Where do you hide your dress?

Mine’s at the seamstress now, but before then I had it in the garment bag laid out flat under my bed. FH thought it was in our guest room, but I moved it. It’s not that I don’t trust him (he’s super into it being a surprise and doesn’t want any details whatsoever), but I was just like he doesn’t need to know anyway lol.

This wasn't an issue for me. My husband didn't want to see my dresses ahead of time, so even though he knew that my dresses were in the closet, he didn't open the garment bags look at them.

Since I decided to elope (sorta, the micro of all micro weddings, it’s just our parents minimum who are going to fly out for sure), I am having a reception at a later date. I have two wedding dresses. Technically my fiancé isn’t going to see both of then until we elope, and the second for the “first look” before the reception. I plan on storing my elopement dress (the more casual one in the closet (blending in with my other dresses). And my second dress at my moms house in a garment bag of course. My fiancé won’t really know how it looks on me (even if he slightly sees it) until the day of.

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Right Alyssa, even if he saw it beforehand, it is not how it would look on you. Someone mentioned that elsewhere.

So you will be incorporating a few details in the reception missed in your elopement or repeating them from your elopement? It sounds like your reception is a bit more elaborate than your wedding then.

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Yep Kimberly, I agree with you. It helps to be a bit cautious on this to help promote his surprise.

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Lisa, good that was not an issue for you.

In a garment bag in the closet of our spare bedroom. My fiancé knows exactly where it is but he is the one who wants it to be a surprise, so it's not an issue for us.

Luckily my mom lives nearby (and we have a great relationship), so I kept my dress in one of her closets. If that didn't work, the garment bag was opaque, and I know my husband would have wanted to be surprised on our wedding day enough to not peek

I keep it in my cousin's closet. She lives only a few blocks away and she's my matron of honor, so it's a perfect spot for it. I am not as superstitious as some people, but I like following some traditions.

I just bought a garment bag and have it hanging on the back of a door. He is more superstitious about it than I am.

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Daniela, Right. The is nothing supernatural going to happen for them to see the wedding dress for our wedding day. But it still seems like a good thing anyhow.

I'm not worried about it since he doesn't want to see it, but it's in my 14 yo's long forgotten lego closet. No one has gone in there for years.

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Sure Caryn. Most brides sharing seem to find it good to have their dress out of sight but are not worried about it. I think the lego closet will stand as the most unusual location. One bride's dress was at her cousin's house but was found by the dog -- only minor injury to the garment bag.

When I buy mine I will store it in my mom's closet,

That was not an issue so it was kept in the closet at home. We don’t have relatives who are local so that didn’t help. Plus neither of us are superstitious and the dress on a hanger looks nothing like it will on you with accessories and hair/makeup.


Other friends and family who got married in years past did the same: kept the dress at home in the closet.

It's not really an issue here, but I have not shown my husband my outfit, or even discussed it, and he hasn't asked - it's not like him to ask anyway. We have actually been married for 38 years come June. We are have having a Catholic wedding ceremony in June that we didn't have when we were married. So my ensemble is a simple cream lace knee length dress with a sheer "coat" over it, a little bow with veil headpiece, and cream leather dress flats. The dress and coat are in an opaque garment bag in back of our guest room door. Next to his new black suit he will wear that day. My husband rarely comments on anything I wear. Typically, when we go out "fancy", I'll spend 2 hours getting ready, I'll wear a stylish and flattering ensemble with jewelry he's given me, spend $100 on my hair and nails, nicely made up and looking better than my years, then I'll come down the stairs like a princess, and he'll be there tapping his watch and saying, "c'mon, let's go!" On the day of our ceremony, the plan is to have my MOH or her husband pick me up and bring me to church, which is around the corner, about 1 hour before Mass. (she's the church organist so she needs to play for all the Masses that Sunday including the one we're attending - the ceremony will take place during a regular Sunday Mass. At that point, she'll leave the organ and step up to the altar.) Also, I have not shown my outfit, or even described it, to anyone except my MOH, and a choir member who is also a seamstress who made a few minor alterations. I'm not really superstitious, I just want my appearance to be effective.

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MrsC, I think indeed it will all be effective. Hope he is appreciative.

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Mine is zipped up in its bag right now in my closet. My fiancé was with me when I got the dress (he has good fashion taste and I wanted his opinion before making a big purchase, don't come at me!), it will remain there until my fitting appointment in August. The fun part will be getting the dress from Washington to Vegas for the wedding in October! 😅

I put my dress in my closet for awhile, then I took it to my mom’s house. I was a little nervous that he would go look at my dress even though he probably wouldn’t have.