I got engaged a couple months ago, so I can personally attest to the fact that once you start planning a wedding every single experience makes you feel a certain way about yourself- especially your body. Even though I’m in fashion, I still have no idea what I see myself wearing, and when I went for the first time to try on gowns the attendant kept saying how curvy my butt is since it would hardly go over gowns. So if it happened to me, someone who knows where to shop and what silhouette to try on, the pressure has got to be even worse for real women who have no idea and are just excited to get married.

There are times.. when you'll need someone.. I will be by your side.. There is a light, that shines, special for you, and me.. – Common the light This song will for ever remind me of @daniellevanier ❤️???? its our song Ps I actually owe a lot of my golden glow to St Tropez who kindly set me up with one of their professional spray tans! I couldn't recommend them highly Enough @sttropeztan

A photo posted by Callie Thorpe (@calliethorpe) on Aug 8, 2016 at 10:43am PDT

That’s why seeing pictures of curve blogger Callie Thorpe on her wedding day, and sharing the empowering message that you can look beautiful on your wedding day without changing a thing was so special to me. To see her ecstatically happy, looking drop dead gorgeous and feeling good about herself is how every bride wants to be on their big day. No one wants to feel like they have to go through some bid dramatic life change for their partner to want to spend the rest of their life with them. And even more so, no one wants to feel less than on their wedding day.

When I put on my wedding dress I knew it was the one. The gentle sparkle of the dress with the lace detail The champagne colour that perfectly complemented my olive skin, the way it fell over my hips and followed the curves of my figure. It was just magical. I never dreamed I would wear a dress like this, I used to think that I would never get married until I was thin. There were even times I doubted myself thinking I would be too self conscious to wear it. But As you grow older and you surround yourself with the right people, you begin to realise that what you look like doesn't really matter to those that love you. Dan has loved me at all different sizes and on the day of the wedding when I walked into the room he turned and teared as I walked towards him, he looked at me like I was magic. So I would like to say this one thing to brides to be everywhere, plus size or not. Do not feel you have to change yourself or your size to be happy on your wedding day, your partner loves you for who you are, not just what you look like. You are deserving of happiness no matter what your size, and you will still be the most beautiful person in the room next to your love because you will be glowing with the love you have for each other. The happy ending is for everyone so please, please let yourself have it. Hair: @smuk_london MUA: @sharlottejacks Photo by @kirstymackenziephotography

A photo posted by Callie Thorpe (@calliethorpe) on Aug 11, 2016 at 12:22am PDT

In the post she said, “I never dreamed I would wear a dress like this, I used to think that I would never get married until I was thin,” she wrote. “There were even times I doubted myself thinking I would be too self-conscious to wear it. But as you grow older and you surround yourself with the right people, you begin to realize that what you look like doesn’t really matter to those that love you. Dan has loved me at all different sizes and on the day of the wedding when I walked into the room he turned and teared as I walked towards him, he looked at me like I was magic. Plus size or not, do you not feel you have to change yourself or your size to be happy on your wedding day, your partner loves you for who you are, not just what you look like. You are deserving of happiness no matter what your size, and you will still be the most beautiful person in the room next to your love because you will be glowing with the love you have for each other.”

Her message of body positivity even on such an intensely pressured day, is one that I’ll be keeping in mind.