subject: Have Achieved The Impossible [print this page] 'I don't think the men do,' he says'I don't think the men do,' he says. 'I'm a practical person and certainly didn't feel any overwhelming pangs to be back spider costume at our actual wedding.' But all weddings - even revisited ones - must end. This one does so in inimitable style, with a stagger from the dance floor and a fumble to cram endless white court shoes back onto swollen feet. Some of the brides appear to be planning never to take their costume zentai off; others are clearly going to be stuffing theirs in the bin as soon as they get home. Somehow, Vicki Curtis, 34, seems to have achieved the impossible: finding a sensible costume zentai balance. She looks down at the wedding gown she first set eyes on six years ago, and strokes the silk. 'My daughter, who is three-andahalf, was so excited to see her mummy all costume zentaied up. I had to promise her that she could try on my costume zentai and shoes as soon as I get back. 'What today has taught me is that nice as it is to remember my special day, my costume zentai spider man costume is for my children now, like my life. I've moved on. This costume zentai has to as well.' And so, like a fleet of ghosts drifting through the darkness, these brides slip away from their fairytale moment and back to the shuddering reality of family life.
