when did you marry&what was your dress like?

I wore a floaty type dress of dirty pink net stuff with pale cream lace bodice. It was gorgeous. I think I got it in John Lewis (1975). Destroyed by the kids in dressing up at playtime. And my husband wore a brown velvet suit that was very fashionable at the time. We thought we looked very zooty.

Married 1970 in a Midi length peasant style dress from Bus Stop in Kensington. It was white muslin with blue dots printed all over it. The bodice laced up the front and had blue embroidery. It was high waisted and had long, full sleeves. I wore it with a wide brimmed white straw hat and white tights and patent shoes. I think the dress cost £8 - about 50p less than my wedding ring

Married 1967 in a long, straight white velvet dress with long close fitting sleeves. Three bridesmaids in ice blue velvet.

Done!

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There is a picture thread on this topic, Penstemmon - go on, post a photo!

August 1971: high necked Edwardian style white dress in satin dupion with Guipure lace trims. A 'crown' of fresh flowers on my head that my mum insisted on attaching a veil to almost as I was leaving the house!! Sling back white patent shoes with small square heel. Bridesmaid (1 adult) wore a cotton floral print. We both carried a 'pomander' of flowers!!

DH wore black velvet which contrasted well with his flowing red hair!!

We should have put this on the 'picture 'thread!

Register office in Gibraltar, 1968. Skirt and T shirt. No guests. Two register office workers acted as witnesses. Wedding ring from bought from a tobacconist shop. I was 21 and my husband was 22.

1965 - I was 19 and our DD was three months old.

Pale pink slub silk dress and coat, bought in a sale!

We were married in the church where my grandparents and parents had been married - mainly to try to calm everyone down. DH's parents wouldn't come. Tiny reception at my parents' house - all very, very, low key.

But here we are, 49 years on.

Just added pics of the 2 dresses on my profile....

June 1974 White Broderie Anglaise, very simple A line with HUGE puff sleeves, I made it myself (and the 3 bridesmaids dresses). There were 30 little buttons down the back and Mum and I spent hours covering the buttons in the dress material.... A close fitting cap with a short veil and pearl white platform sandals from Dolcis. I needed the platforms, my DH was 8in taller than me.
Then in 1995 I altered it for my daughter to wear, removed the sleeves and set in lace sleeves (made from net curtain material!)
Then it was cut down into a little dress for my first GD....we got our wear out of it.

February, 1973. I had an Edwardian-style white Nottingham lace square-necked long dress with long-cuffed sleeves, a chiffon and lace picture hat, carried a bouquet of lily of the valley, white sandals and sheer white stockings. The vicar said I looked like I'd stepped out of a punt on the river at the turn of the century (I assume that was a compliment). My bridesmaids were hippy-dippy in empire line blue flowered long dresses, and little nephew had a cute blue velvet suit. I think I sent the dress to a charity shop when I got divorced.

April 1970, I'd taken a friend with me to choose the dress in Nairobi. It was white crepe, empire line with trumpet sleeves and appliquéed roses on the bodice. So modest compared with the ones worn today almost all of which seem to be strapless. They make the brides look cold (or is it 'cool'?) even on a warm day. No bridesmaid - I had so many single colleagues that I couldn't choose and my sisters couldn't make it to Kenya for the occasion.

1977 .... I wore a full-length cream Jean Varon dress that had a navy blue ribbony detail at the square neckline and cape-like thing that encompassed the sleeves.

My new husband managed to burn a hole in it with a cigarette!

This is a lovely thread

So many 60s chicks in mini-dresses and daises!

1958, Registry office. I wore a navy-blue and white suit with a small navy-blue hat. Budget wedding, only 4 guests. Reception was coffee and biscuiits on a train.

1954 aged 19 white velvet dress and bridesmaids wore red velvet 4 of them 2 page boys in white maried for 4o years till he died and I still miss him every day

1982 An ivory lacy (nylon) below the knee dress with lacy jacket from Debenhams sale and the obligatory 80s perm! A friend made silk flower headdress and silk bouquet which I still have - dress disintegrated
My MIL made lilac flowery bridesmaids dresses and crocheted us all shawls. One of our bridesmaids, who now lives in the USA, has recently found her dress and her daughter is wearing it for dressing up!!
Yes it was all done on a budget and did our marriage no harm!!

Yes Galen blue suede shoes, not in homage to Elvis though, he was more of a Deep Purple/Yes fan in those days.

1973, I wore an Empire line cream dress, silk and chiffon with a square neck banded with two two velvet edges in brown and taupe. I made it MiceElf and I made the bridesmaids dresses too from Laura Ashly fabric, a little sprigged print in cream and brown. It cost 35 pence a yard and ma tante Henriette said it was a scandalous price.

My best friend was the grown up bridesmaid and she couldn't afford new shoes so she wore her clogs. Her mother was appalled! I still have a happy memory of her Mum saying (you have to imagine a strong Liverpool accent) Oh, our D I never thought I'd live to see the day I'd watch my daughter following a bride down the aisle in her clogs'.

My dress ended up in the dressing up box too.

1983 - cream chiffon

1991 -red silk

Yes happy Golden Wedding to the Lilygrans! I got married in 1978 and wore a long white chiffony empire line dress and had my hair piled high together with a false topknot under my veil as I'm only 4'10" and I married into a tall family and didn't want to look stupid in the photos! I must have done something right as we've just celebrated our 36th anniversary.

First time round, the only dress I really liked was in red. My mother was horrified so I ended up with a knee length cream chiffon dress with a juliet cap and short veil.
2nd time round I visited nearly every dress shop in the North west and then walked into a local boutique and there hanging up was a perfect silky suit in bright red and white with a sailor type white collar. It's still hanging up in wardrobe although I doubt I'll ever fit in it again but it was perfect for me. Just like my DH, bless! x

Congratulations on your Golden Wedding Anniversary, Lilygran and Mr Lilygran!

Oxford Register Office, 50 years ago this month. White linen suit, very silly hat. Suit creased horribly!

Reading all these posts and remembering all the frantic sewing that went on whenever there was a wedding in the family makes me smile. We could certainly teach today's young people a thing or two about how to have a lovely wedding on a budget!

I did, however, buy my own dress as I was not living at home and found it difficult to do much sewing myself at the time. It came from Pophams in Plymouth (and is still in the attic somewhere 47 years later.)