10 Old Wedding Traditions You Didn't Know Existed

The "first look" had to be saved for the ceremony.

While some couples do still hold true to the superstition that it's "bad luck" for the groom to see the bride in her dress prior to the wedding, there's been a rising trend toward opting for a private, "first look" photo shoot immediately prior to the actual ceremony. Some brides and grooms have found that it eased their pre-wedding nerves to see each other before walking down the aisle. (How sweet is that?) Of course, others argue that the benefit of sticking to tradition is that everyone can observe the happy couple's adorable reactions to seeing each other for the first time on their big day.