Post formal (wedding or not) photos here.

What a beautiful picture...

Your parents are simply gorgeous!

Here's my husband and me on our wedding day, 44 years ago! To the left is his brother, and to the right is my Matron of Honor, and our Unitarian Minister!

We were just babies!

You were a radical!
I'm joking. How common were knee length wedding dresses in the mid-60s?

Yup, a knee length dress. I was going to wear it as a party dress or some such, afterward, lol!

I have no idea how common they were. I suspect not very. Most weddings back then were formal, la di da, don't you know!

I was married by a Unitarian minster, as well. :thumbsup:

kids nevertheless. Hey I'm a unitarian too.

I was 21...

My hat wasn't actually a pillbox hat. It was more a band, covered with fabric from the left-over dress material, with little fake pearls stitched by yours truly along the top edge, and the veil underneath.

My dress was made by a very close friend of my mom's...

My Matron made her dress too...

We had so much fun!

We even wrote our own service...

I thank you!

We had no professional photographers, so probably my dad took this!

:hi:

You wore your glasses too!! How cool is that?? I'm incredibly nearsighted and I never see brides wearing glasses in their pictures. You probably can't navigate without yours either. Beautiful couple! I'm a secular humanist UU as well.

The clothes in the sixties were so sharp, so streamlined.

:toast:

I always wear my glasses, wedding day or otherwise, lol! I can actually navigate without them, but it's a lot easier with them on!

Thank you for your compliments!

Yeah, the clothes were more streamlined, and so was I!

:toast:

as for the hair, ever see them movie Groundhog Day? My hair is kinda like that, I can get a completely new cut and style but then I go to bed and the next day it has reverted back to my 1980's do!

They look like a happy couple.

No, I never wore the dress again, but
my sister, who was my maid of honor,
wore hers OUT at MANY Renaissance Festivals....

There was no RIBBON ON IT!

:evilgrin:

"I dinna ken where I've been, but
I must've won first place!"

whose son is planning on being married in full regalia, not surprising since he is a piper of no ill repute. His bride-to-be probably won't be as fancifully dressed as you.

Sorry, couldn't resist. Been waiting for an opportunity to use that pic. :rofl:

No way would a couple who looks like that have lace curtains.

Should of been a Bluetick Coonhound too. Rotties don't hunt. :rofl:

You both look so happy. What makes it sweeter is I know you are still happy. Glad for you, Mr. & Mrs. Aristus!

My lovely new DIL:

My son and his new bride. I've never seen him look happier!

I have posted this before and shamelessly do it again...

Oh, what a great looking young man, and I love how cute his date is!

I'd be posting it too, if I'd had a son that good looking!

:hi:

Grandma was born in 1898 and they BOTH had Master's Degrees from Mississippi A&M!
Pretty unusual for that time. They were overachievers - County Extension Agents with Texas A&M.
Grandma died in 1985. I live in her house now.

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I posted earlier this month of me and my guys: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Here's my parents, brother and me: (not formal, but we never had one done)

Independent, and now is a Green.

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The bridesmaids at my parent's wedding
wore similar dresses....

and how it fans out in a circle.

and what a spectacular dress!

The dress was ivory! I was being honest!

But I have rarely seen it look so good! :hi:

on your wedding day

Do you still have that dress? Bella might wear it.

aA
kesha

Looking back, I would have done a totally different veil though. I will keep all of it just in case my little booger wants to be sentimental and wear it!

thanks for posting them. You were quite a lovely bride.

So, I tell her the camera doesn't lie!

Maybe beautifully evil!

or maybe it was 3, but I would always say nice things about mommy to my daughter. Like Mommy is beautiful or smart or similar.

So, one day, when there were several people there, I asked her, "What kind of lady is mommy?" and I expected her to say, "pretty" or "beautiful" or "smart" or similar.

Her response was, "A dragon Lady!"

I still have no idea where she got it from, either, unless it was from a friend of the family when I wasn't around? Or, maybe a movie or something.

I am just waiting for my baby's time to come. My daddy always told me tha no one will embarrass you as much as your kiddos! I believe it too.

my grandma has those on in many of her pictures too.

cool picture.

At least the grand-units look like they have good sense.

and, it must have been really unusual for a woman to have a master's degree in those days.

Mr. Tikki and I...

That was 42 years ago, this August (Summer of Love, you all).

We were just kidlettes...

The Tikkis

She died when I was an infant. I don't know how old they are in this photo or what year it was taken. I think probably in the early 1940's ?

More like 20's or early 30's

many years. He (Father) was born in 1925, so, she could have been married in the early 30's.

I must see if I can get my Dad to remember next time I talk to him.

I don't recognize it.

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My great-aunt's wedding in the early 30's.

quite a variety of styles.

Look at the middle aged men with their arms on the newly married couple. They seem to be the two fathers, keeping the two young ones in their place. I can't figure out who the mothers are. Interesting how in that culture, the mothers play such an unimportant role in the wedding.

(great-grandfather) and the bride is his daughter, Katherine. Yaya is next to him in the dark dress. My grandfather (their only son) looks exactly like his mother and is 3rd from the right. Spooky huh??

This isn't a good pic but it's the only wedding-related one on photobucket at this time. I think I knew what was coming...(the caption for the photo is "monkeybait" wtf?)

edited for typo.

My husband and I - Colorado

Me on my wedding day with my buddies (RIP) Katie and Schatze.

ohh they are lovely too

great photo.

aA

I love your dress. My dress, I have no pictures, was so plain.

You look lovely!

aA
kesha

Wedding Day Portrait 1904:

50th Anniversary:

They were farmers.
My grandfather was a huge FDR man and a township trustee from mid 1920's to 1940 or so...
On election nights he helped count votes and never came home until noon the following day.
Grandmother never voted, even after suffrage...

Mardi Gras, 2006 (I think)...

figured I tack this one on too...

We had a wedding in Nov of 2001, but since her parents were not able to make it to the US from China, we had a wedding ceremony in June of 2002. Then, we had another little wedding thingie in China in September of 2004 with the rest of my wife's family. And, no, I did NOT pick the jacket.

Your Mother is really beautiful.	newcriminal	Jul-26-09 11:21 PM	#1
Yup. White velvet wedding dress she borrowed from a friend. We hear it was turned into	applegrove	Jul-26-09 11:30 PM	#9
My dear applegrove!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-26-09 11:21 PM	#2
Knee length dress!	Sanity Claws	Jul-26-09 11:24 PM	#4
My dear Sanity Claws!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-26-09 11:49 PM	#11
my mom wore a knee-length one in 1958 - I think it was even more rad then	tigereye	Aug-05-09 01:51 PM	#92
I love your dresses. And your pillbox hats. You are right you do look like kids. Gorgeous kids but	applegrove	Jul-26-09 11:27 PM	#6
Yeah, we were kids!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-26-09 11:52 PM	#12
CaliforniaPeggy - your picture is delightful!	handmade34	Jul-27-09 01:28 AM	#19
My dear handmade34!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-27-09 01:30 AM	#20
Looking sharp, Peggy!!	Manifestor_of_Light	Jul-27-09 01:37 AM	#23
My dear Manifestor_of_Light!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-27-09 01:41 AM	#24
oh man....	mcctatas	Jul-26-09 11:23 PM	#3
Let me guess. 1980s? I like your date. He is cute.	applegrove	Jul-26-09 11:28 PM	#7
1989 to be exact	mcctatas	Jul-26-09 11:34 PM	#10
Your father is admiring your mother's beauty.	Sanity Claws	Jul-26-09 11:25 PM	#5
That's not even the best picture of her.	applegrove	Jul-26-09 11:28 PM	#8
My favorite wedding picture...	PassingFair	Jul-26-09 11:59 PM	#13
I vote this #1 - Best of Show	handmade34	Jul-27-09 01:23 AM	#17
Huh?	PassingFair	Jul-27-09 08:50 PM	#37
...	handmade34	Jul-27-09 09:12 PM	#41
LOL	PassingFair	Jul-27-09 09:25 PM	#43
Going to steal a copy to show a coworker	whistler162	Aug-02-09 08:16 PM	#73
My cousin's wedding.	bluesbassman	Jul-27-09 12:33 AM	#14
That picture is such a fake!	Bertha Venation	Jul-27-09 03:07 PM	#28
Yeah I know.	bluesbassman	Jul-28-09 02:31 AM	#48
My wedding day. This is one of my favorite pics of Mrs. Aristus. She's so sexy!...	Aristus	Jul-27-09 12:59 AM	#15
This is the sweetest pic.	crim son	Jul-29-09 12:04 AM	#60
My son's wedding, 6/7/09, I was the photographer:	intheflow	Jul-27-09 01:11 AM	#16
Congratulations (and great pictures)	handmade34	Jul-27-09 01:30 AM	#21
my youngest son's junior prom	handmade34	Jul-27-09 01:26 AM	#18
My dear handmade34!	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul-27-09 01:33 AM	#22
My mother's parents, shortly after marriage in 1919.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jul-27-09 01:46 AM	#25
Very cool picture!	Minimus	Aug-02-09 08:24 PM	#74
Daddy walking me down the aisle	theNotoriousP.I.G.	Jul-27-09 05:46 AM	#26
Oh you are so pretty. Your dad is too.	applegrove	Jul-27-09 02:19 PM	#27
Thank you	theNotoriousP.I.G.	Jul-27-09 03:48 PM	#31
My wife and I -- wedding photo	MineralMan	Jul-27-09 03:12 PM	#29
Cute but whose the guy with the beard?	whistler162	Aug-02-09 08:02 PM	#72
Here are some that	GreenPartyVoter	Jul-27-09 03:43 PM	#30
Your parents were hippies!	latebloomer	Jul-27-09 09:11 PM	#40
Mom was. Dad was actually a Goldwater conservative, then became an	GreenPartyVoter	Jul-28-09 12:58 AM	#46
Mom and Dad, still in love today.	buzzard	Jul-28-09 02:11 AM	#47
Ahhhh when was that? 56 ish?	PassingFair	Jul-28-09 08:52 AM	#49
My mom and dad	seemunkee	Jul-27-09 03:56 PM	#32
I love her dress	theNotoriousP.I.G.	Jul-27-09 04:46 PM	#34
My wedding	Shell Beau	Jul-27-09 04:09 PM	#33
I can see your daughter looking just that pretty in 20 years!	azmouse	Jul-27-09 08:58 PM	#38
Aw thanks!	Shell Beau	Jul-28-09 09:53 AM	#50
wow..you look beautiful	DeepBlueC	Jul-28-09 07:34 PM	#54
Thanks!!	Shell Beau	Jul-29-09 10:22 AM	#62
well honesty is the best policy, they say	DeepBlueC	Jul-29-09 09:52 PM	#64
Shell, those photos are beautiful. You looked stunning	auntAgonist	Aug-02-09 07:33 PM	#69
Why thank you! I do still have the dress.	Shell Beau	Aug-05-09 10:49 AM	#82
great pictures	NewJeffCT	Aug-05-09 01:13 PM	#89
Thanks! Your wife was quite the lovely bride as well!	Shell Beau	Aug-05-09 01:36 PM	#91
She thinks she looks evil in the pic	NewJeffCT	Aug-05-09 02:00 PM	#93
Haha! She looks beautiful!	Shell Beau	Aug-05-09 02:10 PM	#94
once, when my daughter was 2-something	NewJeffCT	Aug-05-09 03:12 PM	#95
Kids know when to say the wrong thing at the wrong time!	Shell Beau	Aug-05-09 03:53 PM	#96
Our oldest daughter's wedding.	Adsos Letter	Jul-27-09 05:15 PM	#35
My mother's parents, shortly after marriage in 1919.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jul-27-09 08:12 PM	#36
I love that cameo	nini	Aug-01-09 04:32 PM	#67
Thanx!	Manifestor_of_Light	Aug-03-09 03:35 AM	#79
great picture	NewJeffCT	Aug-05-09 01:14 PM	#90
Here we are...	Tikki	Jul-27-09 09:04 PM	#39
gotta love the way the draperies and carpet go together?	704wipes	Aug-02-09 11:56 PM	#76
my aunt and uncle.	auntAgonist	Jul-27-09 09:14 PM	#42
Looks older than that, Aunt....	PassingFair	Jul-27-09 09:27 PM	#44
You're probably right. She is older than my Father by	auntAgonist	Jul-27-09 10:01 PM	#45
October 28th 1932 You were right, Passing Fair.	auntAgonist	Aug-04-09 07:29 PM	#80
I love that veil! That is a great photo!	Shell Beau	Jul-28-09 09:54 AM	#51
My grandparents wedding in the 1940s	MissHoneychurch	Jul-28-09 09:57 AM	#52
They look so serious...what kind of uniform is that?	Obama2012	Jul-28-09 07:27 PM	#53
Deleted message	Name removed	Jul-28-09 07:35 PM	#55
Umm...I was asking a question, because I didn't (and don't) know what it was	Obama2012	Jul-28-09 07:45 PM	#56
Deleted message	Name removed	Jul-28-09 07:50 PM	#57
That would be a German Wehrmacht uniform	jmowreader	Aug-01-09 04:10 PM	#66
The Greek Mafia	lizziegrace	Jul-28-09 08:05 PM	#58
some classic 'staches in that pic	DeepBlueC	Jul-29-09 09:54 PM	#65
Interesting photo	Sanity Claws	Aug-02-09 07:59 PM	#71
The man in the white shirt is my Papoo	lizziegrace	Aug-04-09 07:40 PM	#81
This thread is full of beautiful people!	crim son	Jul-28-09 08:13 PM	#59
1993	LaurenG	Jul-29-09 08:13 AM	#61
Ok	BarenakedLady	Jul-29-09 10:26 AM	#63
lovely bride and lovely dress. But the bridesmaids	auntAgonist	Aug-02-09 08:31 PM	#75
Us, September 18, 1993	Missy Vixen	Aug-01-09 05:33 PM	#68
Missy you look so HAPPY. What a gorgeous photo and	auntAgonist	Aug-02-09 07:42 PM	#70
wedding and 50th Anniversry - my grandparents in Ohio	704wipes	Aug-03-09 12:26 AM	#77
My beautiful daughter	skygazer	Aug-03-09 12:32 AM	#78
hubby 'n me	canoeist52	Aug-05-09 11:06 AM	#83
my parents and grandparents	canoeist52	Aug-05-09 11:10 AM	#84
Significant other and I....	SacredCow	Aug-05-09 11:10 AM	#85
Mr and Mrs 2kewl 7/26/03	tk2kewl	Aug-05-09 11:30 AM	#86
I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock & Roll	tk2kewl	Aug-05-09 12:13 PM	#87
Here is one from my 3rd marriage to Mrs NewJeffCT	NewJeffCT	Aug-05-09 12:37 PM	#88