Bride and Groom on Swing (1950s)

Bride and Groom on Swing by Robert Doisneau, France, 1950s via

A Collection of Vintage Photos Feat. 1920s Wedding Dresses

Ruth Schneider, 1924 via

Bride from New York, 1920 via

 Chanel wedding dress worn by Betty Garst, circa 1929 via

Wedding The daughter of the Bolivian minister to France in a Patou-designed wedding gown, 1929 via

Edwina Ehrman, c. 1926.  via

Princess Anne of Orléans, Nov. 5, 1927 via

Bride, 1920s via

 Famous Silent Film Actress R Lya Marain Elaborate Bride Costume, 1920s via

 

Vintage Wedding Dress Ads (1956)

1956 black and white print ad for the Coronet wedding dress with a chapel length train designed by Ina that was sold at May Sons bridal of 3160 North Lincoln Avenue, 4113 West Madison Street, and 871 East 63rd Street in Chicago, Illinois (IL) via

1956 black and white print ad for the Fink Original wedding dress with a veil by Helene Arnhold that was sold at the Town Shop of 355 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey (NJ) via

1956 black and white print ad for the Coronet wedding dress designed by Ina with a lace trimmed chapel length train that was sold at Ray’s Bridal Salon of Oakman Boulevard at Grand River, Detroit, Michigan (MI) via

1956 black and white print ad for the Coronet wedding dress designed by Ina that was sold at Zimmerman’s of 51 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (PA) via

Bride (1966)

A photo from 1966 shows a bride in a long-sleeved style gown. (Gerti Deutsch / Getty Images) via

Cristobal Balenciaga Wedding Dress and Hat (1967)

Cristobal Balenciaga, Wedding Dress and Hat, 1967 via

Cristobal Balenciaga, Wedding Dress and Hat, 1967 via

Vintage Bride Wearing Pearls

Photo of vintage bride wearing a pearl necklace. One tradition says wearing pearls on your wedding day will ensure your marriage is happy and you won’t shed tears during it via

Dazzling Vintage Bride

Dazzling vintage bride posing on her wedding day via

Vintage Photographs of Amazing Movie Wedding Dresses

Claudette Colbert. It Happened One Night, 1934 via

Olivia de Havilland. They Died With Their Boots On, 1941 via

Joan Fontaine. Jane Eyre, 1943 via

Gene Tierney 1946. The Razor’s Edge, 1946 via

Audrey Hepburn. Funny Face, 1957 via

Marilyn Monroe. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1953 via

Gina Lollobrigida. Come September, 1961 via

Vintage Brides by London Photographers Lafayette (1920s)

H H Short by Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London, 11 August 1924

Miss Rennie [unidentified], Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London, 1925 via

Mrs Folds [needs identification], Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London, 29 october 1926 via

The Most Brilliant Victorian Wedding Gowns

 Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840; this is a middle aged Victoria and Albert who recreate their wedding day. Queen Victoria chose to marry in a white silk satin gown featuring Honiton lace, an unusual color choice for bridal gowns at the time; she started the white wedding gown tradition that remains today.

1858 photo of princess royal victorias wedding dress. She was the oldest daughter of queen Victoria. She married Frederick, Crown Prince of Germany and Prussia later Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia (1831–1888); 4 sons, 4 daughters (including Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia and Sophia, Queen of Greece)

1863 Princess Alexandra Of Denmark, later Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India as the wife of King-Emperor Edward VII.

Princess Louise (1848-1939) in her wedding dress. Married 1871, John Douglas Sutherland Campbell (1845–1914), Marquess of Lorne, later 9th Duke of Argyll.

Princess Helena (1846-1923) in her wedding dress. Married 1866, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (1831–1917); 4 sons (1 still-born), 2 daughters.

1885 Princess Beatrice, the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Married 1885, Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858–1896); 3 sons, 1 daughter (Victoria Eugenie, Queen of Spain).

Victoria of Baden. She married in Karlsruhe on 20 September 1881 Crown Prince Gustaf of Sweden and Norway, the son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway and Sofia of Nassau.

Annie Chinery. The daughter of Dr Edward Chinery from Lymington, married the photographer Julia Cameron’s son Ewen in 1869

Bride from the 1850s

American bride

Baroness Christine von Linden (1879-1969). She married diplomat and adventurer Cecil Gosling  (1870-1943) on the 13th of May 1898. They married in London. She was the only daughter of Baron Adhémar Rudolph Caesar Conradin von Linden from Germany and Helene Euphrosyne Casavetti from London.

Bride getting dressed, 1890s