I wore a mini skirt when i got married,what about you?

@ruby222 (4847)
April 1, 2008 3:56am CST
When i got married ih th early 70s ..massive weddings werent as common a thing then...and lots of us got married wearing a mini skirt. Mine was a dress actually..it was bright yellow shiny tricel..thats a silky material..i wore yellow and white platform shoes,and a big white straw hat!!!..believe you me lol it was a picture!!!! Maybe a lot of you got married wearing the traditional white dress..and had bridesmaids..tell me what you wore?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
15 Jun 08
I was married in a mini dress. It was off white, fine wool in an a-line style with a loose high stand up collar. It had long sleeves gathered into a cuff and there was a lovely scarf to go with it. My M-I-L loaned me a brooch to fix the scarf with. My long hair was swept up and back with curls on top and falling to short ringlets at the back. My shoes were white patent leather bootlets with cut outs round the top of the shoe. My husband wore maroon flairs and a lemon shirt with a wide tie and borrowed someone's sports coat. Sadly, there were no photos and non of my family attended. We were married on the 12 th June, 1970. We divorced 7 years later.
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
22 Jun 08
Not yet, still looking...lol.
@ruby222 (4847)
15 Jun 08
The outfit sounds wonderful..im so sorry that it didnt work out for you though...I truly hope that you have found happiness now...thankyou.
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• Philippines
22 Jun 08
I went for the traditional white gown with long train and veil. It was a tube number with very nice swarovski details on both the top and the skirt. It wasn't overly beaded though, just enough to make me stand out. Of course! I stood out! It was my day anyway.
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@ruby222 (4847)
22 Jun 08
Of course it was andwell done you!!!
• Canada
16 May 08
When my husband and I got married, it was in the early autumn in Arizona, so it was hot!! I wore my faourite red sundress, and my faourite straw hat with a red scarf tied on it. We wanted to be untraditional.
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@ruby222 (4847)
15 Jun 08
That sounds really good and much like my own wedding really..thankyou.
@carolscash (9492)
• United States
10 Jun 08
Well, your dress sounds like it fit perfectly with the period of time that you got married in. I am sure that it is quite a picture looking at it now. I wore a dress that I had as a bridesmaid dress for my wedding. It was teal green and absolutely beautiful. When I decided about 3 hours before we got married that I wanted to get married that night and that I wanted it to be at the nursing home so my grandmother could be there, it was the best dress that I had and so that is what I done.
@ruby222 (4847)
15 Jun 08
A lovely thought ..well done to you...
@Jezebella (1446)
• United States
22 Apr 08
i havent gotten married yet, but I have an idea of what i want my dress to look like, sleak, sophisticated and elegant, yet comfortable and flowey
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@ruby222 (4847)
23 Apr 08
There are some wonderful dresses now Jez...when my daughter got married we scoured the shops to find hers...and it was all worth it!
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@Abby123 (261)
14 Jun 08
That sounds really good.I had the usual white dress and the veil,it was all ok but a bit boring really.I did it in the main to please my mum n dad and they were so proud of me,they thought that it was like a fairy tale .
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@ruby222 (4847)
15 Jun 08
Pleasing everyone is very difficult but it seemed to go your way...thankyou so much Abby.
@williamjisir (22819)
• China
1 Apr 08
my friends' wedding party - my friends got married that day and we were all invited to the party with a wonderful time.
Hello dear ruby. My wife wore red trousers and clothes and shoes when we got married in the early nineties. It seemed to be popular that way in the nineties. Besides, it was winter and that day was too cold for my wife to wear a white dress. Well, the following photo you can see is the wedding party of my good friends', who got married last year. They were asked by us to drink that way in the room where we were having the wonderful dinner. Thanks.
@ruby222 (4847)
1 Apr 08
What a lovely picture...so your wife didnt wear the conventional white dress either...but im sure she looked wonderful in her red outfit...also being a winter wedding the colour was quite appropriate. I always love the dinners after weddings...for some reason they always seem so special...when everyone toasts each other...everyone is happy...always a lovely day!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
1 Apr 08
I would have worn a mini dress but my fiancee wouldn't hear of it. So I had to put up with a morning suit instead (not a mourning suit as I nearly wrote). On the other hand I did have a top hat. Not a straw one. My wife wore a full length white silk dress with bead embroidery and a short white veil. With white silk heels. I didn't look at her until she reached the altar - but I knew that she had to be looking good because my best man, not noted for his poetry, said, "she looks beautiful", and she was and is, and I am sure that you did, and do, to.
@ruby222 (4847)
1 Apr 08
Ohhhh Piky lol thanks for your confidence in my looks!!!..im pleased you have faith!!!!...shame about your dress though! Now that must have been some `do` then...a top hat???..i am impressed..i nearly fell off of my stool!! How lovely to see a man comment so nicely about his better half..thats lovely!!.. I cant even remeber our best man speaking let alone anything else!!!
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@p1kef1sh (45681)
2 Apr 08
Heck this isn't about one upmanship Ruby. Your day was every bit as special You married the man that you love and nothing and nobody's day could be better. Doesn't matter where or how you married, it was your day. Now tell me about it please?? Pretty please.
@ruby222 (4847)
2 Apr 08
It sounds wonderful...but i will say no more..my bash now pales into insignificance!!
@gemini_rose (16264)
1 Apr 08
You should have put a picture on for us to see! I was married in a registry office, I got my dress for £150 and it was a bargain, it was a lovely deep ivory colour, the bodice was made of lace and it was long and had a beautiful long train with it, I loved it so much I stayed in it the whole day, I felt like a princess. I was so pleased with it as I could not afford much, and although it was second hand it did not have a mark on it. My mum had come shopping with me to help me choose a dress and she kept pointing and showing me all these evening dress style things and I kept saying hmm yes its ok and then she said to me, you like that one don't you, and I said yes but I did not want to hurt your feelings by saying that. So I tried it on and it was a perfect fit, it felt like it was meant to be. I still have the dress and it has never been washed as I did not want to wash the memories off it, I think it still has silly string stuck on it too!!
@gemini_rose (16264)
1 Apr 08
I love dresses like that, I would have suited being around in the time that they wore dresses like that all the time.
@ruby222 (4847)
4 Apr 08
Me too!!..they are soo romantic!!
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@lishiwei (1550)
• China
1 Apr 08
Yes,many of the people wearing the troditional white dress in our city.You are right that looks really not very beautiful.I think you must be very beautiful when you wearing the mini.It's a good choice.
@ruby222 (4847)
1 Apr 08
So the white dress is very popular in your country?...but i think brides in white look extremely pretty !
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17 Jun 08
yeah they look great in all white.
@reejane (293)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
I wore an ivory off should empire cut gown with lots of beadworks and partial lace. At the back of the gown was a detachable train about 4 meters long that has scattered beads. Looking back at the pictures, the only thing missing in my gown was a tiara and I could look like a "princes"...ahahaha! Unfortunately, I opted to use beaded/crystal pins as my accessories for my hair sine I don't want to go overboard.
@ruby222 (4847)
23 Apr 08
That sounds really lovely Jane..my daughter used tose crystal pins when she was married..they looked really good!
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@nice030481 (1109)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
yes my wedding dress is a white long dress, it is the traditional wedding dress here in the philippines. i think miniskirt will not be allowed in our church, they are so strict abour the dress they dont even want a sleeveless wedding dress...
@ruby222 (4847)
23 Apr 08
A long white dress is so lovely though Nice...so stylish.
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@chazsgirl (256)
• United States
1 Apr 08
I wore this ugle flowered dress from macy's, oh yeah and I was also in labor! She picked the perfect time to come!
@ruby222 (4847)
1 Apr 08
What year was that then? and in labour..wow..you went the whole hog!!!!...so a wedding baby then..well done you!! My sister was my bridesmaid and she wore a purple mini dress and cork mules with wedges..and a straw hat!!!!!!!!...can you believe it lolol
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17 Jun 08
A purple mini dress WOWWWWWWWW
@Rosekitty (19368)
• San Marcos, Texas
2 Apr 08
Sounds so much like mine..I made all my clothes and since i was the 4th daughter my parents couldn't afford to pay for our weddings, so I worked at Kmart in the stock room ( fun by the way back then got to see all the new stuff first and they gave 40% discounts)All the money i earned went into my dress a crepe offwhite,white Mary janes and 2 baskets of flowers on either side of me..I wore daisies in my hair and carried them also.This dress was mini and i wish i would have kept it, but got rid of it since it was turning a yellow color from age.
@ruby222 (4847)
2 Apr 08
Hi....we were two of a kind i think!!!! Ive no idea what happened to my dress !!!....my friend borrowed my shoes..and i never got them back because she loved them!!...and my hat ..i know that was about for many years tied up in a plastic bag..but then it must have got dumped somewhere!!! But theres nothing wrong in a budget wedding...they are as meaningful as any lavish do!!
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@babykeka80 (2084)
• United States
1 Apr 08
I just got married and wore the traditional white wedding dress. I tried to make my wedding very reasonable and except for my Oleg Cassinni wedding gown it was. The dress was pretty much the big deal. I never thought I would be like that but when I tried it on it made me feel absolutely gorgeous. I loved it. My bridesmaids wore lilac mix n match dresses.
@ruby222 (4847)
1 Apr 08
That sounds lovely!!!...and nowadays the bigger weddings are much more popular!!my daughter married last year...i bought her dress and it was like a fairytale dress...it was wonderful...and her bridesmaids had oyster and gold...a lovely day!!
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@jenni7202 (1598)
• United States
1 Apr 08
I'm actually not married yet, but when I do get married I plan on having a long gown, in ivory and clover. We are going to have a Irish themed wedding, with shamrocks and pots of gold (chocolate coins). It's funny, my boyfriend has the ring (engagement), but hasn't given it to me yet because he wants to give it to me at a special time, even though I already know about it! On the other hand, his mother and I have been planning a wedding for a couple months, lol.
@ruby222 (4847)
2 Apr 08
That sounds great!!!...the irish theme is brilliant!!! will you be having a couple of barrels of guinness???? you surely couldnt have a n irish wedding without some guinness. I hope your plans go well!!
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