MemberHello Ladies,
I’m contemplating whether or not I should wear my veil at the reception. I plan on wearing it through the ceremony and pictures, but thinks it might be easier to just take it off for dinner and dancing…
Thoughts???? Experiences????
MemberI’ve seen brides get their veils yoinked off from hugs, dancing, etc. and it totally messed up their hair in the process…I’d say go without it for the reception.
HostessI only wore my veil for pictures and the ceremony and not at the reception. I was going to wear a flower during the reception but I forgot.
MemberEverytime someone hugged me it really pulled on my hair. I was afraid it was going to mess up my hair and/or pull the veil out.
I was really happy I had a flower hair piece to put in for the reception.
MemberI have a cathedral veil for my ceremony, so there is no way I could wear it for the reception. I am replacing it with a birdcage vei for the reception (just for the fashion/accessory aspect of It). I will only be a bride once, might as well make the most of it!
MemberThank you, all! I have yet to see a post where the bride chooses to wear a veil through the whole night. I love the idea of replacing the veil with a flower. Maybe I’ll look for a DYI project to work on 🙂
Thanks ladies!
MemberI wore my veil through the ceremony, photos, and first dances.
MemberI had two veils, one a cathedreal length and one to my shoulders. I took off the long one after the ceremony but wore the short one all through the reception.
MemberFor my first marriage, I wore my fingertip length veil through the entire reception. I ended up being really unhappy with my wedding dress and my veil was my favorite part of my attire. I couldn’t bear to take it off at the reception because it made me feel especially “bridal.” I had a detachable blusher, though, and took that layer off after all the pictures were done, but when I looked back at the pictures, I have to say that I loved the extra fullness of that blusher flipped back on top of the other layers.I will also say that I really didn’t have any problems with my veil getting yanked/pulled/etc. and it wasn’t that heavy.
Well, for this second (and last!! 🙂 ) wedding, as I’ve been planning my attire, I realize I must just be a veil-loving kind of girl, because I’ve decided to go for a cathedral length veil this time. I assumed that I would take the veil off for the reception because of the length, but now I’m hearing that they can be bustled, so I’m intrigued…
MemberI have a friend who wore hers almost all night, and I loved it. I am planning to wear a veil maybe not all night, but most of the night. Although I’m toying with the idea of changing into a really short, fun veil for the reception.
Memberi wore a birdcage so it was easy to make it reception appropriate.
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