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

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking the upper crust would have carried on this traditions of morning weddings. The well-to-do would be eager to preserve traditions, especially in the face of so much social uncertainty. And really, Wodehouse's world was untouched by war, so having his circle of friends and enemies adhere to the morning-wedding tradition would not be far-fetched.

In the last Jooster episode, it appears to be a morning wedding. Bertie is wearing gray, which was considered a morning color, I do believe. I would think that you'd be safe in keeping the tradition of a wedding in the ack emma.