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georgiaboy
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All of this prompted me to dig out my parents' wedding pix. Mother's dress was heavy white satin, high neck with a sort of ruffled collar, and long sleeves, with some sort of trim at the cuff, can't quite see it in the picture. She was only a bit over 5 ft tall, so the finish of the hem made for a rather grand train. Her sister, the only bridesmaid, wore a deep blue velvet gown which she made herself, with a bateau(?) neckline and short sleeves. Both carried enormous bouquets of roses, at least 18 inches tall, with trailing ribbons with rosebuds at the ends. These modern bridal flowers with bare stems showing just don't measure up, IMNSHO!
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Edith
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I made my dress in 1973, it cost £10, the bridesmaids wore Laura Ashley dresses st 3/11 a yard also made by me. And we have no photographs because the 'friend' who promised to take them arrived late, and husband's father forgot to put any film in the camera. All we have are three or four 'snapshots' which random guests happened to take. I'm still quite cross after 40 years.
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Chorister
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I can remember being amazed at seeing a rather trendy relative's wedding photos - there she was in Dame Edna glasses and a wedding mini-dress! The trouble with being trendy is that your choice starts to look extremely dated almost immediately.
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Pomona
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Shorter wedding dresses are surely quite normal?
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SvitlanaV2
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My mother got married in a mini-dress in the late 60s. Her excuse was that everyone wore mini-skirts then and you couldn't really opt out. She wouldn't be very impressed if I started wearing them, though!
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anoesis
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Originally posted by SvitlanaV2:
My mother got married in a mini-dress in the late 60s. Her excuse was that everyone wore mini-skirts then and you couldn't really opt out. She wouldn't be very impressed if I started wearing them, though!
My mother got married in a beige leather jacket and mini-skirt combo, with black hair down almost to her waist. (In a registry office, I might add).
Her two older sisters were both married in knee-length dresses which were really just white versions of a dress which might have been worn to go out to dinner, or something, at the time. Younger sister got married, a few years later, in a VERY mini dress, in white, with the most astonishing sort of white gladiator sandals, the straps of which came nearly up to her knees...
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anoesis
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I should add, this thread is making me feel rather young - I got married in 2000, which I think is later than anyone else here has confessed to. When I look back at our photos, I think they are holding up pretty well so far. There were no really unusual hairstyles on display, and, of the six members of the bridal party, the four who are myopic all elected to wear contacts for the day. The styling of the groomsmen's waistcoats is perhaps getting a little dated, but I think my dress has (and will continue to) hold up well, largely because it is not a style that has ever been recognisably 'in', as far as I'm aware.
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Kaplan Corday
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Originally posted by anoesis:
the four who are myopic all elected to wear contacts for the day.
What's wrong with glasses?
I don't wear them myself, but (TMI alert) find them quite sexy.
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Thankfully, although married in disco era, we were not so attired. We were more granola. Our hair was the same length but I was not allowed to have french braids in my then blond locks. Though apparently my moustache and floppy large bow tie is a source of mirth today. We have hidden the tango pictures with roses in our teeth.
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anoesis
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Originally posted by Kaplan Corday:
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Originally posted by anoesis:
the four who are myopic all elected to wear contacts for the day.
What's wrong with glasses?
I don't wear them myself, but (TMI alert) find them quite sexy.
There's nothing wrong with glasses. I find them quite sexy also, but suspect I wouldn't if I had to wear them. All I was thinking of is that the style of glasses frames do change quite markedly over the years. My parents-in-law both wear glasses and the ones my mother-in-law is wearing in her wedding photo are beyond ghastly, while my father-in-law is wearing the heavy-framed black ones that are just starting to come back into fashion, second time around...
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L'organist
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I've spent the past couple of days laid-up with 'flu so thought I'd use the time constructively and go through old family photographs.
As well as the usual school, graduation and team pics there are lots of weddings. The dividing point seems to be around 1960: before that two-thirds of the grooms are in uniform, later than 1960 the military dress is less common.
My earlier thoughts about bridal wear are confirmed: dresses are full length, mainly with waist and all with at least elbow-length sleeves; some have trains; all brides have veils, nearly all wearing pearls.
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Pomona
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That's still following fashion just as much as modern bridal wear.
Personally if I got married (which is quite a large if!), I am unlikely to wear white or any other pale colour since they don't look great on me, and would not like to wear a veil since I have nice hair that I'd want to wear loose. Brides have more choice nowadays which is a good thing. Veils are actually relatively recent - in medieval times, women wore their hair loose to signify virginity (not that signifying virginity would be important to me). Also given that it's very likely that there would be two brides at my wedding, coordinating with my bride would be important ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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