You have to wonder what was going through Sarah Jessica Parker’s mind when she opted for a black wedding dress the day she married Matthew Broderick.
She isn’t goth. It wasn’t a themed wedding. It wasn’t on Halloween. The choice didn’t fit the bride’s personality. So why did she opt for it?
Many moons later, the actress still regrets that decision. She tells Harpers Bazaar:
“(I would) white it up. I’d wear a beautiful, proper wedding dress, like I should have worn on that day.
“James Wilkie’s teacher is getting married, and he said, ‘Do you think she will be wearing black?’ I said, ‘No! I can almost assure you.’ Then he said, ‘Do you still regret it?’ and I said, ‘Yes, I still regret it.’”
Do you have any wedding day regrets?
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None, well maybe the wedding cake. I would have chosen a different style if it was today. But all in all I don’t regret anything. Not even the money we spent, we have all these great memories, and now our children also enjoy it all with us by looking at the pictures, and the vhs tape. Yes, that’s how long ago it was!
Haha Anonymous @ 9:28, me too (for my first marriage). I’m now planning my wedding to my new groom and it definitely won’t be white, but a light color. It will be 50′s tiki/Hawaiian themed! My mom won’t be happy but it’s my wedding and she’s had 3 big weddings already with my siblings.
I regret having my wedding while my thyroid was out of control and I was all bug-eyed. I can’t even look at the pics I’m in without tearing up. Vain, I know, but as someone else mentioned it’s hard when you don’t look like yourself.
A black wedding dress? That explains the marriage.
Well, those were the 90ies, they are both artists and it was New York – black was THE colour!
no regrets….everything went well. I only regret the stupid jack and jill….too many fights between families and friends and they put ‘us’ in the middle of it.
Well, I have regrets about my wedding dress, it was a 69.99 tacky old-lady looking polyester number from Sears, all I could afford/ find at the time (had to get married/ visa situation, long story). But this May we will be married 16 years, and he’s still dreamy/ caring/ loving. So, what can I say, bad dress, great marriage, can’t have everything sometimes….
I wore black too but I don’t regret it. I was also 8 months pregnant though. I don’t regret getting married then but I do regret not having a big wedding and a big party. Every girl deserves her day and I wish I had had mine.
Sarah should renew her vows in a fabulous white dress. It may not fix the feeling of regret entirely, but I’m sure it will put her at ease quite a bit.
I wore a blue cocktail dress and don’t regret it at all. White doesn’t suit everyone and with my pale complexion, I’d look like a ghost! losethatgirl blog
I wish my groom had not changed his mind 2 weeks before it and decided it had to be formal with tux and a poofy white dress! Ever tried to find a wedding dress that fits in less than 2 weeks and on a budget??!! We were supposed to get married in jeans outside. It ended up a very unhappy start, and continued on like that with the exception of my son who is the light of my life.
I got married on the beach and my flower girl decided the day before that she did not like the sand/ocean one bit. She ran away from the ceremony and her dad had to carry her down! I ended up not getting any good picutres with her. I also wish I had put out some speakers and walked down the beach with my dad to some music. I’d always wanted to walk to pachelbel’s canon in D, but gave it up b/c I didn’t want the hassle of getting speakers out on the beach. The music would be the one thing I’d do over if I could.
That’s a great idea! I hope she reads this blog and takes your advice.
Anything goes now with wedding style. If you want to wear black…do it! If you want to have your reception at a rock concert, go ahead!
To read more about the black dress trend check out: http://www.onewed.com/blog/savvy-scoop/2009/03/06/bride-chic-beyond-white
I just regret not having two wedding dresses
A proper white dress? Unless you are a virgin you are not being “proper” anyway! People kill me being stuck in tradition. Some don’t even know the history behind the tradition they just blindly follow everyone else. How dare anyone question what color a bride decides to wear to her wedding. THINK people! Use your own brain!! Not every bride wants to walk down the aisle in a big white dress.
people should put more effort into the marriage rather than the wedding! The wedding is over in less than an hour! The marriage is supposed to last a lifetime!
t ended up a very unhappy start, and continued on like that with the exception of my son who is the light of my life.
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Im planning my wedding and I have always dreamt of a black dress for me, and I have just bought one depicting the sweet sexy sixties, Audrey Hepburn type.. knee length from Mango… It fits me so good..with all the curves in all the right places showing..nothing can beat the way I feel now that I have my dream black wedding dress. I agree with those who say, its not about what everyone does, its what makes you happy..I know I will never regret black as a choice but celebrate it through and through…
Are there any pics of this black dress out there anywhere? I’d love to see it! I looked but couldn’t find one…
I got married in September of last year and what I regret the most is not getting a professional videographer. My husband has a friend who is a professional videographer and since we trying to save money, I asked him to talk to him if he could do us a favor and videotape the church ceremony(30 min) and only important parts of the reception (30min). My husband refused to talk to his friend. The truth is that my husband did not care about the wedding at all or how I felt and what I wanted, he constantly repeated that we were wasting money and that he was going to be so happy when the whole thing was over. Our wedding cost us $2700 and my husband had a problem with that, when 2 years ago he send $2000 as a wedding present to his cousin. Anyway, I ended up getting a very cheap digital camera and a friend of mine did the video, which turned out to be very dark, shaky, pixalated and not watchable at all.
Originally, I was so excited about getting married , but my husband’s negative attitude ruined not just the video, but the whole experience. Now I regret having the wedding and marring a person who doesn’t care about my feelings and the things that make me happy.
I’m a designer of Black Wedding Dresses and I think they are gorgeous. I happen to LOVE them! Hurray for all brides wearing black!
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Are there any pics of this black dress out there anywhere? I’d love to see it! I looked but couldn’t find one…
go to slaves to fashion n go to search black wedding dresses. N click would u wear a black wedding dress. n there is a pic of her dress
Try the following link for a wedding pic of SJP…..I’m thinking about wearing black to my wedding so was eager to see “Carrie’s” black wedding dress! Not what I expected for her but still elegant none the less.
http://robbinsbros.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/sarah-jessica-parker-and-matthew-broderick-wedding-photo.jpg
I word black to my wedding as well. And I am not goth, it wasn’t a themed wedding and it did not take place on Halloween. I wore black because it is my favorite clothes color and it was my day so I should have been able to wear what I want without having to worry about tradition or what anyone else thought. My husband wore black so why couldn’t I? And I have absolutely no regrets. I would have regretted caving in and following tradition blindly, like a sheep.
I agree! You should wear what YOU want to wear and not what other people expect you to wear.
Wow, I never knew that. Weird. Maybe she was trying to go for the anti-Carrie look??
I do have a couple of regrets. I let my mom and sister talk me into a dress that I didn’t absolutely love… my seamstress used the “wrong” side of the crepe-back satin, so the bridesmaids’ dresses were a shiny pewter instead of a flat grey… my photographer had to bail and sent one of his weird assistants… Honestly, it wasn’t all bad like I’m making it sound. The day went without a hitch and it was really beautiful and fun, just looking back at the (not-to-great) photos, I get a little nitpicky!
That said, I think weddings are a terrific waste of money. What we could’ve done with it ($$$$$) instead!!!! *sigh*
That said, I think weddings are a terrific waste of money. What we could’ve done with it ($$$$$) instead!!!! *sigh*
YES! we bought a house instead LOL! Sometimes I think it would have been fun to have the wedding memories but I’m happier to have my home
SJP married Matthew long before she became Carrie.
I too wore a long black gown and a long black cape-i would wear it all over again-i would never be caught dead in a big white dress- its just not me.
I just picked out my wedding gown yesterday and it is ivory, strapless with a about a 4 foot long train and beading and beautifulness from top to bottom. People should realize that wedding gowns don’t have to be just white.
My wedding dress was ivory, as well. Perfect for me as I was an older bride. My regret is the fact that my mother put HERSELF (instead of the florist) on flower patrol. BIG MISTAKE! Oh well! We got through the day in spite of her mistake
My only regret is not putting any effort into losing the extra pounds as most brides do. I have no idea what I was thinking – I guess it could have been stress. I even gained weight during the last few months leading up to my wedding. I’ve lost weight since then and totally regret not looking the best I could have on my wedding day. 3 years later and I still do not like looking at myself in my wedding photos… It’s just complete dissapointment…
I regret my choice of groom.
LOL!!
AMEN!!! That and I regret getting married partially because i felt pressured to by my family and friends who wondered why i had run off to “live in sin” with this man. If I’d followed my own heart I would have just kept shacking up and then come to my senses that he was a lazy selfish, self centered egotistical verbally abusive a$$ and left him no strings attached. But I stuck it out for 6 of the longest years of my life and managed to get two wonderful kids out of the deal (that I don’t have to share because the bum is more absent than Eddie Murphy) Could have saved myself $185 in court fees!
Man, that’s a bummer to have regrets about your wedding dress. But I wonder why she chose to wear a black one instead of a white one.
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On my wedding morning the girl doing my hair callled in sick. She had a case of “botttled flu”. I made the salon call her house, got her into the shop, after she did my hair, I didn’t tip her a dime. I don’t regret it one little bit! I wanted to throttle her.
LMAO! I’m trying to convince my best friend to think twice about her choice of a groom but it’s a fine line between butting in and letting things be what they will.