I think I missed my time in history. I have always wanted to live during the Jazz Age of the 1920s. Fabulous music, Art Deco architecture, and fashions to die for.
Here are some wedding photos from the period, when people knew how to dress! They were all taken in England, from 1920-1929.
Some happy-looking Bridesmaids.
And an uncomfortably awkward Page Boy. 🙂
Nice flowers, and suitable cloche hats.
A fashionable large hat for the occasion.
Marrying a sailor. He wore his uniform of course.
The bigger the bouquet, the better!
This might have been taken twenty years earlier. If not for the hemline, and the white silk stockings.
Photo-bombed by a grumpy schoolboy. 🙂 Spot the tiara!
It didn’t matter if you were not that attractive, as long as you looked smart.
Strange how wedding photography has not changed that much, in almost 100 years. But the dresses have certainly changed, with many brides choosing to reveal far too much of their chests, and sleeveless and backless bridal wear to showcase the now-common tattoos.
But one day soon, those 1920s fashions will be back in vogue. Mark my words!
You should do an article with wedding dress styles from each of the decades. I could Google it myself of course, but your photo annotations make me chuckle 🙂
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Good idea for a project, MBB. I will give that some thought. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great posting, Pete! I love them all. Michael
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Thanks, Michael. I’m happy to hear you like them too. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, we’re all drawn to the same kid. The other thing that I couldn’t help notice—there were a lot of joyless faces for such a happy occasion. What’s up with the all the guys and their, “I’m one tough son of a bitch faces?” Ha-ha!
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I am sure that photographers needed longer exposures at the time, as so many people stared without smiling. Or maybe the men just wanted to look tough! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You have touched on so many things here. The 1920’s photos are wonderful, and yes, it really isn’t any different today. Beautiful or not, it doesn’t matter, as it’s all about the wedding and the dress of the day. My grandparents’ wedding photos were much the same. I remember her pointed shoes. Thank you for another piece of nostalgia and history. Best to you, Pete.
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Thanks, Jennie. Look out for today’s post with some ‘modern’ dresses. Very different! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I will check it out this evening. Thanks, Pete.
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Interestingly my grandmother, who married in 1918, had a full length dress for her wedding. It must have been right before the styles changed.
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Indeed it was, Elizabeth. It took the end of WW1 for things to change. Certainly by the mid-1920s, hemlines were getting shorter.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh my goodness, that page boy!😱 I love your photo selection though Pete.
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Thanks, Kim. He’s a ‘classic’!
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m going to go out on a limb here. When I look at that Page Boy, I can’t help but see his towering pecker. He’s standing front and center, surrounded by females who all look satisfied. And he’s staring at his next conquest—a female photographer.
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I know what you mean, David. 🙂
But it is the way his jacket/coat falls, and reveals his trousers underneath- honestly!
That is certainly an ‘unfortunate’ style of jacket.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes, I am sure they will be back in style, but with more bosom and more tattoos, not to mention piercings 🙂 Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. Tomorrow, I am featuring some more ‘modern’ examples of wedding dresses. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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These photos are fabulous. It was a great time for fashion. My grandmother got married in 1928.
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Thanks, Darlene. I have always loved the fashions of the 1920s. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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another wonderful collection of old, Pete! the page boy in the first photo doesn’t look too happy 🙂 🙂
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That’s true, Wilma. He scares me! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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We both share a love for this time period. I enjoyed the photos very much. The styles were supreme! I do hope they return.
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I guessed you might enjoy these. More wedding photos tomorrow. Modern ones, in complete contrast to this style. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Fantastic, Pete. That boy in the first photos though – he takes the prize!!
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He is certainly rather ‘creepy’, GP! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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A little warlock?
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When you say ‘people knew how to dress’ you are really meaning women, not people, as the mens wedding outfits are not much different from today. Why not have a bit of cleavage (if you have one) on your wedding day? Chances are that’s what attracted the husband to be in the first place, and I do believe you are quite partial to the Rita Hayworth types yourself! Both my daughters in law looked stunning in their shoulderless wedding gowns, and both knew how to dress, and still do!
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I will be posting about some less ‘tasteful dresses’ tomorrow. I did mean the men too, as I have been to weddings where the groom thought it was alright to wear a loose shirt and no tie, and even one who wore trainers.
I know what you are saying though, and times change. I just have a fondness for the 1920s that I cannot really explain. Many brides still look lovely of course, but I am just very old-fashioned, as you know. 🙂 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m eyerolling 😀 😀
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What have you got against cleavage? Hmmm.
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Nothing at all. Just not on a wedding day. 🙂
Wait until you see tomorrow’s ‘modern wedding dress’ post, Lloyd!
Best wishes, Pete.
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Best wishes Pete.
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Great as usual….the fashion and especially the facial expressions….love them….chuq
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Thanks, chuq. I can never shake the feeling that this was ‘my time’. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Pete I think all us “radicals” think that for it was a time to be alive for the “movement”….chuq
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Such opulent way of dressing. But brides nowadays have more choices when it come to design and material of the wedding dress.
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They do indeed, Arlene. But they don’t always make such good choices. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wow…that Page Boy in the first picture would do very well in a horror movie. Don’t know if this is just me, but he really creeps me out 😅😅
I hear you about the wedding dresses having changed Pete. It’s a real shame if you ask me, although there are still classic brides as well luckily. As for the 20’s it’s a great era to be sure, but my favorite will always be the 80’s 😊😊 As usual this was another terrific post Pete! Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful pictures! 😃
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Thanks, Michel. He does look like a kid in a horror film, I agree. But having been a page boy myself, many times, I know just how he was feeling! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lol…well…honestly never been a page boy, but can’t say I’m a huge fan of weddings to be honest lol. So yeah, can definitely understand how he (and you) must have felt! 😊
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