Hi,
I remember seeing a totally blue garter at the chain store "Party City" ,they
have a bridal section with decorations,favors,memory books bride's and groom's
garters, also had the "sixpence" for your shoe.
Melody
Barbara -_- M aren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi De,
2007/12/8, otsisto :
>
> Actually, the blue comes from the saying
> wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.
> Which was originally:
> Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a
> silver sixpence in her shoe.
> English bridal tradition from the Victorian era.
... Whose telling you have to have a blue garter?
A friend of us who will be MC at the reception. He has apparently been to 6
(German) weddings already this year.
The color blue is alleged to be a symbol of love, modesty and fidelity.
I read about the tradition to wear "etwas Altes, etwas Neues, etwas
Geliehenes, etwas Blaues" in a German booklet with marriage tips. But it was
quoted to me again by a friend of us who will be MC at our reception and has
apparently been at 6 (German) weddings this year already. It just occurred
to me the other day that it actually rhymes in English "something old,
something new, something borrowed, something blue". The booklet said the
color blue was to symbolise the hope for a son.
I
> think that prior to the Edwardian era, that blue was a popular color for
> wedding dresses but I can't remember where I read that.
Hm, at the costume museum in Bath, I remember seeing pre-1900 bridal dresses
which weren't white, and many could probably just count as "Sunday best" ,
but couldn't spot a trend to a particular color like blue. In fact, I think
even then light, pastel or cream colors dominated.
Carol, I will try a bridal shop for a blue garter. I will ask them if they
haven't heard of the tradition :-)
B M
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