Attack of the Killer Veils

I've heard time and time again that a woman doesn't truly feel like a bride until she dons her veil for the first time. One of the employees of Michelle's Bridal Shoppe even told me a story about a bride who chose her veil first and planned the rest of her wedding day attire around that. For many brides, the veil is an integral part of her wedding day.

So I'm beginning to think I may have a problem.

The thing is, I fully appreciate a beautiful veil. There's something really breathtaking about a cathedral length veil skimming the floor as a bride makes her trek down the aisle. It's just that I don't really like veils on me.


Some lovely full length veils from Romona Keveza.

Gorgeous right?

Well...this is me in a long veil. I like to call it the bride-eating veil....for obvious reasons.



So I blamed this unfortunate tulle explosion on the fact that I'm a pretty petite person, and decided a long veil was just not for me.

However, the sad fact is that a short veil does not automatically reduce the likelihood of poof-overdose.


Also from Romona Keveza. I secretly love all of these looks and wish I could pull them off!

These are some more examples of my previous run-ins with veils of the shorter variety. You can tell by my face in the first picture that I'm a little underwhelmed.



So for now, I'm still undecided and decided to take a little break from the veil hunt, before I'm consumed by my biggest fear...

which would be, of course, these veils:


(I feel like I should mention that Romona Keveza is actually my favorite wedding dress designer...I just strongly believe these veils should stay on the runway!)

Anyone else in my shoes when it comes to the great veil dilemma? Any tips or suggestions of how to overcome my veil phobia? What kind of veil did you choose?