Before McKenzie Ball and Erin Ball tied the knot, the couple kept their wedding dresses a secret — then on their big day, they showed up wearing the same gown. It was their wedding day, Saturday, June 8, and McKenzie Ball and Erin Ball were standing back-to-back, holding hands.
The couple, who first connected on social media, had been eagerly anticipating this moment—their first look before they walked down the aisle and said “I do.”
Leading up to their wedding at Candies Creek Farm in Georgetown, Tennessee, the pair intentionally kept the details of their dresses a secret from one another. McKenzie, 27, chose her dress from The Ritz in Portsmouth, Ohio—a full-circle moment for the area safety manager who had also purchased her prom and formal dresses from the store in high school.
Meanwhile, Erin, 29, bought the first dress she tried on at David’s Bridal in Chattanooga, Tennessee. When McKenzie first went shopping, she admits she didn’t know what style she wanted, other than that it needed to be fitted. “Honestly, the one I chose was more extravagant than I thought I would get,” McKenzie says.
Erin knew precisely what she was looking for before the search began: a form-fitting dress with lace. “I had an exact picture in my head,” Erin says. “I went in just wanting to look around and walked out with my dress, never having a second thought.”
