As I mentioned last week, there are a lot of body issues that come up in connection with weddings. While there is already an unreasonable standard of perfection for women’s bodies in the culture at large, that standard seems to be magnified about 1000 times when it is focused on a wedding.
For example, there is an entire sub-industry dedicated to weight loss for brides-to-be. The bridal magazines also uphold the idea of the size zero bride. And the wedding fashion industry preys on the fears suggested by the magazines by encouraging brides to order a wedding gown four sizes too large “just in case”–so they can charge hundreds of dollars for unnecessary alterations.
I call BS on all that. As part of my wedding planning practice, I want to encourage body positive weddings. I was inspired recently by reading an article in the Guardian titled, “My wedding was perfect–and I was fat as hell the whole time.” The author analyzes many of the issues involved in being a fat bride and makes beautiful sense of them. She’s also an inspiration for how to get married in a body positive way.
I remember a client of mine confiding in me the night before her wedding that she was afraid she wouldn’t be beautiful enough at her wedding. I was glad to be able to reassure her, as I would truthfully be able to reassure anyone, that she would be gorgeous. No matter who you are, if you’re happy to be getting married, you’ll be beautiful on your wedding day.
Every body is beautiful–especially on their wedding day. Photos by Sprung Photo, Happy Buddy PhotoArt, Agnes Malorny Photography, MWD Photography, and christytylerphotography.com.
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