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"Since many of you picked up a tip or two from 6 Secrets to the Perfect Wedding Kiss, I thought I&amp;amp;#8217;d delve into another nerve-wracking part of the ceremony where all eyes are glued on you. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s how to strut your stuff (without stumbling!) on your way to the altar. Hold your bouquet lower than you think. When I tried on my wedding dress at Kleinfeld in NYC, the great Randy Fenoli of &amp;amp;#8220;Say Yes to the Dress&amp;amp;#8221; fame handed me a bouquet to practice holding. And then he told me something I&amp;amp;#8217;ll never forget: &amp;amp;#8220;Think pubes, not boobs.&amp;amp;#8221; It&amp;amp;#8217;s true! Brides who hold their bouquets by their lady parts look way more sophisticated than the ladies who have &amp;amp;#8216;em up by their chests. He also taught me to create a diamond shape between each arm and my body--your elbows should be directly across from the thinnest part of your waist to achieve that effect. Have your escort lock arms with you. The gentlemanly thing to do is to let you place your arm wherever you&amp;amp;#8217;d like on your escort. But since you&amp;amp;#8217;ll already be in position with your bouquet, ask whoever is walking you down the aisle to hook his arm into yours. Keep your shoulders back. I was sooooo hunched over. I think it&amp;amp;#8217;s because I was lifting my arms higher than was natural to meet my six-foot-tall dad&amp;amp;#8217;s arm. Having my five-foot-five mom on my other side wasn&amp;amp;#8217;t helping my posture (though I was happy to have her there!). Loosen up. Don&amp;amp;#8217;t feel like your arms should be completely rigid. (They shouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t.) If you&amp;amp;#8217;re stiff, you&amp;amp;#8217;ll look stiff (uh, like I did!). Smile! Somber brides always look like they&amp;amp;#8217;re entering into marriage unwillingly, so show off those pearly whites and send the message to your guests that there&amp;amp;#8217;s nothing else in the world you&amp;amp;#8217;d rather be doing (because isn&amp;amp;#8217;t that true?). Let your dress hit your ankle before you step down. What do I mean? When you stick out your foot to take a step, your dress will move back against your leg. If you wait &amp;amp;#8216;til it hits, you&amp;amp;#8217;ll never step on your dress. Yes, that&amp;amp;#8217;s a lot to remember when you&amp;amp;#8217;re making your way to your groom, so practice beforehand and it&amp;amp;#8217;ll eventually become second nature--or just ask your seamstress to hem up a little higher than she normally would if you&amp;amp;#8217;re as clumsy as I am (which is very). Walk (almost) like you&amp;amp;#8217;d normally walk. The days of step-together, step-together for aisle strolls are long gone. So walk as you would anywhere else, only slightly slower. If the music you choose is medium-paced, feel free to walk to the beat. If it&amp;amp;#8217;s extraordinarily slow, don&amp;amp;#8217;t bother keeping pace; your trip down the aisle will last longer than your vows! Acknowledge your guests. It&amp;amp;#8217;s OK to smile right at your aunt who flew across the country to attend or your childhood friend you haven&amp;amp;#8217;t seen in ages. Brides who stare straight ahead kind of have a part-robot, part-zombie (all I&amp;amp;#8217;m going to eat your brains) look. And let me tell you: You won&amp;amp;#8217;t forget that amazing feeling you get when you check out all those happy people looking at you thinking they&amp;amp;#8217;ve never seen a more beautiful woman in their lives. Are you going to practice your walk down the aisle? What other tips do you have for making the ceremony walk a success? Who do you think you&amp;amp;#8217;ll look at as you make your way to the altar? (The sun was right in my eyes, so I couldn&amp;amp;#8217;t really see Paul at the other end!) More Ceremony Advice What to Know About Nighttime Ceremonies Make Sure to Tell Your Guests to Do THIS! The Ceremony Reading I Just Had to Include More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Gail Chatelain"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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