ABUJA – Some couples in the FCT on Friday offered reasons for changing dresses during wedding receptions other than wedding gowns.
A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja indicated that most of the brides prefer to change gowns to wedding dinner.
Some of the couples told NAN that the brides changed from their wedding gown to sophisticated dinner dress for glamour, comfort and affluence.
NAN recalls that wedding dress over the decades has been an outfit for most ladies on their wedding day.
Some of the residents told NAN that ladies prefer to change from their wedding gown to a dinner ware to ensure comfort.
Madam Katerine Asoba of ‘Bridal Accessories’, Gwarimpa, Abuja, said ladies prefer to change from wedding gown to other wears to their wedding reception for the vogue.
Asoba explained that with the recent idea of bride’s not wearing wedding dress all through the wedding event has made most wedding dress dealers to also sell dinner cloths as well.
Another wedding gown seller, and event planner, Mrs Juliana Eke of ‘J&J Bridals’, Karmo, FCT, said bride changing cloth has made the urge for sophisticated wedding gown and dinner wears.
Eke said: “Ladies often request for dinner gowns after making their choice of wedding gown. I am left with no option but to start selling it too.
“The facts still remain that less attention is given to wedding gowns this days, because reception is the main place of event because it involved more crowd.’’
Miss Adora Obasi, a banker, told NAN that some brides change to simple or dinner gown because they feel more comfortable in it. [eap_ad_1] Obasi said that her friend, who recently got married, went through the stressful activities of dancing and walking around, required dress that would not inconvenience her.
“Most wedding gowns carry excessive busy designs. So the bride needs something that will enable her dance well, and that is the purpose for the dinner gown,” Obasi said.
Mrs Mercy Idoko, a newly wedded bride at Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja, told NAN that bride changing into dinner gown or ordinary gown aside her wedding gown was a choice and show-off.
“Personally, I feel changing wedding dress is even more stressful because it involves more work; fresh make-up, removing and wearing of relevant underclothes.
“Actually there is no need for all of that, if not a mere show off,” Idoko said.
NAN reports that wedding and dinner dresses can be acquired in different ways and cost depending on the bargaining power between the seller and buyer.
It could also be bought or rented depending on individual decision. (NAN)
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