I know Teagz! I better get crackin and finish my thank you cards! Maybe DH will bring me home flowers tonight lol unlikely...I think it does deserve a night off from cooking though
My mum never had a proper wedding dress. I believe for her first marriage she just wore a nice suit with gloves and a hat, she did not marry my father and what she wore when she married my step dad was just blergh. She did have some gorgeous ball gowns, even at my thinnest I was not quite able to fit into them, my rib cage is just too big. If I had thought about it earlier I would have asked for Nanna's wedding veil (very 1920's) and seen what I could have done to make it suit my wedding dress.
My dress was not typical and I have worn it again many times for Medieval feasts. (If you are my friend on FB it is the green and gold dress).
My mum sold hers straight after their wedding. I probably would have worn it too, but she's not a hoarder.
I still have mine but on our wedding day DH put his chair on my net skirt and put a big hole in it.
I have kept my veil and tiara though to give to Darcy.
A friend of mine cut up her wedding dress to make christening outfits for her 2 kids (a boy and a girl). They were just gorgeous.
I bought a new dress for my wedding. My mum does still have her wedding dresses (from both her weddings!). The first one in 1974 was a long sleeved number , really really thick fabric that she had to get let out around the boobs and tummy because she was pregnant.. She got me to put it on once, LOL! The other one was actually a white suit skirt and jacket. Very pretty but not my style!
There was some heavy white lace left over from my mums wedding dress which I made into 2 ring cushions which my nephews dragged along the (horse &) carriage wheels
I wore my mum's wedding dress!
My mum is Indian so we wore a sari rather than a traditional white wedding dress handy as saris don't really change with the fashions
It is gorgeous handmade/embroidered gold silk and I felt very special wearing it. It made mum really happy too as it was a nice way to make reference to my heritage. DH loved it too, he thought it was all rather exotic! The best thing was the sari hid the fact I was 7 months pg...you couldn't tell until I stood sideways, even then they're pretty good at hiding sins
i wouldn't have worn my mothers wedding dress in a pink fit. it was all frilly and just blech! but my nans (mums mum) i could have seen myself in. but she sold it not long after she got married (married in the depression years) as for my gran (dads mum) she got married in a knee length skirt and jacket type thing.
I'm keeping my wedding dress for if i have a little girl she may like it ( its a ball gown when its got a hoop under it with a train) it can be altered fairly easy-ly as it waa for me i was just over 7months UTD and you could only tell if i stood side ways or had my hands resting on the bump
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