Long train + rainy forecast — what do brides actually do?

Few practical options that I've seen work:

1. Bustle pre-ceremony. Most cathedral trains can be bustled (button or ribbon system sewn into the dress) so you're carrying it not dragging it. Ask your seamstress to add this if it isn't already there. $40-80 alteration.

1. A bridesmaid carries it during the walk. Designated dress wrangler — often the maid of honor. Simple and effective.

1. Aisle runner. Cheap on Amazon, $30, keeps the dress off wet ground. Looks intentional in photos.

1. A backup pair of cute white shoes. The dress is what it is, but YOU don't have to be miserable. Wet grass through silk heels is brutal.

1. Embrace the dirt. Some of the best post-wedding portraits I've taken are brides with mud on the train, hair messy, smiling. The dress was preserved for one day. The photo lasts forever.

What I'd do in your spot: bustle the train for the ceremony itself, deploy an aisle runner if outdoors, and stop worrying about the train past that point. The bottom 6 inches of the dress is not in any of your portraits anyway.