Is it necessary for the bride to wear the veil after the wedding is over?

Divya N: Is it necessary for the bride to wear the veil after the wedding is over?
In a Christian wedding, after the bride and the groom get married (exchange rings, vows, kiss, etc), during the reception, is it obligatory for the bride to wear the veil, or can she indulge in the reception in her wedding trousseau sans the veil? I have read about the significance of the wedding veil. But what about the reception? Surely, dancing with the guests would be a lot less cumbersome if you don’t have the veil, right?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Blunt
I took mine off after the ceremony, It got in the way of dancing LOL!

Good luck and congrats

Answer by Elaine
No you don’t have to keep the veil on after the ceremony is over. See if yours has a clip or something to fasten it back so it doesn’t get lost, just as your dress will have a loop so that you can hold the hem up with your wrist while dancing. Those bridal dress designers think of everything.

Answer by ♥KayRa♥
im not keeping mine on at the reception. it would be in the way i would think.. good luck and congrats

Answer by Stephan*e g.
its all about preference… its your wedding do it how you want

Answer by Libby
The veil usually comes off for the reception. However, it’s really up to you. One of my good friends got a beautiful chapel-length designer veil costing $ 1900 at 90% off (yes, 90% off!!), so she WORKED that veil!

As for me, I took mine off after pictures. It was just a prop.

Answer by ;-( 😉
I say NO WAY.
Take off your veil.
Shorten up your dress.
Let the good times Roll.
It’s your day too, right???

It’s your wedding. Do what you want.

Answer by riversconfluence
The veil is for the ceremony only, it is supposed to come off for the reception. the dress you can wear to the reception.
I see some brides wear it into the reception hall and keep it for instance for their first dance[done right away] with their husbands, then take it off.
You are right, it would be cumbersome, you might step on a long one, so might someone else. Take it of as per etiquette.

Answer by tatfamily
Once the ceremony is over it is more then acceptable for the bride to remove the veil.

Answer by lalala
It is not necessary to wear a veil at all. If a bride does choose to wear one during the ceremony, it is fine if she takes it off for the reception.

I left mine on because it didn’t really bother me, but most people I know have taken theirs off.

Answer by Diane G
Wearing or removing the veil at the reception is entirely up to you and what you feel comfortable with.

One of my friends removed her veil, but all the other brides I have ever known, left their veils on during the reception.

I loved my cathedral length veil so much it stayed in place from 09:30 when it was placed in my hair, till 7:30pm when we left the reception. I didn’t dance, but the veil had been through a formal garden and onto a black sandy beach where it was wind blown during photos.
It was no problem in the garden, on the beach, or at the reception. I just had to take a little care that I didn’t put the chair leg on the veil or long train when being seated.

Personally, I think the veil adds to the reception photos.
I have a few lovely photos from two weddings of the bride dancing with her groom at the reception while still wearing her veil. The veil just added to the beauty and romance of them dancing together.

You won’t be wearing your wedding veil every day, so make the most of it!
But, if it is annoying you, take it off.

Answer by truefirstedition
You don’t have to wear the veil at the ceremony if you don’t want to, frankly, unless your religion is extremely conservative.

But there’s absolutely no requirement that you keep it on during the reception, unless you want to. At most of the weddings I’ve been to, the bride took off her veil for the reception. One kept hers, but it was pinned really tight into her hair and she was afraid taking out the veil would mess up her ‘do.

Answer by Lydia
You don’t have to if you don’t want, I suppose, but I have never seen a bride do that.
I kept mine on – it was a fingertip veil which I wore all back, didn’t get in the way – and it completed the ‘look’ of a bride with the traditional gown I had, and since I was only going to be a bride once, I enjoyed wearing it!