January 14 2013
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| Lovely Lyndsey and her bridegroom share a kiss at King Arthur's hotel on the Gower Peninsula, despite the weather |
In a magazine somewhere I came across a photographer complaining about a bride "bulging over the top of her wedding dress!"
Poor lass! The dress may well have been bought six months or even a year earlier.
Imagine her horror if in her joy at her forthcoming nuptials she, and her other half, have been indulging in too many evenings out with their friends, and too many of the lovely meals she has been cooking him. Now, on the day of the rehearsal, with 24 hours to go, she discovers the dress is so tight she can hardly breath!
Fifty years ago, mother, mum, nanny, gran and granma could all wield needles and sewing machines like professional seamstresses. They'd have had that dress off, the seams let out, tacked and re-stitched within a couple of hours with not a bulge in sight. Nowadays however more than fifty percent of modern women, old enough to be parent or grandparent of the bride, pride themselves on their inability to ply any sort of needle. Thank goodness for the green revolution bringing back all the 'old fashioned' crafts and skills otherwise come Armageddon those of us left behind will be trying to re-create the computer chip before re-inventing the wheel and brides will go to the altar in sackcloth.
With all the developments in technology, I've yet to find a computer that can darn a sock or let out a wedding dress.
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| Wedding day glamour, a dress from 'White Mischief' looking glorious on a very slender model. |
This type of dress, absolutely gorgeous, would look just as wonderful on a fuller figure but it wouldn't prevent the bride's biggest mistake: choosing a photographer who couldn't see past a few bulges to the beauty every bride exudes on her wedding day.
In the UK wedding photographers like to take you, the bride and groom, for a wander to capture romantic portraits at some point during your day. Before the chocolate fountains and the demands of family and friends begin. This is a time for the two of you to relax together and enjoy some special moments in the early evening light. usually immediately after the ceremony and (if your photographer has any sense) before you get stuck into the champagne (renowned for creating flushed cheeks and runny mascara).
In the UK wedding photographers like to take you, the bride and groom, for a wander to capture romantic portraits at some point during your day. Before the chocolate fountains and the demands of family and friends begin. This is a time for the two of you to relax together and enjoy some special moments in the early evening light. usually immediately after the ceremony and (if your photographer has any sense) before you get stuck into the champagne (renowned for creating flushed cheeks and runny mascara).
Americans do their romantic couple shots in a completely different way. The “Don’t let the groom see the wedding dress” taboo is reversed, as the photo shoot is before the ceremony. Before you are married! That means when you first walk down the aisle he has already seen you. (And there is much less opportunity for you to leave him, in that invidious position so beloved of British soaps: Dumped at the altar! ) But also, sadly for the photographer, there is less chance of the lovely moment when he first catches sight of you gliding towards him in all your bridal finery, and his heart fills with joy and his eyes fill with tears.
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| Bridegroom Alex with tears in his eyes as he first catches sight of his beautiful bride |
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| His irreverent bride is moved to giggles |
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