The most important parts of the wedding were the bride's gown and trousseau. The traditional attire for a bride was a gown of soft, rich cream-white satin, trimmed simply or elaborately with lace, a wreath of orange-blossoms, and a veil of lace or tulle.
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| Charles Arthur Horace Ransome and Edith Gertrude Fearon, circa 1904 |
The skirt had a train, and except at an evening wedding, waists cut open, or low at the neck, or with short or elbow sleeves (unless the arms were covered with long gloves) were not approved for brides.
A wedding gown was supposed to be sumptuous and of the most costly materials, for the bride was privileged to wear her wedding down for six months after her marriage at functions requiring full dress. The train averaged eighty inches in length, though very tall brides wore ninety-five inch trains.
These beautiful photos from The Past on Glass at Sutton Archives that show what weddings looked like during Edwardian era.
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| Gerard wedding group, October 1904 |
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| Julia May L' Anson married Percy Lancelot Russell on June 7th, 1904 |
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| Kempthorne wedding party, October 1904 |
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| Lonsdale wedding, 1904 |
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| Edward Conway Steward and Minnie Elvins Southwell married on 12 August 1905 |
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| Groves wedding group, circa 1905 |
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| Possibly the marriage of Norman Mellor and Florence Margaret Hibbert on the 18th of October 1905 |
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| The bridesmaids at the marriage of the Hon. Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe and the Earl of Malmestbury, 27 April 1905 |
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| The Hon. Dorothy Gough-Calthorpe and James Harris, the Earl of Malmesbury on their wedding day 27 April 1905. The reception took place at Elvetham Hall, Hampshire, the bride's family home |
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| Selborne wedding at St Margaret's, Westminster, June 1906 |
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| Claude Robert Higgens and Sydney Evelyn Higgens nee Tabor married on the 3rd of April 1907 |
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| Marriage of Charles Sydney Hedges and Rose Clayton in Wimbledon, August 1907 |
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| Mr and Mrs Hedges wedding, August 1907 |
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| Edith Constance Cole married Joseph Wall on the 1st of June 1908 at St Barnabas Church, Sutton |
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| Nancy Pringle married William Thomas Briscoe on the 21 June 1910 at All Saints, Banstead |
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| Chandler wedding party, October 1911 |
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| Groom and bride, 1911 |
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| Iles wedding, late 1911 |
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| Leontine Bideleux married Henri J Moncel in November 1911 |
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| Rawle wedding group, March 1911 |
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| Woodhouse wedding party, 1911 |