Question: 1920's weddings

[saylee.livejournal.com]

I'm doing research for a fic, and find myself up against a brick wall trying to find information on weddings in the 1920s. All my google-fu is turning up are links on planning a flapper-themed wedding, and a few pages on wedding dresses from the period, which while slightly more useful, is not the sort of thing Bertie would notice.

So, does anyone know anything about weddings in the 1920s, especially in Britain, as opposed to America? Traditions we had then that we don't have now, or vice versa? What the reception would be like? Would they do a rehearsal dinner? Would the spongebag trousers Bertie talks about be something worn to all weddings, or only upper class ones? Why doesn't my library seem to have any books on this? Any tidbit is appreciated.

(And don't worry; I promise I'm not marrying off Jeeves or Bertie.)

Comments

[augue-t.livejournal.com]

Realistically, any wedding Bertie would be a likely guest would be a sponge bag trousers sort of wedding! If you Google "morning dress" you'll get a good idea of what it all means.

About the wedding, it'd be in a church, there'd be bridesmaids and a best man, a tiered cake, confetti, gifts,

This is a menu card from the Queen Mum's wedding breakfast in 1923.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/egallery/object.asp?pagesize=20&object=9000106&row=8071

another one, from a wedding in 1929
http://tinyurl.com/67urdlo

If you go to google images and do a search like - 1928 london wedding - you get a few random results but some actual wedding photos too

and the wedding chapter from Emily Post's original etiquette book from 1922 (I know it's American, but it should give you an idea of what was available) http://www.bartleby.com/95/22.html
Hope it helps :)

[saylee.livejournal.com]

Well, he does have his down-at-heel artist friends, who probably couldn't do fancy weddings, but as they're mostly American, I suppose the point is moot.

Thanks for all the links and suggestions!

[adina-atl.livejournal.com]

His down-at-heel artist friends would do registry weddings, of which Wodehouse gives us plenty of examples.

[umpteenth-gail.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the Emily Post chapter, auque_t. It was a story without dialogue, such that I felt as if I was sucked inside the head of one of the family members and almost was a part of that family! Loved the chaos and distractedness in the house, with everyone coming and going and nervous people who can't keep still. :)