Have you ever found yourself wandering onto wedding dress websites to… just, you know… check out the offerings?
Maybe Vera Wang released her latest collection and you couldn’t help just having a scroll through the dresses? Maybe you checked out the clearance dresses on Lisa Ho’s website once she announced her closing down sale?
Maybe… just maybe… you’ve actually picked out your wedding dress already? Nothing extreme, of course. You just know that you want an Alex Perry custom-designed gown with a fishtail skirt. And a sweetheart neckline. And beading across the bodice. And no veil.
If so? Never fear – you’re not alone. Not even slightly alone. According to a new survey out of the UK, 11 per cent of women – that’s about one in 10 – have already picked out their wedding dresses.
And that’s SINGLE women. So… no wedding on the horizon. Not even a proposal.
It gets more interesting from there. 37% of those women have already gone ahead and purchased their gowns. Keeping in mind that there is no significant other – they’ve just gone ahead and picked something that they like.
It doesn’t even end there. We all know that there are plenty of other aspects to a wedding – bridesmaids, a venue, a menu being just some of them – and it seems as though a bunch of British ladies have been busy planning that as well.
This from the Daily Mail:
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I've been engaged for 1.5 years and I haven't even picked out where we will get married. Not as in the venue, as in the city/area.
Although I have thought about the honeymoon, to me that's far more exciting.
I'm 21, I've been with my boyfriend for over 5 years, and though we don't live together fulltime because he's in the army, he financially supports me. I never thought about my future wedding until recently (in the last year or so). I was always so set on getting through uni, finding a job, travelling etc., and weddings had never entered my mind. But all of a sudden now I can't stop thinking about it! I'm constantly following new wedding posters on instagram, dreaming about how he'll propose and where we'll get married. It's like there are two of me. The feminist (who is also the voice of my mother) says 'Don't get hitched so young, see the world, you're just conforming to the Disney Princess ideals you consumed at 5 years old!' And then there is the other me who wants to be engaged and who wants to be his wife. I don't know where this urge to get married and plan everything has come from. Do I look at other women who are getting married after a few years and think this is the next step in the relationship? Probably. Do I look at his parents who married young (its worked for them!) or do I hear about all his mates proposing to their girlfriends and want the same? Definitely! I might have to admit myself to the instagramer's excessive searching for #weddingideas help centre soon though!