English Version: The sweetest thing

07 Mar 2024
By Gloria Alafarga e Inês Guerra

The Bridal Affair

It's like a dream come true. After years and years of imagining what the big day, our big day, will be like, the time finally comes to deal with the most important part: looking for the dress — and choosing the dress, trying on the dress, swearing eternal love to the dress...

Only after this almost sacred ritual are we ready to focus on the accessories. From the pearl necklace that reminds us of our grandmother to the sunglasses that mark our rebelliousness, the options are endless. Just as we thought when we were seven years old, when we looked in bridal store windows and said "one day it's going to be me..."

Translated from the original in The Bridal Affair, published with The Blossom Issue in March 2024. Full stories and credits in the print version.