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Lynnie
WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina

Wedding Day Reveal - Traditional or Modern?

Lynnie, on April 9, 2018 at 11:11 Posted in Plan a wedding 0 26

When will you first see your fiancé(e) on the wedding day?

Are you sticking with tradition and letting that first glimpse be while you're walking down the aisle? Or are you taking a more modern approach and doing a first look?


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Photo by Samantha Roy Photography in Sherbrooke, Quebec


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26 Comments

Latest activity by Vinod, on August 9, 2018 at 00:01
  • Vinod
    Top August 2017 Ontario
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    Indian traditional wear and Modern civil ceremony.

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  • Kaisha
    Super March 2019 Nova Scotia
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    Traditional I think, we debated it for a while but I don't think I want to do a first look.

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  • Jennifer
    Frequent user February 2024 Ontario
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    We do everything together and have no bridal party so we'll get ready together, do photos first then head to the venue together. I don't want people waiting around between the ceremony and reception.
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  • Jessie
    Expert September 2018 Ontario
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    Traditional! We both agree we want the first time he sees me to be as I'm walking down the aisle and everyone sees our first look.

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  • Christine
    Curious July 2020 New Brunswick
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    Modern! We are having an evening wedding, so we are going to do first look photos, and then all other photos before the wedding, so we can go right from our ceremony to the reception.
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  • Brittany
    British Columbia
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    Modern. Much to my mom's dismay, we will be doing a first look. I would have been fine going traditional, but our wedding is in January, so to have any daylight for our photos, we need to do them first, with ceremony at sunset.

    I think it will be nice to have those photos, and those moments to see each other before the ceremony. We will have been living together for 6 years by then, so even 12-15 hours apart the night before will feel like a long time!

    Also, I'm very emotional, and I know I will be emotional during the ceremony, but hopefully a liiittle bit more controlled if I get some of that out of the way beforehand.

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  • Lynnie
    WeddingWire Admin October 2016 North Carolina
    Lynnie ·
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    Modern! We did a first look and loved it!

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  • Erin
    Master September 2017 Ontario
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    Traditional for this aspect.

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  • Bianca
    Master August 2019 Ontario
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    Modern! We're doing all our photography before the ceremony too.

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  • Michelle
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    Traditional for sure

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  • Alexandra
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    Traditional, I really don’t like the idea of the first look, I’d rather see his face when I walk down the aisle
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  • Sarah
    Frequent user December 2018 Alberta
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    My fiance has no interest in doing the first look he wants to see me walk down the aisle in the church for the first time in my dressWe will be writing each other notes to give to each other that morning so we can read
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  • Gina
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    Gina ·
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    Traditional. It’s FH that wants it traditional. I wanted first look so we could do photos before hand. But he said no way. I also know I’ll cry with the more traditional way
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  • Ashley
    Frequent user October 2021 Manitoba
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    This one is up in the air I like the idea of the modern having the first look getting pictures of that but then again when I’m at a wedding I love watching the groom see the bride for the first time so I’m on the fence not sure yet.
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  • Jen
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    Modern- we are doing a first look so that we have time for more photos before the ceremony

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  • Becky
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    Modern- first look will happen

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  • Amanda
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    Traditional - FH said that he wants to see me for the first time when I’m walking down the aisle, so that was that. (Doesn’t help our ceremony is at 11 am, so we don’t really have time for a first look)
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  • Courtney
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    Traditional. I'm not sure into the First Look deal.

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  • Holly
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    Traditional! I have never really liked the idea of first look, they make cute pictures but that's it. My fiance is very much against them!! He told me he does not want to see me in my hair, makeup, dress and all that until I'm walking down the aisle. And I agreed so we will do traditional and I think that it will be beautiful, emotional but still beautiful.
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  • Stephanie
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    Traditional! I wanted the first time we see each other to be down the aisle.

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  • Chloe
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    Traditional! I want him to be surprised when I walk down the aisle!
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  • Valérie
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    Traditional; my FH doesn't want to see me before the ceremony.

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  • Allison
    Master October 2019 Ontario
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    Traditional! But will do first look with my parents

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  • Jennifer
    Super August 2018 Alberta
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    Traditional, it’s what my fiancé really wants and I like the idea as well of not seeing each other until I am walking down the isle.
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  • Stephanie
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    I love the idea of the first looks! Those are always so emotional when I see them on TV or the internet! I love them too as I find them more personally as it is shared between just he Bride and Groom in that moment!

    However as much as I love the first looks we will be saving it for me walking down the isle! I love it just as much and my fiance is more for the isle first look too! : )

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  • Tatiana
    Expert April 2018 Ontario
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    Going with Modern, doing a First Look!

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