To celebrate losing another ten pounds, I decided to go try on a wedding dress… just to see what they’re like.
When I was little I promised myself I’d have a huge closetful of beautiful dresses: ball gowns, sparkly evening gowns, sweet summer dresses… And now that I am officially an adult, I have the means to make this dream reality – and I’m still young at heart enough to do so.
But wedding dresses? …That was different. Wedding dresses sounded a little intimidating. Expensive. Voluminous. And to be honest, I was always afraid I might put on the dress, look in the mirror, then look and feel devastatingly unlike the models in the glossy magazines.
But weighing ten pounds less makes you feel like you can do a lot of things. So I showed up at David’s Bridal one evening, announced my wedding date was August 13th (not true in the slightest), and asked if I might try that dreamy dress by Vera Wang on the model.
They gave me a fitting room and a cute pink heart with my fake wedding date on it. I squeezed into the corset, then the slip. They came back with the dress – the one off the very model! – and I walked out onto the mirrored stage, floating in a cloud of tulle.
If you haven’t ever worn a wedding dress, ladies, get thee to the nearest bridal store. Not just because it will make you feel pampered and elegant, but also because you may realize, as I did, that a wedding dress isn’t like an evening gown. It’s got a heavier, ceremonial feel… It’s even more uncomfortable than most evening gowns and the fabric is stiff. It’s not something I’d want to wear more than once. Depending on your history (or lack thereof) with romance, this may encourage you. It encouraged me.
Here’s a picture for you of the Vera Wang dress, taken by a kind stranger!
