WEDDINGS - Here come the BRIDES!

[carius]

ebay.de
auction №:160605900197
seller:antikwarenversand

[carius]

ebay.de
auction №:290580467461
seller:bedel2000

[Larrister]

Here's the photo Carius posted from Ebay but which now belongs in my collection.

Please post your wedding photos from your own collections I would love to see them.

Cheers,
Larry

[Larrister]

Luftwaffe helmet wedding portrait.

[tigre]

Hello to all ; a little more.......................

A very special wedding dress.

Source: eBay auction. Jueves, 15 de Enero de 2009, 12:30:11 (expired).

Cheers. Raúl M .

[Annelie]

Yes, the wedding dress is unusual.
Why the black?

[nobodyofnote]

I don't know the full circumstances of the photo but it used to be an old Wendish Lutheran custom for brides to wear black wedding dresses.

[Annelie]

Thankyou nobodyofnote.
Obviously I didn't know or realize that.

Learn something everyday.

[tigre]

Hello to all , black wedding dress.................

I don't know the full circumstances of the photo but it used to be an old Wendish Lutheran custom for brides to wear black wedding dresses.

Learn something everyday

Same to me. Cheers. Raúl M .

[Vikki]

I don't know the full circumstances of the photo but it used to be an old Wendish Lutheran custom for brides to wear black wedding dresses.

While I can definitely sympathise with that custom , there's no shortage of brides wearing black, dark-colored, or even print dresses in the many in this thread. A few from a quick look:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 3#p1255543
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 5#p1259475
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 4#p1296974
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 7#p1296977
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 9#p1307069
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 9#p1307509
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 7#p1314307
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 6#p1316526
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 8#p1321818


I have wondered whether then, as now, there was the custom of women not wearing white if they'd been married previously. On the other hand, in some cases, with wartime rationing and shortages, it may have been a case of their wearing whatever they had that was appropriate. Or, as Larry suggests at http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 7#p1314307, there's also the possibility that photos in which the women are carrying flowers but not wearing white are anniversary rather than wedding photos.

Best,
~Vikki

[nobodyofnote]

This is a scanned magazine article on Lutheran black wedding dresses and wedding customs:

Page one: http://pics.livejournal.com/katmax1/pic/00054w2e

Page two: http://pics.livejournal.com/katmax1/pic/00055dxf

Page three: http://pics.livejournal.com/katmax1/pic/00056er0

[Annelie]

Thankyou for the information on the black wedding dresses.

It states that these were popular from 1830 - 1900.
The Bride must have been wearing her great
grandmothers wedding dress. Perhaps in keeping with
family traditions?

[pavel michalek]

Not sure if this was posted. Wedding of Rochus Misch.

[von thoma]

Photo:http://hitleryouth.blogspot.com/2010/09/waffenrock.html

[Vikki]

Hello von thoma,

I believe that's a card for birthday wishes, rather than a wedding photo?

~Vikki