“Wearing it on my wedding day gave me confidence and made me feel proud," Shannon Mitchell said

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It starts with what should be a happy moment: looking at your wedding dress. But for many brides, that moment is followed by doubt instead of excitement.

The bride noted that she and her sister's nuptials were three weeks apart and that her sister asked her to "tone" down her "extravagant" wedding or postpone it Kimberlee Speakman is a Writer-Reporter on the News team at PEOPLE, covering Weekends.

This gaudy guest is making a case for wedding dress codes. A bride was outshined on her big day by a wedding guest who was supposed to make her the main attraction for her beach destination wedding. The wedding guest wore a nude dress with over sized flowers.