Getting hitched, Victorian Style

Wedding ceremonies are different depending on the preferences and fortunes of those involved. There are no specific directions to follow. However, those that will be married by ministers should first study the form of weddings their church follows.



The Episcopalians have their “Book of Common Prayer”, the Methodists have their “Book of Discipline” and the Catholics have certain rituals. The wedding rehearsal is normally made in private but it is required if the couples will be wed by a magistrate. The most number of ceremonies occur in Catholic and Episcopal weddings but these are normally the most impressive.



The Victorian Wedding



ATTIRE: Victorian weddings are filled with ruffles, bows and lace. Guests should consider wearing an antique dress a lace cap or headpiece, which can be purchased from the ladies at Greystone Gardens. For a morning wedding, the men should wear a morning dress and a tailcoat for an evening wedding. A top hat is also a nice option.



MENU: A formal Victorian wedding should follow the guidelines for a traditional formal wedding. For an informal wedding, the ideal setting is the Sunday tea dance with scones, petit fours filled with fresh fruit. The movie The Age of Innocence should be watched for inspiration.



INVITATIONS: The invitation of a formal Victorian wedding should have an attractive embossed border on the edge. The text should be formal or if possible should be engraved. Invitations can also carry the couple’s favorite Victorian love poem.



FAVORS: A cracker popular during holiday time is good option for a Victorian wedding. These things were invented during the Victorian era and snap when opened. These can be filled with a trinket based on personality and budget. A folding fan printed with a nice poem and wedding date can be used in a daytime wedding.



FLOWERS: The flowers play a very important role in a Victorian wedding. A tussy mussy is a good option. The flower girls can carry pomanders.



PROPER ETTIQUETTE IN A VICTORIAN WEDDING



Weddings regardless if its Victorian or not follow a certain etiquette in order to make the ceremony flow seamlessly.



- Bridesmaids and groomsmen should perform certain responsibilities in the ceremony if the wedding is not strictly private.



- The bride should be older than her bridesmaids and their outfits should match. However, the wedding gown should obviously look more expensive but the dresses of the bridesmaids can have more ornaments. The dresses should be composed of graceful, light material. The flowers should serve as the principal decoration.



- The wedding gown should exude simplicity but can be worn with few ornaments or jewelry, which come from the parents or bridegroom. The garland and veil should be the most eye-catching in the dress.



- The bridesmaids should assist the bride in wearing her wedding gown and receiving guests. They should also stand at her left side during the ceremony. The bouquet and gloves should be held by the first bridesmaid.



- The placing of the bridesmaids should not be much of a concern but those conscious with symmetry should consider putting the tallest to the smallest from the couple. However, any order should be suffice. A bridesmaid can be paired with a groomsman who has the same height.



- The groomsmen are primarily designated to receive the clergyman, lead him to the couple that will be married and stand in the right side of the bridegroom during the ceremony.



CEREMONY IN CHURCH



The etiquette in a Victorian church wedding sees the bride entering from the left side with her father followed by the bridesmaids or more common, as single bridesmaid. The groom enters from the right and is trailed by his attendants. Behind are the parents, while the attendants stand from either side.



The bride should make sure that her glove can be easily removed, while the groom should be certain that ring is placed where he can easily find it to avoid being embarrassed or delaying the ceremony.



ETTIQUETTE IN EXITING THE CHURCH



The newly-married couple holds each others arm when they depart from the church. A reception can be held at home for around two hours attended by intimate friends. A short breakfast can be held before the couple can embark on their bridal tour.

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How to Style Extra Long Hair

Extra long hair is great because it naturally lends itself to being styled in a wide variety of different, gorgeous ways. Style extra long hair with help from a professional hair stylist in this free video clip.

Hi. My name is Christine Lowe and I am a hairstylist at Birds and Fellas Salon, located in the hip and trendy East Village. Today, I am going to show you how to style extra long hair. So the style that we are doing is called a French twist. And you want to make sure the hair is brushed out from all tangles. It's also good to do this hairstyle in unwashed hair so it can hold better. For the front, you're just going to make a parting on the side right here. And just leave all the hair from in front of the hair open and separate the rest back. So, we're going to start off by brushing all the hair over to the side. And so to hold the hair a little better, you can use a little finishing spray. Spray a little. And then with the fine tooth of the comb, an extra long bobby pin and we'll just move the hair over to the side. And when you do that, just pin it. And you keep pinning it. It'll take a couple of bobby pins to just hold the hair. You could do some bobby pins up or you could do some bobby pins opposite down. And then you want to do one to secure the top. After we have this area pinned, you want to sweep over the hair in a rolled formation. So, you'll definitely need some holding spray for those loose pieces of hair. With the comb again, just brush over. Now, when you have the hair out like this, you can just start rolling it. Once you get the first roll, you want to grab a bobby pin, just clip it right in there. Just keep rolling the hair, keep rolling the hair all the way to the top. Sometimes you can leave the top out just curl it if you want, more of an adorable style. And you can also put a bobby pin in the top if you choose not to leave it open. And spray some more hairspray. Just comb down. I'm going to add another bobby pin just for extra hold. For this one I'm going to use a short bobby pin. Now for this side, you can either leave this part out and curl it, or you can bring it back. So, again you're going to need more holding spray. And you can just sweep it over the roll. And you just pin the hair down inside so the bobby pin doesn't show. And this is how you style extra long hair.

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How to Style a Carrie Bradshaw Bun

Carrie Bradshaw is a character popularized on the HBO television show "Sex in the City." Style a Carrie Bradshaw bun with help from a hair stylist in this free video clip.

Hi, my name is Claire Coleman. I'm a hair stylist, and I'm going to show you how to do a Carrie Bradshaw bun. First thing we're going to do is we're going to start with our hair in a very high ponytail. I'm going to take my teasing comb and work section by section and just start teasing like crazy. And we're going to hold your section and tease from the root to almost the ends of the hair. Like that. And we're just going to tease and tease and tease all of your hair and it's really best to start from the root going to the ends, it makes it a lot easier to brush out when you're done with your hair style so that you don't have a big bird's nest the next day or even that night. This makes it a lot, a lot easier. Now the reason for teasing is we really want to create a really voluminous bun. It's going to be nice, big and round and just sit on the top of the head. Also while you're teasing, try and make sure to over direct the hair so you want to go a little bit farther on your head than where you would normally put it. It's just recreating the place that everything is going to be. Almost there. One last section. OK we have a giant poof ball. So now you're going to just take the poof ball and just start wrapping it smoothing it out and creating a smaller poof ball but still on the top of the head. You're going to get a really good volume shape here and the teasing really helps to form that. So you're just kind of wrapping it the same way you would a bun but just be really careful. This look is still really messy but it looks really great when you tease it up big like that. And once you get the shape that you want, just tuck the ends in and you're just going to pin it to secure the hair. Be careful not to push in too far like I did, because then you create a bump. A little indent. So you want to just be careful. Sometimes doing a little horizontal pinning is good because then you can just still maintain the shape. Now this style will pretty much stay because it's really not going anywhere. And just keep checking your shape, make sure it looks even on both sides. Tuck in any loose ends. There we go. From the back. From the front. My name is Claire Coleman, and I just showed you how to do a Carrie Bradshaw bun.

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As a medium-length, layered hair style

Of course suitable for a variety of different beautiful hairstyles medium length layered hair. Style of medium length layered hair with help from a licensed professional hair stylist in this free video clip.

Hello, my name is Stephanie Haynes, and I will give you a layer of medium-length haircut style illustrate. As you see with Karen, she has long hair, she has long layers. But if their hair was cut shorter what we did was instead of the larger curling iron, we would have used a smaller curling iron, on their more layers give, so that it doesn't fall so long - how the lure would have been a little higher up in the location be. So, we would have used a smaller curling iron, and once again, we would be the base of the hair spray, was the curling iron flat continues with the hair. And then as soon as we, curl it like us with the long hair, we would have a little more volume, so that the hair would sit higher and we could make accordingly. So, was the hair of medium length that layers would be higher, and we would use a smaller curling iron. And, just as with the layers long cut, you would all together to make sure that you have the volume and would drop the layers in place. My name is Stephanie Haynes, and I only showed how medium-sized one you length format layered haircut.

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How to Style Medium-Length, Straight Hair

Medium-length straight hair can naturally be styled in a number of different gorgeous and elegant ways. Style medium-length straight hair with help from a celebrity hairstylist and beauty expert in this free video clip.

Hello, my name is Hasblady Guzman we're here at Bokaos in Pasadena, and I'd like to show you how to style hair when your hair is mid length. A easy way is to get out of the house quick, fast and look fabulous while your at it. Today, on my model Ruby, I was showing how a simple swept bang will help you create and give a look to a simple style look of straight hair. Also like say giving yourself a little height. It's amazing because it changes your face it instantly leans it out, makes you look taller and very easily you have now completely changed your style and your look. And when doing your friend take it from left to right almost as if you were combing over your hair. Take it, you come, you come and sweep it with your brush. And how fabulous does that look? I hope you enjoyed our rendition of this side swept bang with a little a little bit of a bounce. My name is Hasblady Guzman here at Bokaos in Pasadena. Until next time.

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How to Style Dry & Curly Hair

Styling dry and curly hair always requires you to keep a few very important things in mind. Find out how to style dry and curly hair with help from an independent beauty consultant and make up technician in this free video clip.

Hi, I'm Jill Maria and I'm a Makeup Artist and Stylist at Salon 27. Today, I'm going to show you how to style dry, curly hair. The first thing that we're going to do is section her hair and then, we're going to get some smoothing product. You just want to spray that throughout the hair, making sure that you get it on the ends. Then, we're going to take the flat iron and flat iron it from the root to the end. And you just want to repeat the same steps; section it off again, then flat iron it from the roots to the ends. Okay. And then you can say that this is the, the curly and this is the straight. And that is how you style dry, curly hair. I'm Jill Maria with Salon 27.

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How to Style Spiky Emo Hair

Pull your hair into a spiky style for an on-trend Emo hairstyle.

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The spiky Emo hairstyle is a trend that keeps resurfacing year after year. Whether you are a female or male, this hairstyle looks funky and fresh on long or short hair. Adding spikes all over your head, or just to the front or back, is a style statement easily done with the help of sticky beauty products. While anyone can use such products, the trick to keeping the hair straight out is to apply them properly. Knowing the right way to spike your hair will keep it securely in place from morning until night.

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Wash and dry your hair, using volumizing products. This will help give the roots lift when you spike your hair. Blot and squeeze your hair dry with a towel.

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Squeeze a golf-ball size amount of styling mousse into your palm, and rub your hands together. Massage the mousse into your hair and roots. This will help give your hair an additional lift when drying.

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Set a hairdryer to hot. Hold the hairdryer 4 to 6 inches from your hair, and dry it. Use your fingers to pull hair away from the root and upward, as you dry. If you are spiking only the back or top of your head, and do not want lift anywhere else, then only pull the hair upward in the areas you want to spike.

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Style any hair that is not spiked however you like. Depending on the Emo style you want to create, you may slick down the front or back portion of your hair.

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Apply a quarter-size amount of pomade or spiking gel to your fingertips. The pomade or gel should be sticky -- not slick or wax-like. Pull sections of the hair you want to spike outward, and apply the pomade or gel. If you have a large section of hair you want to spike, then apply the pomade or gel to your hands and pull sections of hair upward. There is no wrong way to pull the hair outward.

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Wash your hands to remove the pomade or gel. Turn the hairdryer to low speed with medium to high heat. Hold the hairdryer with your non-dominant hand, and use your other hand to pull the spiked hair outward. Hold the hairdryer under the hair, so it does not flatten the spikes, and pull the spiked hair outward. This will help dry the pomade or gel onto the hair -- creating a lasting spike.

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Spray your hair with medium-hold hairspray. Turn the hairdryer onto low speed with high heat, and heat the hair slightly to secure the hairspray.

Tips & Warnings

Carry a small travel-size hairspray with you, to touch up any areas that may fall throughout the day.

Shorter hair will spike easier than longer hair.

Use less hairspray for longer hair, because it may weigh down the hair.

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How to Get Your Hair in a Cute Emo Girl's Style

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How to Style a Preppie Bob Hairstyle

Print this articleThe preppy fashion trend is marked by a neat and polished look. Girls who want to sport a preppy appearance tend to have a natural look without lots of jewelry, high heels or makeup. The style has roots that trace to the days of private university preparatory schools in New England, according to Beauty Hill. It first gained mainstream popularity in the 1950s. The look has evolved into a classic style that never falls completely out of fashion. Another component to the preppy fashion is the proper hairstyle. Sleek, straight hairstyles are most commonly associated with the preppy trend and the classic bob haircut can be transformed to fit the look in a matter of minutes.

Related Searches:Difficulty:Moderately EasyInstructions Things You'll NeedBlow-dryerFlat ironRound brushFine-tooth combHair cream or serumRibbon or headband (optional)Suggest Edits1

Wash and condition your hair. Towel-dry it. Separate the hair into sections and partially blow-dry it. For extra volume at the roots, bend over and flip your hair over your head while drying.

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Add a dime-sized amount of smoothing hair cream or serum to your damp hair. Work the product in with your hands so that it is evenly distributed.

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Flip the ends of the hair inside or outside as you finish drying it, using a round brush. Ensure that the hair lies flat.

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Divide the hair into sections. Smooth it with a flat iron to get a super-sleek, polished look. Keep the iron moving through your hair so the edges do not burn.

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Part the hair in the center or slightly to one side, using a fine-tooth comb. Ensure the part is straight from front to back, without zigzags.

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Finish the look by adding a simple headband or ribbon to pull your hair away from your face. You can also experiment with other girly hair accessories such as barrettes, decorative bobby pins or bows.

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