Kerry McDonald waited greater than a yr to get the marriage gown of her dreams.
The $10,000 Galia Lahav ivory fit-and-flare sheer lace gown was custom-sourced from Israel, and she or he needed to send it back twice to be altered.
However the 28-year-old content creator, who works in architectural and interior design, didn’t even wear it for her whole wedding.
Before the fireworks, the bouquet toss and the cake cutting, she slipped into an open-back silk Meshki halter gown she bought for just $115.
It was the proper frock to shimmy to Abba’s “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!”
“I threw it on and … It began off the party,” McDonald told The Post.
She felt some guilt about shedding her pricey ceremony gown, but she was desperate for a more low-key look.
“I wanted to bop freely and never feel too constricted. I also loved the concept of getting a totally separate re-assessment,” she said. “I knew the low open back of the second dress would make cute late-night dancing photos.”
Increasingly, brides are choosing a second wedding look that equals — or eclipses — the cupcake confections they walk down the aisle in.
On TikTok, #SecondDress has garnered greater than 16 million views. In line with a 2022 survey from wedding planning and vendor marketplace the Knot, 15% of people wore different outfits for his or her ceremony and reception.
“It’s grow to be a much bigger trend more recently because brides want to point out their personality the minute they step into their reception,” celebrity wedding planner David Tutera told The Post. “Brides can actually change right into a dress that has color.”
Sofia Richie’s trendsetting April wedding within the South of France saw her wearing not one but two bespoke Chanel dresses on the massive day.
Her long, lacy ceremony look featured a crisscross neckline, while in a while she become an ivory minidress inspired by somewhat number that Claudia Schiffer wore on the catwalk in 1993.
Designers are capitalizing in the marketplace for post-ceremony dresses. Newly launched Silk Thread Online bills itself as a “one-stop collection” for the whole lot however the ceremony gown, specializing in reception and after-party dresses. And, last month, Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand Skims expanded into the bridal market with 63 easy dresses — like a a blue silk slip dress, and a formfitting minidress with a crystal beaded hem — that appear destined for reception glory.
Tutera notes that unlike ceremony gowns, which are inclined to be more conservative, brides are taking big fashion risks with second looks — from feathered jumpsuits to sequined minidresses.
“I’m working with a bride right away who has a surprising gown that costs 1000’s of dollars for her walk down the aisle and her second dress is an eggshell blue and it’s covered in all crystal,” he said. “It’s a pencil skirt, sweetheart neckline, her arms are usually not covered … it’s far more revealing.”
Unsurprisingly, the trend is being driven, partly, by social media.
A second, more daring frock makes for compelling wedding post content .
Kendal Cradic posted a TikTok of the bedazzled minidress she wore after ceremony. She was eager to get out of her more formal gown.
“After wearing it for hours, people stepping on the train, all night long — I couldn’t wait to take it off,” she said.
“There’s absolutely no way I could have as much fun as I did if I used to be in my ceremony dress.”
