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[T1221]Traditional Wedding Anniversary Presents

by Nadi Baruch, Nad

Not so long ago, the word 'wedding' would conjure up images of a bride in white with a dress in a heavy fabric with elaborate decoration and a flowing train held by similarly dressed bridesmaids. She would be holding a bouquet of flowers, wearing a tiara and a veil. The groom would wear a morning coat with a top hat. This is the traditional wedding, still seen, still popular. In the 21st century, however, there are many alternatives to this vision in terms of style.

Today's brides have a choice. The modern wedding has arrived and is well established. Whereas in the past the non-traditional wedding was confined to a secular ceremony outside a place of worship, now all styles of dress can be seen inside the church or temple as well as at civil weddings.

Let's look at some ideas that you may want to consider for your upcoming wedding. The first and most obvious change to white is to wear colour. By using colour this gives you enormous scope for styling and theming the whole wedding day from flowers to table cloths and, of course, all your accessories. Having a color on the wedding dress more emphasise the theme of your wedding.

The next consideration is likely to be the style of dress or even considering a suit. Lengths of wedding dresses and bridal wear are changing.

Today's bride has an almost bewildering set of choices. There is a definite shift toward higher hemlines below or even above the knee. Traditional wedding dresses use a lot of material, are often heavy with copious amounts of sateen or tulle with the bride disappearing beneath mountains of material: think Princess Diana. Modern styles are now more fitted and sexy but also stylish and simple. These can often be strapless, halter necks or spaghetti straps. Material is a fun part of choosing a wedding gown. For example, you can now find dresses made from taffeta, chiffon, organza and silk and many other modern fabrics which are lighter to wear but still stylish.

The traditional heavy materials such as sateen and tulle are still available, but today you can be conservative AND modern. Modern wedding gowns can still look back to the traditional but with a huge variety of styles which provide a modern look whilst maintaining a traditional feel.

The choice is yours and there is a huge variety of dresses and styles for you to have the WOW wedding dress.

There are, however, some unwritten norms that are required during a wedding ceremony know as etiquette. Wedding planning etiquette is not a very difficult task as this is something generally known by everyone in a certain community.

Following such etiquette determines the sobriety of such an event. Wedding planning etiquette is directly related to many aspects of the ceremonies.

Who Pays?

The main tradition is to have the bride's family pay the bill of the entire wedding but nowadays this is no longer respected and the responsibilities of the occasion are shared between the two families. Most of the time this is the traditional procedure though there can always be exceptions such as the couple having some money of their own and paying the cost of the entire wedding.

Responsibilities of The Parents

One of the first rules of wedding planning etiquette regarding the couple's families concern the mother of the groom who has the first initiative of meeting the parents of the bride. The groom's family should take care of informing their own guests of the wedding to which they are invited to while the bride's parents do the same for their own guests.

The brides mother is first to select her daughter's dress. A dress similar in style and color is then chosen by the groom's mother. During the reception the groom's mother is given the role of greeting the guests and introducing them to the bride and her family. It is the bride's father who must accompany his daughter down the aisle up to the alter rather than the groom, where he entrusts her to her future husband symbolically representing the fact that the primary role of the parents in the life of the bride has come to an end.

Wedding Dance

Yet another important rule of wedding planning etiquette is the dance. Traditionally the bride and groom are the first to dance to their special song. Then the groom's father dances with the bride while his mother dances with her son. After this the bride's parents turn to participate in the dance and then the best man may enter. This is the opening of the reception which suggests that all the guests are invited to dance.

These are some of the main issues to be remembered for wedding planning etiquette. It isn't necessary to respect all of these traditions but the more attention you pay to them the more traditional the wedding will be. Nowadays there is little preservation of wedding planning etiquette such as not taking into consideration that wedding dresses are not always white, which is the most important rule of proper wedding etiquette.

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