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How much does/did your FH know about your wedding-day look?

posted 2 years ago in Beauty
  • poll: What did he know about your Look before the wedding?
    Dress : (21 votes)
    12 %
    Hair : (39 votes)
    22 %
    Makeup : (23 votes)
    13 %
    Shoes : (48 votes)
    27 %
    Veil : (24 votes)
    14 %
    Other? : (13 votes)
    7 %
    Nothing : (9 votes)
    5 %
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    lergx6    May 21, 2011  

    Obviously, I don't want FH to know what the dress looks like, but I was wondering how much you guys let your guys know about your wedding day look before the wedding.

    I'm torn between getting his opinion of my hair and make up inspirations and wanting him to be surprised when he sees me.

    (Edit: I added "Nothing" as an option as I just realized I would have no idea how many of your say nothing because it wasn't an option! silly me...)

     
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    ebs1123    July 9, 2010   Omaha NE

    I'm horrible at secrets and we live together, so I'm really just only holding back the dress.  He's seen my veil and shoes and is helping me decide on my necklace.  He's seen some inspiration photos of my hair-do, but won't see photos of the trial. 

    Personally, I think the elements are disparate enough that he won't really put together the look. And really, does it matter?  I value his opinion too much to not share (and he's the only one here! I have to show someone my new things!)

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    He knows a little about everything I guess but he doesn't know any details.

    He knows my hair will be up and off my face - because I sweat a lot!

    He knows that my dress is a princess dress - but that is it! And he knows I am wearing a veil but no details.

    He knows my shoes are low hot pink heels - I don't care if he sees them but he chose not to look at them!

    Make-up I haven't decided yet so he doesn't know about that - but I may consult him ;-)

     
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    artbee    February 28, 2010  

    i told him a little about my dress, just b/c it's not traditional and i wanted him to be dressed in the same formality as me. it was a short dress, so he'd look silly in a tux. plus, people would always ask me about it in front of him. i just said it's short and kind of like a fancy sundress. and then i would try to throw him off, we would see a hideous dress and i'd tell him that mine was like it, had puffy sleaves, had a big butt bow, was hot pink, etc.

    he saw my hair and veil, b/c he met me at the hair dressers after my trial to go to dinner and the veil was still on. i don't think it ruined anything.

     
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    elliemae    November 2010   Mississippi

    he has seen my veil and my shoes, but so far not my dress, and we plan on keeping it that way.

     
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    Saeliz    July 1, 2009  

    He has seen my shoes but that will probably be about it.  I don't think I will show him much else as I want it to be a surprise!

     
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    cardigan    January 7, 2011   Austin, TX

    He'll probably see everything but the dress, just because I get too excited about these things to hide them from him :)

     
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    aandmklover    September 10, 2010   Mid-West Michigan

    So far he's seen everything. The dress was a little out of our budget so I didnt think I was going to get it. Once I showed him the picture he took me the next day to order it.

     

    I'm a hairdresser so that’s going to be his biggest surprise.

     
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    BrianneG    June 5, 2010   Redondo Beach, CA

    He's seen me after my hair and make-up trials. He's seen my jewelry and my headband. He's even seen my shoes. But the dress is a big mystery. Even when I talk about it, he gets sent away.

    I think it'll be a big surprise when he sees it all put together. But we're doing a first look and taking pictures before the wedding, so it won't be at the end of the aisle.

     
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    Miss Chapstick    September 2009  

    My husband had seen my jewelry (because he bought it for me), shoes, hair flower, hair and make-up. He had also seen my dress in person. He just didn't see the final look until we did a first look on the wedding day.

    With guys, it's okay for them to see things because one, they will probably forget what it all looks like, and two, they can't put it all together in their head anyway to get the complete picture. So I was very open about all my stuff prior to the wedding.

     
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    Miss Chocolate    July 24, 2010   Texas... Married in California

    He knows what my shoes look like (I've been attempting to break them in!) and he also knows how my hair will be. That's it! :]

     
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    whfields    June 3, 2010   wedding in Florida

    he only knows the earring I will be wearing.  Everything else is a secret...and mostly because he didn't want to see ANYTHING, not even my wonderful shoes! 

     
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    noritake22    March 31, 2011   Seattle

    Mine knows that my dress is really big and girly because it is in out closet and he is not allowed to go in there and also he knows because whenever we met with some of our vendors, they would ask what my dress looked like. I am not a very good liar, so I just told them the basics.

    He also knows I will be wearing a bolero and that it matches my dress perfectly, but he hasn't seen it.

    He knows about by shoes because I have been breaking them in.

    He knoww that I will be wearing a veil because I made it and wouldn't let him in the room while I was sewing it, but he doesn't know what it looks like.

    He doesn't know about anything else though.

    I am terrible with keeping secrets, so he probably knows more than he should, but I have told him not to ask me anything because I want it to be a surprise.

     
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    ddubzz    June 5, 2010   Los Angeles, CA

    He's seen my shoes and veil... but not on me.  Laughing

     
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    sboston06    October 10, 2010   Boston area

    He doesn't want to know anything about my dress.

    I showed him my shoes and jewelry and he yelled at me and said "I don't want to know anymore!" haha so I've tried to be good about keeping things a secret.

    I felt too pretty to take my hair out and my makeup off after my trial, so he's seen my beauty "look" already.

     
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    camrie    September 5, 2010   Louisville

    He's seen pretty much all of it (heck I made my bracelet sitting at the table with him) because we live together. But he's not seen it all together.

    Plus I have a backup dress that he hasn't seen that I'm seriously considering wearing so it would be a big surprise if I don't end up wearing the one he's seen.

     
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    sarahsd    August 14, 2010   San Diego

    He loves sexy heels and he's definitely helping pick them out.  When we go out at night, I always have him pick between pairs of shoes.  I would have even shown him the dress, but he has more self control than made and said he wanted to wait.  : )

     
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    serasvictoria    August 7, 2010  

    Since I am keeping everything at my mom's house I have successfully hidden it all from him. He is SO mad about it too because he hates secrets and surprises. Christmas is terrible because he keeps pestering me until I tell him his gifts.

     
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    oracle    October 23, 2010   Los Angeles

    I asked him about my hair - I wanted it up - he wanted it down... guess who won. ;)

    I'm actually really glad I talked to him about it - since I knew he always liked my hair down and wasn't ever super thrilled when I've had it up for other formal functions.... and, since he's the one I want to WOW - it made sense for me to ask him....

     

     
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    MrsBtobe    July 17, 2010   Canada

    He's seen everything. He was right there with me when I was having my dress custom made. He's also seen all my shoes, accessories, hair and make-up trials. He just hasn't seen it all together :)

     
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    Mermaid1082    September 4, 2010   St Louis, MO

    He wants my dress to be a surprise, so all he knows is that it's white.  He's seen my shoes and will probably see my hair and makeup after my trials.  It will still be completely different when it's all together, though.

     
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    SapphireSun    July 9, 2010   Vancouver, BC

    He knows about my shoes.  I've been wearing around the house with my PJ's to break them in.

     

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