I have it on good authority that a dress has been purchased. I must assume it is white due to the conservative natures of the bride, bride’s mother and bride’s sister-in-law. They have, however, informed me that it is actually purple, yellow and chartreuse. I’m betting it’s white.
The dress is one of the Big Steps in planning a wedding, or so I am told. It involves trying on lots of different dresses (I was not informed of a number), lots of money (I am told it was quite reasonably priced), lots of waiting (I am told it should “arrive in a few months’) and lots of alterations (I am told that there will be altering involved). I’m taking this information on faith as provided by my lovely fiancée, since I do not have the burden of shopping for a dress for the wedding. Thankfully. I do not think I would look good in a dress. I’m sorry for that mental image.
Emily – Mental image aside… I think I got rather lucky in the dress shopping process. I had expected multiple stores and styles, lots of debate and discussion, all over the course of a couple shopping ventures. Instead, we got things done in one stop and afer a few dresses tried. I think more time was spent shoe shopping afterward, honestly.
As the groom, my wedding wardrobe is simpler. I try on a tux, I pay to rent the tux, I try on the tux they’re actually loaning me and swap bits that need swapping, I wear the tux during the wedding and then I return the tux to the company from which I rented it, never more to be thought about. I also don’t have to deal with finding room in a closet for another tux.
Women have to find room in their closets for all of the bridesmaid dresses they have to buy for weddings they’ve been in plus their wedding dress. Men don’t keep anything they wear after the wedding aside from their underwear (which probably wasn’t that special to begin with) and their socks. Seriously! We rent everything, shoes, pants, jacket, shirt, tie, vest or cummerbund cufflinks, buttons, pocket squares… but we keep the socks they provide. Of course, I’d also rather not wear socks previously rented to someone else, so maybe that’s ok.
She has (more or less) a dress. I suppose I should start thinking about tuxes now, too.
-Michael