Why brides are chopping off their hair halfway through their big day (so do their husbands even notice?) By Sadie Nicholas Published: 12:08, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 12:23, 13 June 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Eliza Morrison and her partner exchanged wedding vows at a picturesque manor house in the Surrey countryside to the cheers of their family and friends. But once her guests were engrossed in champagne and canapes, she gave her sister, mum and chief bridesmaid a surreptitious nod — before slipping away. Upstairs in the bridal suite with the door locked behind them, her sister, Sara, produced a pair of scissors, held the Hollywood curls that Eliza’s bridal hairdresser had so carefully created hours earlier — and chopped off eight inches of Eliza’s blonde locks.
‘It was a wildly thrilling moment, with us all squealing and cheering as she cut off my hair,’ says Eliza. ‘On reflection, it symbolised stepping into a new beginning as a wife.’ Eliza Morrison says the moment when her was cut off on her wedding day 'symbolised stepping into a new beginning as a wife' Forget changing unexpectedly into a second gown — or even a third — in order to make your wedding memorable.
This summer’s brides are resorting to ever more drastic transformations, with #weddingchop amassing millions of views on TikTok . Eliza’s wedding planner, Lauren Goodman, even timed the other major events around the revelation of her ‘wedding chop’. ‘It was essential to build it.