| Bride wedding garter - a fashionable tradition:
At first sight, the tradition to throw the garter of the bride can seem not so cheerful, even a bit vulgar, but it is not necessary to categorically refuse from doing it, not having learnt more in detail. This moment can appear really amusing, and a noteworthy episode of your wedding. We will help you not to fall flat on the cake, and do all the procedures for this amusing ritual, instead of confusing your guests.
During the Middle Ages, the garter was used for holding the bottom part of trousers, and subsequently it became an indispensable accessory of elegance, both for men, and for women. The female garter is generally decorated with embroidery, laces and jewels.
What is the wedding garter of a bride? The word “garter” (la jarretire, la jaretelle french) originated from the word “jarret”, that means popliteal cavity, and is an elastic strip of fabric or band which supports the stockings on the hip. In effect, now, when we speak about the wedding garter we imagine the ordinary elastic band or strip. It can be wide or narrow, but necessarily beautifully decorated, for example, with thin laces and straps. As a rule, it is worn over the right knee. There can be a single garter as well as a pair (it is conventional in North America to wear two garters). The first garter is called “happy”; the spouse throws this to his unmarried friends. The second remains for memory - it is called the “sweet” or “honey” garter. It is fastened at least a half-palm above the first one.
With the second, “honey” or ‘sweet” garter, everything is very clear – the husband removes it from the young wife, when they are left alone on the first marriage night. But when is the time to remove the first garter? Usually it is towards the end of party, after cutting the cake and shortly before the departure of happy newly-married couple. As a rule, special music is played for this moment of wedding. In the West, this moment of a wedding party is no less important, than the first dance of newly-married couple. And more often, the garter is thrown throw after the bouquet is thrown to the unmarried girlfriends of bride (though traditionally, the garter is thrown first).
Let's discuss how this happens in America. So, all the single visitors gather around the bride sitting on a chair. The groom slightly raises the skirt and removes the garter. Do not aimlessly try to grope the garter under several petticoats of bride; if you could not find her immediately - simply ask that the bride helped you. It will relieve all the awkwardness of expectation. As soon as you find the treasured accessory, accurately straighten it, having released the tension, and slowly remove the garter with your hands (or even teeth). If your bride has decided to wear two garters together, do not be afraid: the bottom one is to be removed. But it is possible, that the bride is too modest, and then she can remove the garter herself and hand over it to you directly. Having found it, do not hesitate! Throw it to your unmarried friends! The garter is removed not only by hands, but also with teeth. For convenience, the bride can rise, having put one leg on the chair. Certainly, this method is much more effective than the first one, however it is necessary to remember, that it can shock elderly visitors if they are attending the wedding ceremony. And, certainly, it is not that pertinent, after a religious ceremony of the wedding. Also do not tear off the garter too quickly; otherwise you will be risking to be left without the photos of this moment.
When caught, this modest accessory of the bride, promises happiness and a fast marriage, and in America the lucky one, according to the traditions, gets to dance with the girl who caught the wedding bouquet of bride (or in the other version he under music, puts the garter on the leg of the girl). This tradition is new in Russia, but is catching up very fast in cheerful youth weddings.
In the news: An indictment has been handed down against the bride to be that skipped town just days before a planned lavish wedding celebration. Jennifer Wilbanks, the true life runaway bride, was charged with making a false statement and with filing a false police report. If convicted, she could end up serving six years in prison and pay a fine of $11,000. In addition, Wilbanks could be ordered to reimburse authorities for the more than $50,000 they spent searching for her after the reported disappearance. District Attorney Danny Porter stated that at some junctures you simply cannot lie to the police.
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