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Chapter 1: What standout moments are highlighted from the wedding series?
This episode of Stylish is brought to you by Michael Hill. Whether you're planning a wedding, celebrating a milestone, or searching for a piece that's uniquely yours, Michael Hill is here to help you mark life's most meaningful moments. There were so many golden moments from this year's wedding series, our three-part series on wedding culture that Rae and I hosted.
We decided to pull together the parts where we spoke to what brides actually care about right now. This first clip is from our episode with Andy from The Bridal Journey.
I think what brides are going to be doing is really personalising their weddings with these really cool brand touch points. And I want to reference this wedding that we featured on The Bridal Journey. Their names were Sophia and Dan and they had a two-part celebration and I really loved this wedding because it was just entirely unique to them. So they had a Burning Man wedding.
They got married in the desert and they had their guests like riding bikes. It was like this Burning Man theme. It was like incredible. And then they had a second wedding and it was... The theme of lucid dreaming.
So it was like you were entering this lucid dream and the guests were in sparkles and bright colours and it was at this kaleidoscope garden, like this amazing garden, and they had bubble guns on the dance floor. So it was just this really cool theme and this Y2K feeling to their wedding.
And I don't know what it is because I couldn't find anything written about it, but they had this bar where they were making like these... They had like these takeaway big slushy cups and they were kind of rolling. They had all these activations. They were rolling like this amazing sprinkle design and giving out these drinks.
And it was just like all really like personalized and branding to who they were as a couple.
We've also done a survey on you. We asked you all about your regrets and how that shaped your experience when it came to your weddings. This is from our Biggest Wedding Regrets episode. We'll pop all the links to the full episode in the show notes. Our survey revealed that 69% of you have regrets about your wedding. Is this more or less than we expected?
I think it's, oh God, I'm going to say it's slightly more. I thought it would have been around 50%.
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Chapter 2: How can couples personalize their weddings?
Someone could think of a regret.
Yeah, that's fair. That's fair. Let's talk about what people actually regretted though. We gave our listeners 12 categories to choose from, but the most common was other at 33.1%. Jo, what was the next most common response category wise?
The second most common category our audiences regret centered around was guest lists. And that was followed by your chosen photographer at 8.9%, dress at 8.6%, and makeup and hair at 7.7%.
I thought dress would have been higher. Photographer, what do you guys think about that? Do you think that's higher than what you thought?
I think it's lower than what I thought.
Yeah, I think lower.
Because I think photos, like, that's kind of what you have after, like, you've got the memories, but physically, like, you have the photos. So, yeah, I think that is a common regret because if it's not what you thought or, like... The photographer's styles and what you wanted.
The guest list being the highest isn't a huge surprise for me. I think back to our original wedding series and also the previous episode that we did, guest list came up a lot. I also think the reality of it is that is reflective of a certain time in your life.
And as much as you can try to nail it, we had this really good method to the madness, as I would put it, or Cassie famously would put it in my team. She always says that. is past, present, future. They have to be in at least two of those camps.
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Chapter 3: What are the biggest wedding regrets shared by listeners?
you know, it might rain on your day, your dress will probably get ruined. Like both of those things happened to me. But what I remember was just how fun it was. And like the love in the room and the energy in the room, I think pour your energy into how the day will feel rather than like how it will look more aesthetically.
I think like the atmosphere and like, you know, how your guests were welcomed and moments that feel like really personal to you and your husband or wife. Yeah, and that's what people will remember. I think we tried to really personalize every aspect as much as we could. We had our friends involved in the ceremony and the MC. So I feel like it just felt like us.
I kind of regret being stressed right before the ceremony. So my lesson from the day was kind of like, calm the fuck down. Just relax. Because once the ceremony was over, I was like, it was like a weight lifted off my shoulders. I think there was just so much like anticipation for the ceremony and it being such a big moment in your life.
Like the pressure is just unbelievable and you think you're going to be fine and then it starts to approach and you're like, oh my God. Yeah, hyperventilating.
So I would have just tried to keep myself a bit more calm, like maybe have a little bit of rescue remedy and just have a swig of champagne and maybe just cool it a little bit because I think I would have remembered walking down the aisle a little bit more clearly and just enjoyed that few minutes a little bit more, whereas I was quite worked up during that time.
Yeah, sneaky little wreck there. The rescue remedy goes a long way on days like that. I actually use them before presentations as well. It's so good. Oh, my biggest lesson. Honestly, I think it's both of those things that you guys said. Cindy, I really resonate with what you said about the love in the room.
Everyone I spoke to going into my wedding was very adamant on that bit presence and being really present for me. Again, because I had the luxury of having the day before, it made that possible and I felt like I got to the end of our wedding night and I was like, I remember everything, every detail, every conversation.
In the car on the way back to our hotel because it was a 40-minute drive, the debrief between Louis and I was so lovely. So my biggest lesson would be definitely carve out time for you and your partner to really be present and soak it all in and talk about what is happening. Mm. What are the things you're seeing from each other's perspective? That was so special.
And yeah, just the smile on Lou's face and that conversation is just, yeah, I love it.
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Chapter 4: What common themes emerge from wedding regrets?
I have never again thought about the money that I've spent because it genuinely, as you said before, it sounds cliche, but it really is one of the best days of your life.
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