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That Time I Wore a Wedding Dress

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Yes, you read that correctly, the one time I wore a wedding dress.  Yes, it was a wedding dress. No, it was not my wedding.  No, it was not even A wedding. This was my high school graduation where all 54 girls receiving diplomas paraded infront of a New Englad mansion in wedding dresses.  The ceremony did include a mass, but the similarities with a traditional wedding end there. Many of the young ladies walking with me not only did not have a boyfriend but they attended prom by themselves, as they did not even KNOW a boy! In some ways can consider their to be a whole bunch of brides and no grooms.

To many people this may seem strange but after attending the school for eight years I could not wait until I got to be the girls walking out the front doors of the school in a long white dress.  As the high school I attended was from girls ages pre-k through 12 it is a great tradition that all of the graduating seniors receive a beautiful bouquet of red roses from a second grader on your way into the ceremony. The parade out of the front of the school was truly a bridal fashion show with only two girls having a duplicate dress. Take a look at the photos from that day: 

Congratulations to my entire graduating class!  I can not believe it has been years since I have seen some of you and I hope everyone is doing well!
Have you ever been to a wedding style graduation? 
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  7. Andrea Antoniou says

    You look amazing in the dress, your blog is just lovely by the ways, keep up the good work 🙂

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  10. Dara says

    what a cool idea. I never heard of that idea either! do some of the girls end up wearing the same dress to their wedding??

  14. Kacie Cone says

    Thats so cool! I have never even heard of that before! Our graduation was really causual, some girls even had on like a tshirt and jeans underneath their robes!

  19. Ginny @ Buttergirl Diaries says

    Hey Kelly! I’m Ginny a new follower! What a cool post. I immediately clicked it to check it out because I’m getting married in 9 months. How sweet. Did you get it from an actual bridal salon? If so, I’m sure the process was super fun.

    I already picked out my dress and it was an AWESOME experience!! 🙂

    I have never heard of girls wearing long white dresses to a graduation. What a special tradition!

    Ginny
    http://www.buttergirldiaries.com

  21. Abbey says

    Some of my friends had to wear floor length white dresses to their high school graduation, and also these cute little paper crowns!

  26. Isabel says

    my high school had all the girls wearing the exact same white dress (we were given a pattern) and we could choose between the shiny or matte side of the fabric. lol. the boys had to wear white tuxedos. its weird but ended up being kind of fun despite all of our complaining.

    Isabel @ Walk of Fashion

  29. Michael says

    That’s crazy. I can’t imagine having a graduation ceremony like that. My only issue with mine was that it was alphabetical order and I was THE last person in our class – Zosh. I did get a standing ovation though – it was finally over 😉

  31. Alyssa says

    You look gorgeous, and that house is amazing! Where did you go to school? A private school near me, Ms. Porters, had the same tradition!

  32. Jessica says

    I did this too! Except we all had to wear the same exact dress and white elbow length gloves. Luckily the dress wasn’t awful but it was totally white, floor length and of course “modest”…Takes me back to the good old days of my youth…

  33. Sam says

    This is so interesting! It must be so great to be able to wear a wedding gown for something other than your own wedding, love the idea! You look so stunning sweety, love the beautiful dress you picked out.Thanks for stopping by.. Hope you have a positive and productive week ahead!

  38. Alexandra Zakharova says

    How great! I think white dress for graduation is quite an amazing idea! I have never seen so many wonderful girls in white gowns, it’s really beautiful! I like the way you add some red touch with that lovely flowers:) Nice post, well done!
    Have a great time!

    Best wishes, Alexandra
    http://www.svetusvet.com

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