What to Wear Under Wedding Dress to Not Sweat
Things you should know in advance as a bride that no one will tell you
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Source: https://vailfucci.com/2010/05/29/things-you-should-know-in-advance-as-a-bride-that-no-one-will-tell-you/
I love these tips. I already knew about #2 and #3 but the two tips mentioned in #1, I almost laughed to an accident. I will remember those tips and make sure my bridesmaids do as well! Thank you!
Vail 1 Jul 2012 Reply
So glad you enjoyed it Bonnie! Every word of it is true. The scene looked like something out of a romantic comedy.
Heather 1 Jul 2012 Reply
An alternative to tip #1 is to use deoderant instead… it lasts much longer and much less mess:)
Vail 1 Jul 2012 Reply
Agreed Heather! Since I wrote this post in 2010 I have stated to bring deodorant sticks for my clients for just such an occasion. The key is to make sure it is an anti-perspirant, not just deodorant, since what you are trying to prevent is excess moisture not smell.
accidentalgypsy 2 Jul 2012 Reply
If you're afraid the baby powder will clump or wear off, other anti-chaff products are on the market.
Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel is exactly for inner thigh chaffing, and some runner's use BodyGlide anti-chaff stick (looks like stick of deodorant).
I've personally used both (the monistat when wearing a dress in a hot, humid climate, and the BodyGlide for running a half and full marathon with rubbing arms and thighs) and they are awesome!!
Lynnly 3 Jul 2012 Reply
regarding the mics: only the officiant and the groom not the bride? hmmm the grooms will work for both bride and groom? or is this because of attire? grin*
Vail 3 Jul 2012 Reply
Lynnly, usually miking up the groom will work to get the audio from both the bride and groom. Also, the mikes are hidden better on a guy's tux than on a white wedding gown. If the groom and bride are not standing close together (which would be unusual), then she would want to have a mic as well.
Erin 9 Jul 2012 Reply
one thing to consider when being mic-ed outside is wind and feedback. My fiance is a professional wedding DJ and usually advises couples AGAINST being mic-ed outdoors, because if they are and it's at all windy, all that can be heard is horrible feedback/white noise rather than the actual ceremony. Just something to consider!
Pat 15 Jul 2012 Reply
DERMAdoctor Med-E-Tate is also a great product for keeping dry, and not just your underarms. I have used it for my feet when wearing hot shoes, friends have used it for sweaty hands, and I have even heard of it for facial perspiration. It comes in little packets, which, if I was a wedding coordinator, I would keep in my purse. Pricey, but worth it for your one special day.
Jennifer Crouch 19 Jul 2012 Reply
Oh my word! Laughed so hard while reading your baby powder wedding story. Good stuff.
Keire Mancini 24 Jul 2012 Reply
Great wedding ideas, especially for an outdoor wedding
Keire Mancini 24 Jul 2012 Reply
Tammy 19 Aug 2012 Reply
An idea that I came up with on my wedding day…I put a wash cloth,a little water and some ice in a zip-lock bag. I put it in the 1st seat on my side of the church before the wedding. When my father passed out my mom quickly grabbed the wash cloth and brought my father back around. Within 2 mins the wedding was going again. It really helped
Deb 29 Aug 2012 Reply
My husband is a minister, so we have dealt with a lot of weddings. My husband is always miked. He won't not let it happen. He also uses a choir mike for the couple. He does most of the ceremony with just his mike and then when there is movement, pulls the other mike out of the corner for the vows. This allows the couple to have quiet moments as well as allows the congregation to hear the vows. When miking the groom, you have to have a sound person who is going to mute it for most of the service.
Eve 30 Aug 2012 Reply
I wear bike shorts under all my dresses, all the time. It prevents chafing, wicks sweat, and acts like a comfortable shaper all in one.
Vail 30 Aug 2012 Reply
Eve, I wear bike shorts when I'm shooting weddings under my dress as well. But for your wedding day I think many girls might not be comfy with that as they might want to be wearing something a little bit frillier when the dress comes off at the end of the wedding 😉
Always have your wedding planner or maid of honor ensure that there is a small fan somewhere in the reception hall. I got married on a very warm day and melted in my dress. 🙁 So bad I had to take it off. A fan would have saved the day. Whenever I help with a wedding now, I bring one, and the bride is always grateful!
Another Tip: Make sure YOU know where your things are. In the rush to get to the reception on time, my things were everywhere! Half way through the night I needed my credit card, and I couldn't find my purse – wasted 40 min of my wedding trying to find my room key, purse, etc. brutal.
To prevent chaffing use Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel. I used it for my Hot August wedding because i was serioisly debating on buying and wearing SHORTS under my dress. It truly worked with one application. and i ended up using for the honeymoon as well hot florida weather, it was PERFECT!
Kaiti 9 Oct 2012 Reply
Plan on having a separate e-mail addy and phone # before you even THINK of signing up on a wedding website or going to a bridal show. I requested coupons for a show I ended up not making it to, but I keep getting "It was so nice to talk to you at Such and Such Bridal Show" emails and phone calls from vendors I've never heard of.
Thanks to Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail, you can have all the e-mail addys you want, and thanks to Google Voice, you can have a separate phone number that doesn't ring anywhere, but sends a transcribed voice mail to your designated e-mail addy. And it's all free. YAY!
EmmaG 10 Oct 2012 Reply
The most akward thing in the world was at my brothers wedding when he and his bride to be didn't inform them o our akward mixed family! Now we only have one sibling picture with his moms kids and us his dad kids! Make sure to tell your photographer to avoid situations like this!
Erna 30 Oct 2012 Reply
Another tip for good photos with out the double chin is to always press your tongue up to your gum. I've done it for years and very very rarely get bad chin action in my photos, I don't really know how to smile anymore with out doing it!
Baby powder is definitely not enough for chafing thighs… I recommend Monistat Chafing Relieve Powder Gel. It's just like baby powder except it only goes where you want it to go because it's a gel. It's much easier to reapply once you have your dress on. Here's a link to it:
http://www.drugstore.com/products/prod.asp?pid=139254&catid=184078
Hehe.. just read the comments and it looks like Monistat has a lot of fans 😉
Jesekahb 18 Nov 2012 Reply
I just want to add something for anyone who reads all the way down here at the bottom 🙂
For the brides who do hydrate enough, and therefore need to pee frequently– turn and face the toilet, and sit down backwards. Thats right– like you're riding a bike or a horse. It is incredible how much easier it is to lift the layers of your gorgeous dress that way, instead of hiking it up your back, hoping that you got all of it out of the way, and potentially returning to the reception with pee on your gown.
just turn around.
Mary Tracy 30 Dec 2012 Reply
Betsy Stegeman 31 Dec 2012 Reply
Why not just get married at City Hall? A lot less complicated…
Stephanie Freed Limke 1 Jan 2013 Reply
Rona Gibbs Watts 1 Jan 2013 Reply
Saving for the wedding in my sons future.
Aurika Gemini 4 Jan 2013 Reply
First one made me laugh out loud :)))) thanks for sharing such intimate moments with us :))) much appreciated! Xxx
Cindy Moses 5 Jan 2013 Reply
For all of my friends that plan on getting married soon, this will be a big help.
Lindsay Whitchurch 11 Jan 2013 Reply
Helpful trick that saved the bridal party in two weddings I've been in!: An nylon will take deodorant off of just about any material (the dresses we had were chiffon and another was silk!). Just rub the nylon vigorously over the deodorant mark and it comes right out. seriously, works like magic!
Mikayla Mattson 16 Jan 2013 Reply
I love this, I never thought about theses things and I'm very glad I found this:) Better to learn theses things now than during that day.
Michelle Popp Dellascio 4 Feb 2013 Reply
Here you go future bride friends
Monette Marie Latter Smith 5 Feb 2013 Reply
I am so going to try these exercises. Thanks for the photo tips too.
Patty Schieffer-Owens 11 Feb 2013 Reply
One thing I needed on my wedding day was chalk. Getting into the car I accidentally touched my lipstick to my dress and got a nice big smear of it on my dress. Luckily one of my bridesmaids had chalk with her. We wiped it off the best we could, covered it in chalk and could not see it in the pictures at all.
Theresa E Hart 7 Mar 2013 Reply
Mary Kay makeup remover took a lipstick mark out of my daughter's wedding gown..
Theresa E Hart 7 Mar 2013 Reply
Mary Kay makeup remover took a lipstick mark out of my daughter's wedding gown..
Caressa-Casey Underwood 22 Mar 2013 Reply
This is for you ladies getting married out there!! Saw this on pinterest and thought it was absolutely necessary for posting lol
Kris Kilner Britt 24 Mar 2013 Reply
Monastat makes an anti-chaffing cream….I used it for biking for chafing. MUCH better than baby powder or corn starch and no powder everywhere. Goes on as a cream…..dries like a powder…but no residue!
Maranda Jean Cook 8 Apr 2013 Reply
Amazing advice! Thank you!
Emily Elizabeth Hogan 14 Apr 2013 Reply
One thing I wish I could have had with me for my wedding day was… ELECTRICITY! A freak storm the night of the rehearsal dinner resulted in a power outage across about 2/3 of the city for about a week. 105 degree temps with no air conditioning meant changing a TON of stuff for the ceremony and reception. SO glad I had plenty of deodorant, but oh my word, my dress stuck to my legs because of the sweat! My DJ was awesome, though, and kept reminding me to drink water. If I didn't have a cup or bottle of water in my hand, he was telling someone to go get more water for me!
Brides: My tip is this… Expect the unexpected, but also expect that SOMETHING will go wrong, and no matter what you do, you cannot expect to fix every little thing. Just go with the flow and have a special someone (mine was my mom) who will keep you calm all day long. In the end, as long as you have your groom and the officiant, the most important parts are covered and the rest is just icing on the cake. 🙂
Dawn Senecal 19 Apr 2013 Reply
Awesome! Thank you for the tips!
Trisha Peakman 11 May 2013 Reply
As much as it would suck if you needed it, but I would add tampons to that picture list.
Amber Shown 19 May 2013 Reply
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Chae Seymour 13 Jun 2013 Reply
The story about the baby powder had me in tears!
Lindsay Day 17 Jun 2013 Reply
Gold bond now has a spray (wouldn't have to get powder everywhere!)
Amanda Faulkner 20 Jul 2013 Reply
Thought you'd like this Demi (:
Lori Arnold Oliva 7 Aug 2013 Reply
My wedding coordinator used baby powder to get dirt/dust off my train, from the church floor. My husband's cousin gave me a can of FDS, she said they were in a wedding, in the heat of the summer & stuck in the church loft to wait, one of the girls pulled out a can to prevent sweating, worked like a charm, without the mess of baby powder.
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sheree 29 Oct 2013 Reply
Hi ladies, some great ideas above but I have not heard ideas about how to stop your tan from staining your wedding dress. Especially under arms… Any ideas
Vail 29 Oct 2013 Reply
My suggestion is not to fake bake. Even if it is a winter wedding you will likely sweat a fair amount and it may run down your skin leaving you looking streaky. That issue aside I still advise brides against it because in photos it gives them an unnatural orange hue. Even if you go to the pros and get it airbrushed on in photos you will still look orange tinted. So instead skip the fake and bake and the tanning beds all together. Get a dress that compliments your natural skin tone. I am pale as can be so I went with an ivory gold toned dress rather than a white white dress. Also make sure your make up blends down into your neck and decoltage. You don't want to look two toned as a result of too much bronzer or too much powder/concealer. Hope that helps.
linda 21 Nov 2013 Reply
I wish I read this before my wedding!
Candy Noel Kriegel 12 Mar 2014 Reply
Wouldn't just wearing a pair of form-fitted shorts made out of something like lycra or spandex (not spanx or anything like that) be more comfortable than messing with baby powder? You're going to sweat anyway. Lycra and spandex are absorbent, extremely breathable, and just as easy to take on and off as underwear. Put a panty-liner in those bad boys if you want to skip panties altogether.
Patricia Gibson 3 Aug 2014 Reply
I was on our church's wedding guild (we helped all brides, but especially ones that were not members of our church) so I was often faced with last minute problems. I always added a few other things in my Bride's Bag that I brought.
Imodium – just in case
Carpet tape – double sided tape, the kind used to keep rugs from slipping. This holds much better than the tape sold to hold up dresses. It won't harm the fabric and it will hold a dress up, repair a hem, all those places that need to be held in place.
Panty liners – so versatile. Obviously they have their original use, but they can be folded and trimmed to make a dress shield to prevent sweaty armpits. If a shoe is too large, a panty liner can work as an insole or trimmed to fit at the heel. Use some carpet tape to help secure.
Visine eye drops – applied with a cotton ball, this can help calm red blotches on nervous brides or maids.
Vanessa 10 Aug 2014 Reply
Oh these are wonderful tips. However, have you ever heard of Bandelettes? Bandelettes is a sexy way to prevent chafing while wearing your lovely wedding dress. I love, love Bandelettes, I use them all the time when I am exercising or when wearing skirts and shorts. It is a very sexy way to prevent chafing. http://www.bandelettes.com
Tara Hamilton 20 Aug 2014 Reply
Baby powder everything! I wore a full corset and poured powder all over the inside before I put it on. No drippy back sweat. Baby powdered the panties too and on the body in every nook and cranny, felt dry as could be for the day, only re-powdered the down under at bathroom brake before the reception. Worked like a charm.
Some really good advice there, thank you for being so honest! Going to share this article. Thank you.
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Janice Mongelli-Johnston 24 Jan 2015 Reply
something all women should know!!! Talc powder is very bad for the womanly areas! ONLY use powder made from cornstarch!!!!!
About the emergency wedding day kit I would like to say that a bride without it is like a groom without a ring 😉 It is very important to be prepared for any unpleasant situation just in case. One of the most unwanted scenarios is to spill something on your dress. For this horrible situations be sure to have salt on hand. Sprinkle the spot with salt and leave it for some time to avoid the dirt penetrate the fabric. After a while just clean the spot with a wet wipe but not with water.
Peeter Suns 6 Apr 2015 Reply
Heather Manheim 17 Apr 2015 Reply
As an officiant, the first part of the ceremony you are looking at us, because we are directly speaking to you about marriage and giving you the declaration of intent (AKA the "I do's") but a good officiant will say, "join the hands of, and look into the eyes of…" before you get to your vows. I also bring an emergency kit for all my brides, in case they forget! I also have blotting tissues (another must on a warm day), cough drops/aspirin/allergy tablets, girly products, a wrinkle-release spray, dental floss/disposable tooth brush and a bottle of white out…I know nobody wants to put white out on their gown, but if it comes down to having a large dark mark or that – you pick the white out (not that I've had to use it yet, thank God!)
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Nicole J. 31 May 2015 Reply
My suggestion for staying cool – if you are wearing a ballgown or a-line dress, wear a hoop skirt underneath even if it's a small one. A petticoat over the top hides the lines from the hoops well. The hoop skirt will allow for airflow underneath the dress. If you want an extra blast of cold, hold something frozen under the dress near your feet and the cold air will circulate under the dress 🙂
Lisette Christiaans 26 Jun 2015 Reply
Lydia Droogendijk, sommige dingen zijn best wel handig! 🙂 Translation from Dutch: These things are quite handy! 🙂
brides should learn these tips before wedding days. THanks for sahring.
Carol Panter 30 Aug 2015 Reply
Carol Panter 30 Aug 2015 Reply
Sweat prevention for the "under-boob" area, not only to stay dry, but avoid chafing : "invisible" stick anti-perspirant.
Nya Aduna 3 Sep 2015 Reply
Lovely! This will soon enough be myself <3
Neeno Nguyen 16 Sep 2015 Reply
Nikkis SprayTanning tips for you!
Kim Gramm 21 Sep 2015 Reply
Excellent advice I will use them, Thank you!
The nerves will try to take ownership of your reason for your wedding day, I do not say that is not normal to have nerves, but try to keep them at bay. Most of the things you had to do and will have made in the days before your wedding, and you have left to do tomatillos calmly. If you feel the desire seeks installed on your mood you would do well to remember at the time what an old Chinese proverb says "If you have solution why do you care? And if you do not, why do you care? " .
Not a good idea to take painkillers and less alcohol. It has happened more than a woman (of course also men, but they'll talk in another post), which try to calm his nerves using these methods, the only thing they remember about your wedding is the hangover the next day.
As much an infusion of lime.
In short, try to be as relaxed as possible and enjoy what you came to do this day. Try to keep a clear mind, your senses awake, lest you escape any moment one of the happiest days of your life. And if you get to escape any, quiet, it is very possible that your wedding photographer take care of catch
Carol 26 Oct 2015 Reply
Wear a Pantiliner! I got my period early walking down the aisle but thankfully was prepared!
Aleria Carmody 30 Oct 2015 Reply
@chantelle kat don't let you or I forget this!!!
Jane Picks 17 Nov 2015 Reply
Communicating the timelines with your photographer will definitely help you in getting stunning portraits done. He can plan accordingly and will suggest you the best time of the day for your portrait session.
Thanks for helping me out. My friends are about to get married. I would definitely share this blog to them.
Thanks for sharing these quite impressive tips for a wedding day.
Lots of great tips, will pass along to a few people I know that are getting married,