How To Choose A Wedding Garter Set
How To Choose A Wedding Garter Set
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Bridal boutique owners, Ellie and Charlotte, guide you through the selection of a wedding garter as a significant accessory under your dress on your wedding day. You may have one on your thigh all along and another one to be tossed to the groomsmen. That's the idea of a wedding garter set.
We're going to talk to you about how to choose your wedding garter. It's a little bit like the throwing of the bouquet. So, when the bride throws the bouquet, the woman who catches it – she's the next one to get married and it will bring her good luck.
The same thing applies to the modern tradition of tossing the wedding garter. The woman takes off the garter, tosses it over to the men and then the man who catches it – he's meant to be the next one to get married and it will bring him good luck. The main thing to think about when choosing your wedding garter is the sort of style of dress you have.
Now, if you have a really traditional full A-line skirt, then it doesn't really matter. You can wear the garter. But a lot of the time these days, the dresses are a lot slimmer so the wedding garter can be seen underneath.
Or the fact that the underwear you have to kind of wear underneath doesn't really allow for a nice sort of sexy shot of the leg, so you can wear them a bit further down as well, or put them on simply before the photo, you know, around by the top of your knee and then do the tossing of the garter. So really, it all depends on what style of dress you go for, depending whether you wear the garter throughout the ceremony and the whole day or whether you just sort of put it on for the photos for the sort of traditional shot, really. If you want to keep one of your garters or you've borrowed your mum's to wear, the best thing to do is buy a garter set where you should get two in the pack and just decide which one you're going to wear.
So, choose the one you really like the design of and the other one is the one you throw into the groomsmen crowd after you've done the wedding bouquet. So, when looking at the sets that are available, you just decide whether you're going to go for two matching garters or if you want one that goes with your wedding dress, you know, sort of like a subdued ivory one and if you want a really sort of coloured one that goes with your wedding theme and throw into the groomsmen. These are things to consider when choosing your wedding garter set. .