While I was home there was a lot of wedding talk of course, which spurred my mom to pull out some of her own wedding stuff. As soon as I saw her veil and headpiece in the dress box, I couldn't resist trying it on.
Here's my beautiful mother wearing her veil over thirty years ago.
And here I am - proving that this look was much better on her than it is on me.
The headpiece may not be the right style for me, but I actually liked the edging on the veil and I started to wonder whether I could find a way to re-purpose my mom's veil as my veil. So I gathered it up and held it in a way that kind of imitated what it would look like if the veil was attached to a comb rather than the lace headpiece.
It has a little more body than I might have chosen otherwise, but the history and symbolism of it being my mom's veil way outweigh any tiny preference I have about length or puffiness. The only question now is whether the color is a close enough match to my dress. In the overhead lighting of the house it looked as white as the day my mom wore it, but in the bright SF sunshine it was looking a bit more cream.
I have my first dress fitting today, so that will give me a chance to see if the coloring will work. If it does, then you can pretty much bet this will make its way onto the "must have" project list. I'm not-so-secretly hoping that it does!
What little pieces of history will you be incorporating on your wedding day? And does anyone have any tips for me about how to attach tulle to a comb?
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