There is a great need for an approach to facilitate hair and makeup preparations and selection and purchase of accessories, despite the unavailability wedding dresses. The methods of the current invention present a solution though the use of a substantially similar stand-in for the top portion of a wedding gown. This stand-in hereafter will be referred to as the portable practice garment. One embodiment of the current invention is a method for selling a wedding dress that includes also selling a PPG that is substantially similar to the top portion of the dress. Another embodiment of the invention is a method of selling wedding dresses to retailers that includes also selling PPGs that are substantially similar to the top portions of the dresses. Another embodiment of the invention is a method of selling wedding dresses to brides-to-be that includes selling a PPG that is substantially similar to the top portion of the dress. A bride-to-be then can use the PPG as she decides on hair and makeup as well as what jewelry would best coordinate with her dress style. Signaled by the familiar notes of Wagner's Bridal Chorus, or a sudden fanfare of Clarke's Trumpet Voluntary, the guests rise and all eyes are focused on the back of the room. This is the moment the fairy tale that little girls dream of comes true. It is the beginning of "happily ever after". Whether she is wearing a chic and sophisticated silk sheath or an extravagant Cinderella-like ball gown, the moment a bride makes her entrance is often the most beautiful moment in her life. This moment does not happen because the bride opened her closet door, threw on the first thing she could find, and pulled her hair back in a scrunchy. In most cases, it takes many weeks or even months of preparation. Why does it take so long to prepare for such a brief moment? Most would agree that it is all about the dress. The bride's first step is not down the aisle, but is instead into a bridal salon. After trying on several gowns, oohing and aahing, and maybe even shedding a sentimental tear or two, the "perfect" dress is finally selected. Once the dress is picked, that is just the beginning. The bride still needs a veil or other hairpiece. She needs to decide on shoes. She needs to select the ideal pieces of jewelry to coordinate with the dress. She needs to decide on a hairstyle, and most likely have her hair dresser practice the style to make sure that it is "just right." She needs to find undergarments that will make everything lie smoothly without being visible. She may also want to make sure that her makeup will perfectly coordinate with the fabric of the dress, and make sure that she doesn't have any strange looking tan lines. One of the problems that many brides encounter after selecting the "perfect" dress is that it may be months before she is actually able to take the dress home. This can make the preparing and purchasing of all of the items that go along with the dress difficult, as the dress can not easily be brought along to coordinate things. It may even be the case that the bride purchases her dress in one geographical location while living in another location, possibly not even the same state. In that case while she gathers the other items, she wouldn't even be able to "visit" her dress or a sample show room dress to make sure things truly coordinate. In addition, even if the bride is able to "possess" her dress well before the wedding day, most gowns are extremely impractical to transport from shop to shop. It would also be ridiculous to imagine the bride-to-be in her actual bridal gown during a practice hair and make-up session weeks before the wedding, or wearing the gown in a tanning booth. What if the gown got dirty, torn, or even lost, while it was hauled around from place to place? Therefore, there is a great need for an approach to facilitate hair and makeup preparations and selection and purchase of accessories, despite the unavailability of the wedding dress and even if it is available, despite the risk of damage or loss to the wedding dress. The approach would need to be workable soon after the dress was selected and would need to be consistent with problems of distance.
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