Wedding dresses

Ah, thank you Tillybelle that was so sweet of you to post.
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What a fabulous thread - thank you Maw! I’ve had a lovely half hour looking through all these posts.

So many happy brides but not all marriages survived which is sad, for whatever reason.

No one gets married to get divorced.
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Urmstongran. I too was just 20. Your dad looks so lovely and happy and you are so pretty. I am so very sorry you lost your dad so young. It makes me all the more appreciate how lucky I was to have mine, he was so important to me during other difficult times.

Ellianne. I love your dress. It is really beautiful. And timeless.

Arriving with my dad who was in trouble with mother for having a box of confetti in his pocket. I made my dress and veil and wore flat shoes so I would not look taller than my husband.

I don't have photos to hand as most of my photo albums I left with my children when we moved abroad. White has bever suited me so my first wedding dress in 1963 was in the palest lemon brocade which I made myself and I made the four bridesmaid dresses too. Not a bad fete for a 19 year old. My second wedding was in 1987 and everyone kept asking what I would be wearing. It's white and frilly is all I would say. But it was actually an Italian designer knitted suit in fuschia pink and matching hat. A surprising colour to go with my auburn hair. For my 3rd wedding in 2002 it was a cream lace dress which I bought in America where we were married. While my present DH is the best by far wedding outfit number two was my favourite. Wish I could fit into it now.

Thanks for all these lovely photots! and it's so interesting to put faces to names, even if it was a while ago!

July 1966. Fifty two years and counting. We were both coming up to twenty, the same age as DGS is now, so young.

Got married in jeans and a sweatshirt. No photos sadly!

Enjoyed this post so much thanks everyone.

I made my dress myself in 1982.
We had only known each other 10 months when we married and there were lots of ... it won’t last ... she must be pregnant!
We are still together and I wasn’t ??

[woodmouse]. What a lovely story!!

Away from home just now so no pics. My dress size 8 was white velvet,long sleeves, round train (not too long) round neck with the bodice fitting under the bust. Had a white velvet headdress and long veil. Was a December wedding and there was a light covering of snow on the ground. Very romantic. I do remember I had a vest on underneath to combat the freezing cold weather 52 years ago.

Don’t know if this will work...I’ve not put a photo on before. We got married in 1974, at Southwark RC Cathedral. Can’t believe it’s 45 years ago.
I made my dress, bridesmaid’s dress and Mum’s outfit!!
Must admit “Say yes to the dress” is my guilty pleasure too.

Mine in 1974. The dress was £20 from an Oxford Street store.

Me and my family 3 years ago. On my way to marry the man I had met when I was 18 and then again when I was 64.

I have really enjoyed this thread - Thank you to everyone who managed to put a photo of their wedding dresses. You all looked beautiful!

Forgot to say it had a detachable train which made a lovely straight dress for the evening.

My dress was made by my dear MiL. The top was guipire lace and I cut out the flowers from the bit that was left and covered a hat base and scattered the rest over the veil, which was donated by a friend, as it had a few holes in it where it was secured on her windy wedding day. We will have been married 50 years next April.

Well thankyou Hellomonty I'm blushing?
My H died 9 weeks ago after nearly 61 years of marriage.
I miss him very much.

I married in 1980. My dress was "dress of the month" in Owen Owen. However my daughter says it was very Bramwell!

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1974, aged 17 and a little bit pregnant, mum and dad not happy about pregnancy or us getting married, but organised a lovely wedding nonetheless. 45 years, 3 sons, 7 grandkids, 2 great- grandkids and still together and still happy xx

This is a lovely thread. Thanks to all who have uploaded photos. Annsixty I think yours is my favourite!

1966. White lace.

I wore a dress I already owned and had worn for a Matrons ball. Looking at the photos now it riles me that my tights were dark grey. My lovely sister made a cape for me as it was March. Lovely wedding despite no alcohol as it was in a Methodist church. My brother wore a green shirt. He always was a bit of a Maverick.