glare in pictures. What better reason than your wedding to pick out a new pair? 
I agree that if you always have them on, then you should for the wedding too! It would be silly to change something that makes such a big difference in the name of "perfecction." If you do get a new pair, as some else said, be sure to get the antiglare and NO transitional lens, even if the wedding is indoors. It seem to leave weird yellowish tint. If you hold it up next to a white teeshirt then you can really notice. I hate how it shows up in pictures.
And here's Mrs. Candycorn's take on it...
http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/08/05/a-four-eyed-bride-with-glasses-pride/
Thanks for all of the links and pictures! I love it when women balk at what the industry thinks they should do. And it's such a shame that the industry isn't more inclined to inspire women to be themselves.
I don't wear glasses, but I say go for it! They always say you are supposed to look like yourself on your wedding day, so why change it?
A girl I went to college with wore her glasses for her wedding and she looked amazing. If you wear your glasses everyday, why go without them on your wedding day?!
I would totally go for wearing my glasses if it weren't for the fact that I have the unfortunate habit of poking Mr in the eye all the time with them! So for his comfort (and to ensure he keeps his eyesight after we have been posed and styled into our photos) I'll be wearing contacts. But I'll probably sneakily change into my glasses at some point during the reception.
So go for it! You rock the glasses look every day then rock it on your wedding day!
I'll be wearing my glasses as well, for the same reasons you mentioned. I occasionally wear contacts and considered wearing them for the wedding, but my fiance was very pro-glasses (he's always found me in them really cute for some reason) and it turned out to be one of the few things about the wedding where he was really adament. So I decided to wear them because it was just more "me," less fuss and made for a happy groom, so win all around.
Recently I went in and ordered a new pair of glasses, for the first time in years, and my fiance actually got a bit sad about it--he wanted me in the same glasses when I married him that I wore all the time that we were dating. Too funny. Luckily the new ones look pretty much identical to the old ones.
I don't intend on wearing my glasses (I wear my specs 50:50 split with my contact lenses). I agree with what myfavourite and joeswifey said, don't get a transitional lens, I'd say not because of the yellowy tint (my transitions don't really have that) but your outdoor pictures (should you have them) would look a bit odd with your glasses darkened; get an anti-reflective coating/MAR coating (both mean the same), that way you won't get so many lights bouncing off the lenses when your pictures are taken. If your prescription is high, I'd go the whole hog and fork out for thinner lenses too :)
Im actually considering contacts for the first time just to walk down the aisle and enjoy the wedding without my glasses - I cant even go to a bar without my glasses; however, I dont plan on wearing them.
Im sure there are some really nice glasses out there!! You should get some with a little bling - he he how cute! I totally understand you want to feel comfortable - my glasses are purple and brown so really dont match my dress & ive been considering contacts for a while so this should be a perfect excuse for the switch and braving up to making the switch!
Any one have any ideas what is the cheapest place to go get a contact exam? Seriously sucks to pay for new contacts in the mist of wedding costs - but oh well.
I can't see hardly anything without my glasses...I too put them on as soon as I wake up, and take them off right before bed.
However, I can't decide if I should try contacts a few months before my wedding. I too rarely see anyone getting married with glasses on.
Still deciding.
You could get a pair of rimless, wire frame Rx glasses for the wedding day and evenings out at
These are only $30. The black part doesn't show unless you have super super short hair.
Both myself & my FI will be wearing our spectacles for the big day. If we didn't we wouldn't be able to see the marriage license, let alone sign it!
Though, I am definitely springing for new specs [so is the FI] as mine are held together with electrical tape at the moment [no, not a fashion statment, just me being a miser] and his look like something ran them over... and over..
@ sjbee
I agree! mrs. spring roll looks adorable in her specs.
I love my glasses and when I'm wearing contacts I have sunglasses on b/c I feel odd without something on my face, but I'm a big time cry baby so glasses on my wedding day may make it harder for me to see. Otherwise I think I would def have my glasses on!
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Forgive me if someone's already posted on this topic, but I'm new, so hopefully I'll be forgiven.
I wear glasses. I have since 2nd grade. I tried contacts for a short time in college, but it didn't last long and I very quickly went back to glasses. I rarely see photos of brides in glasses, but at this writing I plan on wearing glasses to my ceremony and reception. Maybe not my everyday glasses -- I'd like to get a special wedding pair -- but I do want to wear glasses.
The reason is that I wear glasses every day. I put them on before I get out of bed in the morning and I take them off right before I turn off the lights. Nobody would recognize me without them, and I can't say I'd feel comfortable without them, either.
Any four-eyed brides out there planning on wearing their glasses for the big day?