Who wants a maid at a wedding? Well, my sister's getting married. I've spent the last two nights brainstorming with her about things she needs to think about and plan and pay for. Her budget is five thousand dollars. Five thousand? Think of the things they could buy with five thousand dollars. Anyway, as much as I'm unsure about this wedding, it's still exciting to plan a big event with someone else money. Excecpt for my dress, I have to pay for that. We're going dress shopping and to the bridal fair this weekend. I'm hoping to get a dress that I could conceivably wear again to some non-wedding function. I'm also hoping not to spend more than $200. Well, it would actually be a physical impossibility for me too spend much more than that anyway, so I guess I won't worry too much about it. I've been looking through my mom and aunt's wedding albums recently. Why is it that bride's maid dresses are so ugly? And, for that matter, what is the purpose of a bride's maid? Well, I've done some reasearch, and this paragraph sums it up: Why Do the Attendants Dress Alike? Who hasn't noticed that the maids, ushers, and entire bridal party dress very much like the bride and groom? It was once common for the bride, her groom and all their friends to walk together to the church on the morning of the wedding. Afraid that someone, maybe a rejected suitor, would spot the happy couple and put a curse on them, the groom's friends wore clothes almost identical to his, and the women costumed themselves like the bride. These disguises tricked evil wishers into letting the real bride and groom live happily ever after. Of course, today we dress our attendants alike for the beauty and pageantry of the event. http://www.ourmarriage.com/planner/html/old_world_customs_and_traditio.html There, now we know. |