Here Comes The Bride

 

 What a beautiful day it is up here in our mountain paradise.

All the windows & doors are open & there is such a soft,

cool breeze blowing through the house, I love it!

 

 

 Speaking of love, ;) we were just at our dear friends,

daughter's wedding, which was absolutely

stunning & so filled with, there's that

word again...LOVE.

 

 Love, the stuff that beautiful brides are made of...

 

 

 look at how gorgeous this brides lace veil & bodice are

& yet what a simple bouquet of white

carnations she holds, precious.

 

 {my Queen Victoria post is HERE}

 

 Did you know that it wasn't traditional for a bride to

wear white, until after Queen Victoria wore an

all white wedding dress decorated in fresh

orange blossoms in 1840?

 

 {Queen Victoria & Prince Albert of Saxe~Coburg}

 

Most brides could never be so frivolous as to wear white on

their wedding day, a color that was hard to keep clean

on a dress that they would certainly need to wear

again. Even Queen Victoria altered her dress

so it could be worn later as a ball gown.

 

 

Previously, most brides had worn dyed gowns of deep

red, green, black and purple. Here is Queen Victoria's

son Albert Edward, King Edward VII, & his bride,

Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863...

 

 

& her youngest child, Princess Beatrice before her wedding

to  Prince Henry of Battenburg in 1885. In the 45 years since

the Queen got married, the tradition of a bride wearing

white was in full swing through most

of the western world.

 

 

And aren't we so delighted that's the case, I know I am. There

is nothing like watching a bride walking down the isle

towards her future, all dressed in white.

 

 

So, why is this even relevant at this moment? Well, I was thinking...

my husband always says, 'Oh no, not again!', ha. Wouldn't it be fun

for me to make a series of Paper Dolls of Vintage Brides?

I think SO, I ADORE the idea!!

 

 

You will be able to find my Paper Dolls on my Etsy Shop  once

I've finished them & until then, you might like to take

a look at my Victorian Era Dolls like...

 

'Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History'!

 

 

And if you love Vintage Brides like I do, I got the

last 3 images from the online site of the Musee

McCord Museum in Canada. They have

an amazing collection of vintage

bridal photographs..Enjoy!

 

XOXO

vintagesusie