Rebecca Trotter, 34 married Katsu Hoshino, 36 on 1st July 2021 at Tythe Barn. Originally, she bought the McKinley dress from Enzoani then changed her mind to the Pronovias Hopkins.
This is part 5 in a series of 6 articles that ask brides who married at this beautiful Oxfordshire wedding venue to reflect on their wedding day fashion choices – with insights that will benefit all readers on the hunt for their wedding dress or wedding day attire. You’ll find the other brides here.
Our original wedding date was August 2020, but we had to move it back because of lockdown. The more time I had, the more I looked online and the more anxious I became about it.
One of the first things I did when I got engaged, was try on wedding dresses.
Just three months later, I’d bought The Enzoani McKinley dress. It was too quick, especially when you consider we got engaged two years in advance of our eventual wedding date. I got caught up in the excitement and wanted to get the dress early. I had an idea I wanted it to be slim fitting and sexy, so I didn’t try on any other styles.
It was a slim mermaid silhouette with a very long train. But I have curvy hips, boobs and a bum so it probably wasn’t the right choice for me.
She was very supportive of what I thought I wanted. But the second the wedding had to be moved back I knew it was my opportunity to change the dress. It was a blessing in disguise for me personally.
There was talk at one point of perhaps marrying a little earlier, but by then I had in my head the dress was changing so we had to wait. We paid for our own wedding and it was only my money I had spent so I only had myself to blame.
I got married nearly three years ago now and I still love my dress
I wouldn’t go back and change anything about it. I never questioned this dress and I wore it all day. That would be my advice to anyone, you may have a really solid idea in your head of what you want but try on the different styles.
Slim fitting dresses look amazing and there is a place for them, there is always going to be an occasion in your life when you could wear one.
But I knew I was never going to wear a dress like the Pronovias one to any other occasion in my life – I’m never going to the Oscars or a ball. Part of me wishes I had kept a little of the fabric from it, but it is enough for me to have the video and the photos.
I would also say, remember that you have to eat on the day. I could have left my dress a little less fitted than it was. I felt like I didn’t eat as much as I may have liked at my own wedding because my dress got slightly tighter throughout the day. It’s not the most romantic piece of advice but it is the most practical.
I knew at this point that whatever the stress has been in the lead up or whatever may go wrong, I wouldn’t care about anything other than the fact I was getting married.
I had a spot on my face, I forgot to put my perfume on and my garter with its little blue ribbon but none of it mattered. I just remember feeling really excited and beautiful. I couldn’t wait to get married. We had thirty guests instead of our original intended ninety but everything was perfect.’
