Bridesmaid Headpieces?
Divmercy
like to make long (floor-length) tulle veil-headpieces (ok, just long veils,
period) in aqua-colored tulle for my 5 bridesmaids. No flowers or ribbons or
tiaras - just veil gathered (sewn) in the center, to be worn on the rear of the
head, falling to the floor.
BM dresses are a-line style, very plain, in dark aqua bengaine moire.
Is this "tacky"? Acceptable? Or ???
(I just *love* tulle, and I'm having a long white tulle veil
(floor/chapel-length) myself to wear at my evening wedding on 5/11/01). My
brother (and I'm sure BMs!) will bicker and scoff...
Any "thoughts" on this idea out there??? Thanks!
Patti :)
05/11/01
DisneyDiva
yourself?? :)
The veil/headpiece is for the bride to distinguish her from her attendants
but also for the old superstitious reason to sheild the bride from
evil.....as I said....you have as long of a veil you want......but I'd keep
to you!
How about using the material as shawls? just a plain piece wrapped around
the mid back and then looped over the arms at the elbows and hanging inside
the arm? They get the material but might be an elegant touch seeing as it is
evening ????
DisneyDiva
Karen Simmons
>
> Hi, I'd like to get feedback from any of you out there reading this
> NG... I'd like to make long (floor-length) tulle veil-headpieces
> (ok, just long veils, period) in aqua-colored tulle for my 5
> bridesmaids.
PERSONAL OPINION ALERT:
I don't like the idea. To me a veil is a bridal thing. I'd laugh if I
saw 5 attendants parading down the aisle in to-the-floor veils. It
would seem kind of silly looking, I think. (No offense meant ... just
my initial first impression upon reading the idea.)
I do like the one answer you got to use tulle as a "wrap" kind of thing
for your attendants. That might be a nice alternative.
Karen
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Noe Spaemme
>Hi, I'd like to get feedback from any of you out there reading this NG... I'd
>like to make long (floor-length) tulle veil-headpieces (ok, just long veils,
>period) in aqua-colored tulle for my 5 bridesmaids.
>
>BM dresses are a-line style, very plain, in dark aqua bengaine moire.
>Is this "tacky"? Acceptable? Or ???
> My
>brother (and I'm sure BMs!) will bicker and scoff...
In the 30's, 40's and early 50s', it was rather common for some
attendants to wear short veils. Usually, the MOH wore a short veil
while the other bridesmaids wore a little hat with a little tulle-like
material, but nothing that could really be called a veil. But having
all the attendants in a short veil was not unheard of. Of course,
their veils were always much shorter than that of the bride's.
Personal Opinion:
I agree with the other personal opinions. Given the fashion of today
and considering the fashion of old, I think floor-length veils on the
bridesmaids would not look good but would rather look very theatrical
(not that a wedding isn't already theatrical to a degree).
Since you're sure the BMs will bicker and scoff, why do it? You want
to wear yards of tulle for a formal wedding? That's fine. But don't
make your friends do it.
Hope this helps,
Noe
Joe Pucillo
> In the 30's, 40's and early 50s', it was rather common for some
> attendants to wear short veils.
And in the 20's, they wore stuff like this:
http://209.35.209.61/images/wedport.jpg
(my grandparents' wedding portrait)
I'm sure that MOH was able to wear *that* dress again! :-)
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Noe Spaemme
<j...@joephoto.8m.com.xx> wrote:
>And in the 20's, they wore stuff like this:
>http://209.35.209.61/images/wedport.jpg
>(my grandparents' wedding portrait)
>
>I'm sure that MOH was able to wear *that* dress again! :-)
Wow! The bouquets must have weighed a ton!
Noe
Ann McManus
Looks like MY grandparents' wedding portrait, except that (since it was
1915ish) the bride's dress was ankle length. Her headpiece added about 12"
to her height, though and the bouquet must have weighed 50 pounds! Big
puddle-O'Toole on the floor in that one too!
Ann
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Josie Morgan
>My brother (and I'm sure BMs!) will bicker and scoff...
That's your answer. Plan a lovely wedding, but don't make your
best friends were costumes that open them to derision (within
their ranks or from other guests).
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divm...@aol.com (Divmercy) wrote:
> BM dresses are a-line style, very plain, in dark aqua bengaine moire.
> Is this "tacky"? Acceptable? Or ???
Augh! Unless your friends are as crazy about tulle as you are, do
not, I repeat, do *not* do that to them. IMHO, I cannot imagine that
being flattering to them at all, attractive to the guests, or looking
like anything other than you trying to turn them into copies of
you----only not as attractive. Not a good thing to do to your friends.
And aqua? No. Please don't do it.....OTOH, the wrap idea is
totally contemporary, and depending on the style of the dresses, may be
greatly appreciated by at least some of your BMs. Of course, you have
to do what you really want, but I really think this is one of those
ideas that sounds better than it would actually work out to be....
Hope you make a decision you can be happy with...
Anna L. Bunce
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Bouquets WERE bigger (and cheaper!) in those days. My Mom
and dad were married in 1940 and she and her MOH each
carried 4 dozen roses, similar in shape and size to the
bouquets pictured in Joe's photo. IIRC, she said the bouquets
cost $10 apiece--a lot of money in those days!
gloria p