Bridezillas-to-be, take note: what applies to Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, and Lindsay Lohan also applies to you.

I’m left a little speechless (I know!), so read on:

Anyone who’s ever tried on a wedding dress knows those suckers aren’t so easy to get into. Petticoats, ball gown skirts, corset tops - you need an army of assistants in order to try on half those dresses. Which is where I came in.

As a newbie in the bridal boutique, one of my primary job responsibilities was lacing, pulling, and packing brides into gown after gown - no mean feat, in my opinion.  I had been employed for only a few weeks when I encountered a situation not covered in training: the Commando Bride.  Now call me old-fashioned, but I generally believe one should wear underwear when trying on clothes.  What you do in the privacy of your own pants is one thing, but other people have to try on these samples.  Just eww.

Yet there I was.  And there she was, as bare as a newborn babe down there and standing expectantly in the dressing room, waiting for me to hoist the dress over her head.  I had come face-to-…er…face with a Grade A conundrum.  Making up some flimsy excuse, I exited the dressing room and went in search of my manager.  I told her the situation and much to my surprise, she WASN’T surprised.  Apparently the panty-liberation movement was in full force at the boutique.  In fact, the situation was so common that they had instituted a “slip” policy, where those freebirds had to purchase a slip to wear before trying on the gowns.

Now, my personal traumatization aside, I couldn’t help but wonder: WHO DOES THAT?  And even more disturbing, did this happen at other boutiques?  While we might have had a slip policy, there is no guarantee other stores did as well.  That’s a notion I don’t fancy.  

So all you future brides out there, please do us a favor and wear underwear.  Or at least pack a pair of panties in your purse.