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At first I showed my dress to anyone who asked, most of whom are not invited to the wedding. My mom has seen it, godmother, one aunt, my moms bf, my bridesmaids but I'm trying to keep a lid on it now. I haven't gotten bad reactions when I've said "its going to be a surprise"
Honestly, I think people like to be surprised, and barely anybody who was attending the wedding even asked to see a picture of my dress.
I showed it to my mom and bridesmaids, and my "wedding planner" aunts, and the cousin that went to pick it up with me and learn to do the bustle.
Mom, Dad, FMIL, Grandma, Bridesmaids, and a few select close girlfriends.
No I don't think it's rude. I actually think it's kind of rude to ask to see it if you are not especially close to the bride. I would think people would want to wait until the wedding and be surprised. The only people who have seen my gown are my Mom and my two sisters. I don't see why anyone else needs to see it before the big day! :)
I showed my bridesmaid and my sisters in law thats it. Oh of course my grandmother and my mom (my mom is paying for the dress) They havent seen it completely on me. The sample size was really small. When I try it on I only want my mom there.
I sent pictures of me at my fitting to my closest friends and my dad. I figure it needs to be a surprise to my FI. I can't keep too tight of a lid on it, I am too excited.
- All the Bees who cared to look at my threads :)
- MOH who helped me purchase it
- My mom and aunt saw pics on Facebook in the months prior
- My mom and my brother saw the actual dress on me the week of. I was having trouble choosing between three dresses and they helped me decide.
My wife saw it, because we had to coordinate our dresses. We also showed it to a few people whom we didn't think were going to be at the wedding. Of course, one of them (my sister) later decided she was coming, but that was the idea. But like you, we wanted the guests to be surprised.
Well.... my Mum, Grandmother, MOH and her daughter came with me when I bought the dress, since then have shown (pics) to my sister and other two BMs.
Was kinda annoyed as was in my hometown (where the wedding will be and where I bought my dress) for a fitting and ran into two people who;
a. are not invited to the wedding and think they probably will be
b. asked to see the dress which made me kinda feel arkward
But plan to show noone else other than my FBL's gf when I get home :)
I've refused to show pictures and just told them they'd have to wait and see! My FMIL has seen it, my mother, my MOH, and one of my BMs...and that's it!
My immediate family, MIL, bridesmaids and my close girlfriends who were helping me plan. People at work who weren't invited saw some fitting photos. Other than that, no one really asked :)
It is my one and only secret and people get cranky when I won't tell them! Three people have seen it and they are the only ones that even know what it looks like, I made them swear that not one detail is to revealed!
I showed my dress to a bunch of people. I really only cared about FH not seeing it, and didn't really worry about surprising others. My parents and sister, my FILs, my BM and my other friend, my boss, my husband's best friend/gm...basically anyone who asked!
I'm keeping mine pretty tight lipped. My MOH, my Mom, my BM who is also my sister, FMIL and one friend who has talked me out of the ledge (ledge of buying dresses before I found the one) many times.
My Mom, FMIL, and my bridesmaids have seen it! No one else! :)
Only a few people asked to see my dress, and most of them weren't invited to the wedding. I do think that the picture of you in the dress with ratty hair is a completely different picture than you all done up in makeup, gorgeous hair, and with accessories though.
my fiance saw mine and i have no problem with it, his mother on the other hand flipped out on me!!!!! my fiance josh just tells me he doesnt want to see me in it he wants that first look of me in it walking down the aisle to him!!!
My mom, sister, brother and best friend have seen me in the dress. With a few other friends, I showed them the photo of the dress from the Mori Lee site. I figure that satifies their curiousity, but they still don't really know what it will look like, since I am not six feet tall and 115 pounds like the dress model is!
uggg i ended up showing more people than I wanted to... mostly because I didn't know how to say "No" when they asked, silly me. But also because I wanted to show it off so much lol! But I'd always feel regretful after showing someone. I don't think it's rude to ask at all, and it's def not rude to say no... it's just hard to! You feel like you're gonna let them down, although feelings like that are just in your (my) head. I even felt weird just describing it to people, but I remembered that when other brides have described their dresses to me in the past, it was still a surprise and the actual dress was different than what I had pictured from their description. So I wasn't too worried about that.
well, my mom's seen it, my fiance has seen it and me in it (we're not worried nor do we care, lol), and the cousins who gave it to me and who aren't being invited have seen it. I've also sent pics of me in it to two bridesmaids/attendents and have posted it on here. I'll be asking one of my FSIL's to alter it for me, since she's a really good seamstress.
Other than that, no one else who we've invited (so far) has asked, not that I care if they see it. to us, it's really not that big a deal.
@MissAsB: hahaha, based on your description I feel like you've seen the photo of me with no makeup and wet hair trying on my dress! Sound advice, though.
Everyone else: thanks for sharing! So far I've let my BMs, dad, mom, sister, and grandmother see it...no one else gets to see (except FMIL, but I haven't had the guts to show it to her yet. what if she hates it?)! I've had to tell several people no, and it's super awkward, but I'm glad I stuck to my guns.
My mom, his mom, our grandmothers, my sister, and a couple of the bridesmaids. I am trying very hard to keep it a surprise otherwise.
I show everyone the picture from the website - not the one of me in it, which was only sent to some of my closest friends and family (I think about 4 have seen that!). Of course, it's here on the Bee for strangers to see!
Mom, bridesmaids, and aunts... I can't wait to show it off to everyone!
I never took any pictures of me in the dress so it's easy not to show that. I give people a general description when they ask and I think that's fine--it's hard to imagine something as constructed as a dress. I did show the dress to my fiance when I brought it home (keeping it a secret for him wasn't ever something I cared about, but he hasn't and won't see me in the dress). I've shown it to a few friends that have come over, but that's it.
Only my mom and I have seen my dress. I'm going to try and keep it that way until the wedding day!
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Just curious, in a time when many people have smart phones or at least internet access...who did you let see your dress? Anyone that asked? I'd really like it to be a surprise for most of my guests. Is that rude to say no when people ask to see a picture of your dress? I'm about to head to a family reunion with 100+ people.