Getting Ready

Faster than an iron and you'll use it before every occasion for the rest of your life.

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Eight dresses and eight suits in a hotel room with one closet end up on the bed, wrinkled. A collapsible rack folds into a car trunk, keeps everything hung and tidies the room for the getting-ready photos. One per room.

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Getting-ready rooms never have enough outlets for hair tools, steamers and phones.

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A steamer needs an outlet and ten minutes; a spray fixes car-ride creases on a bridesmaid dress in the parking lot. The 3 oz bottle passes the carry-on rule for a destination wedding. Test it on a hidden spot first and keep it away from silk and the gown itself.

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The dresses-in-a-row photo only works if the hangers match, and it ends the 'whose jacket is this' question at 3 p.m. Ten plain wood hangers cover the party; add kraft name tags if you want names in the shot.

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For the getting-ready playlist, the after-party, or a backup when the venue sound misbehaves.

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Eight bridesmaids and a photographer all need the one outlet in the suite, and a six-port charger ends the fight. Mixed USB-C and USB-A ports cover every phone. One per getting-ready room, set up before anyone arrives.

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Hotel bathroom light is yellow and tiny, and a daylight LED mirror lets the bridesmaids doing their own faces match the professional work. It folds flat for the bag. A large hand mirror for checking the back of an updo is the companion.

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Single-wrapped towelettes: one in each recovery pouch, a few in the getting-ready room for fixing a smudge without touching the rest of the makeup.

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Pocket-sized relief for summer ceremonies and airless getting-ready rooms.

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Foundation, tanner and lotion on twelve helping hands end up on the bodice. A pair of cotton gloves for whoever laces or buttons the gown keeps it clean, which is a stylist's quiet secret. Pick the size closest to the helper's hands.

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The getting-ready suite fills a bag by noon with tags, packaging, takeout and bottles, and the bathrooms, bar and vendor tables need them too. These fit a standard kitchen can; the contractor bags are for the heavy teardown.

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Something light to wear through hair and makeup, and to look good in the getting-ready photos.

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Button-front sets come off without touching hair or makeup, and a matching set for everyone makes the morning photos.

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A robe that gets worn at home afterward, instead of thin satin worn for one hour of photos. Sold one at a time, so order one per bridesmaid in a neutral shade and the bride's in white, and check the size chart before the shower.

If the whole party is getting ready together.

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Four hours barefoot on a hotel floor is longer than it sounds, and slippers show up in more candid photos than you expect. A plain satin ballerina with a non-slip sole reads bridal in the shot. A bulk spa-slipper pack covers the bridesmaids.

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Used on the morning of, before the hair is done, and every day after. One in each box.

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Getting ready together, each in a robe with her name or role. Sizes run to 5XL. Choose each size and name on the listing.

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The mothers are in the getting-ready photos too. A pair of satin robes, one for each.

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Chips and cookies leave crumbs and grease on white satin, and a bride who ate nothing faints at the toast. Protein bars travel, fill people up and do not shed. One box per getting-ready room; these contain nuts, so add a nut-free option for anyone with an allergy.

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Drinking from a glass takes lipstick off, and a straw keeps the makeup artist's work intact through cocktail hour. One straw in its case goes in the clutch and the rest stay in the suite. A spill-proof straw tumbler for the bride's morning coffee is the upgrade.

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Small bottles for the getting-ready room and the wedding party during photos.

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The welcome bag's snack: single packs that survive a suitcase and a hotel room. Also good in the getting-ready room.

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Another option to Individual Snack Packs, for a different style or budget.

Forty bags in a mix, so each welcome bag is a little different. Also the late-night answer at an after-party.

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A sweet option beside the salty one, small enough to eat in the car.

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For the dress photos in the morning. Order a few weeks ahead.

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Every dress in the dress photo, each on a hanger with its bridesmaid's name. Sold one at a time, so order one per person.

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The suit hanger with his name and role, so the groomsmen's suits photograph as well as the dresses. Order one per person.

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Photographers ask for a velvet box in a wedding colour because the wooden box the rings came in disappears in a flat lay. Two slots hold both bands, and the lid lifts off for the shot. Pick ivory, sage or dusty blue to match the palette; this one is for the photos, not the ring bearer.

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Three rings, the earrings, the something-borrowed bracelet and the veil comb arrive in different boxes. One case keeps them together, hands them to the photographer in one go, and then goes on the honeymoon. Ring rolls stop the bands rattling around.

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The ring shot is the most-zoomed photo of the day, and three months of hand cream dulls a diamond more than anyone realises. A twist-and-brush stick cleans it in a minute the morning of. Safe on diamonds and most stones, not on pearls or opals. Pack a travel hand cream too, since ring photos are close-ups of hands.

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A letter to each other on the morning of the wedding is the memory couples mention most, and a plain heavyweight card works for any couple without a printed 'to my bride'. The same box covers the thank-you notes for the wedding party.

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A wide wooden hanger keeps the jacket shoulders in shape between the tailor and the ceremony, and it is what the photographer shoots at 9 a.m. Two in the pack: one for the groom, one for the best man.

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You will cry, a handkerchief photographs where a tissue does not, and a cotton one with lace becomes the keepsake. Have a date or initials embroidered on it if you want an heirloom, and keep it tucked in the bouquet wrap for the ceremony.

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The letter exchanged before the ceremony. Couples who do it remember it; write it the week before, not the morning of.

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The other half of the letter exchange, for the bride to open while she gets ready.

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No sleep creases and no frizz on the morning your photos are taken, and afterwards it is the bridesmaid gift with the best still-use-it record. Look for real mulberry silk at 22 momme, not polyester satin, and pack it for the night before.

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Hotel curtains never close, and the one night you need eight hours is this one. A plain silk mask paired with foam earplugs also saves the bachelor-weekend rental with one snorer. Two in the pack: one each, or one for the honeymoon flight.

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Twenty minutes of gel patches while hair is being done takes down the 5 a.m. puffiness before the makeup artist starts. A 30-pair jar covers the bride and the whole party. Only use them if you have tried them before, and put a lip mask on the night before for the same effect on lips.

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Cooling blue under-eye patches for the morning of: a something blue that actually helps, and a shower gift with a reason.

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