AlbertCat wrote: >Where might the bride be going after the wedding? To the train station to >commence the honeymoon? To a big whoop-de-do dinner after the ceremony? How >might that affect things? >It's not 'til like the 1830's that special wedding dresses come into play in >the 1st place, isn't it? >Remember in "Age of Innocence" [1870's] it was expected that May should >again wear her wedding dress at least once in the 1st year of marriage. She wears >it to the opera, so it was no day dress. >For "Nicholas Nickleby" the idea of a sleeveless dress for any occasion at >all is strange. Was this the film that came out a couple of years ago. That >thing had some of the worst, laziest costuming I've ever seen! The 8 hour stage >production on film from the 1980's has much superior costumes.
Yes, it was the recent film that I saw on TV. I was thinking of the 20th century convention of men wearing morning dress at a formal wedding. There are (or used to be) legal restrictions in the UK on the time of day a marriage ceremony can take place. Until the current vogue for evening wedding parties started, it was usual to get married in the late morning, then have the wedding "breakfast". In the afternoon the bride would change into her "going-away" outfit and the couple would leave for the honeymoon. I was assuming that these traditions evolved in the Victorian era. Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
