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Formal Wear
Traditional Style:
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For a Formal Evening Wedding
a black tailcoat and marching trousers, white pique
waistcoat, dressy wing-collared shirt and a white bow tie is
appropriate. White or pearl studs and cufflinks and patent
leather or polished black shoes and black socks should be
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For a Formal Daytime Wedding
a grey or black cutaway jacket is worn with dark striped
trousers, matching or contrasting waistcoat, white
wing-collared shirt and striped ascot tie, Pearl or jeweled
cufflinks and studs are appropriate.
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For a Semi-Formal Evening
Wedding a black dinner jacket and trousers are worn in
winter, white in summer. A black vest or cummerbund goes
with a white dress shirt and black how tie. Wear black, gold
or jeweled studs and cufflinks. |
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For a Semi-Formal Daytime
Wedding a stroller jacket and dark trousers are worn with a
vest, wing-collared shirt and striped or checked
conventional tie. jewelry is the same.
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For an Informal Daytime or
Evening Wedding wear a solid black, grey or navy suit with
white dress shirt and bow or conventional tie in winter:
white or off white jacket with grey trousers, navy suit with
white flannel trousers, or white suit in summer.
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Current Fashion Trends:
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For a Formal Evening Wedding
a contoured long or short jacket is worn with marching
trousers, wing-collared shirt, vest or cummerbund and bow
tie. |
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For a Formal Daytime Wedding
wear a contoured long or short jacket (white in summer and
dark in winter) with striped trousers, wing-collated shirt
and ascot tie. A vest is optional.
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For a Semi-Formal Evening
Wedding a tuxedo jacket in a choice of colors and styles is
worn with matching trousers, white or colored dress shirt,
vest or cummerbund and bow tie. |
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For a Semi-Formal Daytime
Wedding a tuxedo jacket is worn with matching or contrasting
trousers, wing-collated shirt, vest or cummerbund and bow
tie.
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For a listing of
recommended formal wear shops,
click here.
The Wedding Gown
The bride’s selection of a
traditional gown is largely independent of fashion and season.
Whether silk, tulle, satin or lace, these threads are at the heart
of every bride's romantic dream - her wedding dress.
The bridal gown may be short, long, elaborate, simple, formal,
informal, white, colorful, or any combination thereof - as long as
it fulfills the bride's own fantasies. It often borrows
details from the past but remains true to the present, appealing to
the tradition-loving, but modern, bride. Unlike the typical
19th century gown, today's version echoes fashion hut doesn't follow
it - it has a look all its own. Although fashion is
ever-changing, the wedding gown has always retained its aura of
romance. Over centuries of cultural and stylistic evolution,
the bridal gown has endured as a magical, powerful symbol of love
and romance.
After the wedding, the gown should be
cleaned and protected for possible future use. For best
results, this should take place w ithin the next several days or
weeks. The gown is bound to be soiled by perspiration and body
oils. Long gowns will pick up soil on the hem and train, and
very likely there will be food and beverage spills. Stains and
soils tend to oxidize and "set" with age. The longer the
stains and soils are left in the garment, the greater the
probability of their becoming permanently embedded.
Note: You
may be interested in having your gown packaged in a protective
storage box. Many drycleaners specialize in the handling of
bridal gowns and offer a package service. At home store your
packaged gown in a cool, dry place.
For a listing of
recommended bridal shops,
click here.
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