Brides who had a civil ceremony & a wedding...what did you wear?

What about an ivory suit (fancy cocktail suit)?

This is the dress I wore to my civil ceremony. I didn't bring any flowers, I think it would have been more of an inconvenience if I had. It was nice to be able to hold my FH's hands through the ceremony

I really like that dress Kiela- I was wondering if it would be okay to wear something in non traditional colors and you did, so why not? I never thought about that with the flowers, probably best. Would you mind if I PM'd you some questions since I don't really know many brides who have had a civil and still planning a wedding? Thanks!

Check out H&M! I was just looking at the American site (because I don't speak German) and they had this dress: http://www.hm.com/us/product/94707?article=94707-A which is ivory, lacy and long-sleeve! Perfect for a cold winter civil ceremony. They also had some silver or gold dresses, but they looked a bit too cocktail dress to me. You can also check out Zara... I'm trying to think of other stores that are in Germany too...

Thank you Shana! I love this dress actually. I went to H&M and Zara today and they didn't have this dress or anything in ivory, I will check out the website

You can definately message me anytime, I'd love to help

Awesome-just messaged you

That is a beautiful dress. I've done many civil ceremonies in Central Park, and my brides have worn everything from full out wedding gowns to suits to cool dresses like that one. I have also been in the NYC clerks office (where they do weddings on site) and there is also the whole gamut from gowns to suits to sundresses.

Thank you for the advice ladies

I love the lace white dress. Very pretty.

So do I , my concern is that I am only 5'3 so it may be too long for me. What do you think?

Shanna, I looove that dress!

Ginny, I think the dress may fall below the knees on you. Because of the 3/4 inch sleeves, the 3/4 leg length on you may look a bit off (with a 3/4 sleeve length, it either needs to be above the knee, or fall past your ankle).

Maybe you could hike it up at the waist if you cinched it with a belt?

Ginny, I love the idea of doing a photo shoot around the city! For my civil ceremony I wore this dress. i will say once the ceremony is done it takes a small load off because you can't really get "cold feet"

I wore this dress to ours. I really wanted something white, but I was 8.5 months pregnant and it was the middle of winter (like it is with you), so I had extremely limited choices.

Hi Ginny -- I got a white dress on sale at Dillards (not sure it's nationwide, but maybe equivalent to a Kaufmans). How has your luck been ordering from the US online - if you've done it?

We're doing our civil ceremony next month too getting excited!

We're doing ours in two weeks and I'm going to wear a black skirt and nice dress shirt. I think that something that is nice and comfortable should be good