9th April 1953: The bride and groom Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium and Prince Jean of Luxembourg walking down the aisle of Luxembourg’s 13th century cathedral after their marriage ceremony.

Get inspired by this lovely wedding gown of Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium. Lovely, lovely fairy tale type of wedding gown.

I wonder if she wore a petticoat for this. I think she did!

Vintage wedding dresses are the ‘in thing’ at the moment but here’s one thing you can do if you want to go ‘truly vintage’ — rather than buying a faux vintage wedding gown, why not dig up your mother (or even your grandmother’s!) wedding gown.

There are many ways you can incorporate your mother’s (or auntie’s or nana’s) wedding gown into your own wedding dress.

Wendy Davidson has some great sources of tips to recycling or re-using second-hand wedding gowns!

Most earth-friendly guru’s will agree that when it comes to green living one of the very best ways to do it is to recycle, recycle and recycle. You wouldn’t think this could be applicable to a wedding dress, no matter how special an old gown might be. All the best will in the world might not be able to do something with your mother’s 1960’s wedding dress, or even the Flapper gown your great-grandmother wore.

Time can ravage fabrics and render them absolutely useless. But, rather than sighing regretfully and then putting that special family dress aside, take it to someone who specialises in restoring old gowns. In England, that someone is Heirloom Couture.

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Since I’m into things vintage at the moment, I thought I’d post this video of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier’s 1956 wedding for you to get some inspiration for some ideas for your vintage wedding theme.

Maggie Sottero Wedding Dress Grace Kelly

To give in to all things vintage for today, what about this vintage inspired wedding gown designed by Maggie Sottero?

Product Description:

One-piece, lace over satin, slim A-line, corset back gown with short cap-sleeves. The bodice is accented with an illusion lace insert panel highlighted with scalloped lace. A satin sash accents the empire waistline and wraps to the corset back finishing the gown with cascading streamers. Longer lengths are not offered on this gown. Please note that petite lengths require longer delivery times than regular length. Call to order custom petite lengths of up to 8 inches shorter in front. Shown in Diamond White over Light Gold.

If you are having a vintage wedding theme or into anything vintage then the best source of inspiration for an elegant wedding gown is that of Grace Kelly of Monaco. Isn’t her gown just lovely and the design timeless?

Hello my dear readers…I thought I’d start something new wherein I’d post the top 5 most viewed posts every month to give you an idea on what you may have missed.

For the month of July 2008, below are our top 5:

5th: Black and White Wedding Gown

4th: Wedding Theme Idea: Pink and Green Polka Dots

3rd: Vintage Wedding Dress

2nd: Vintage Wedding Dresses are back

and our most popular post for the month of July is…..drum roll please!

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Are you having a vintage wedding theme or simply in love with the vintage fashion? If so, you’d fall in love wit Jacqueline Kenney’s wedding dress. The dress she wore when she married (obviously) John F. Kennedy.

It must have been a magical moment for the two of them getting married. So sad that their fairy tale life had to end so tragically.

Sigh.

Surfing the web and found this lovely vintage wedding dress — ‘Elise’ from Sassi Holford.

Bridalwave says

There is a vintage look to this dress with the frail lace, long sweeping skirt and lacy cap sleeves. I would have pegged the era as twenties-ish but the long skirt draws it away from the flapper style and right in to the 21st century. The dress is mostly made from satin with all-over lace appliques and a very pretty champagne coloured ribbon belt which you can just see on the waist.

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Yes, vintage wedding dresses are in! You keen on wearing either one of these? These gorgeous gowns are from Posh Girl Vintage.

1950′S Lace Tiers Princess Dress from Posh Girl Vintage

This is such a stunning & hard to find vintage 50’s wedding or prom gown! It’s tea length with tons of delicate floral lace & a fitted bodice. It has a metal zipper in the back & the skirt has 3 layers. The bottom layer is a rayon acetate then a tulle crinoline and the top layer of 4 tiers of lace. The top of the bodice is sprinkled with pearls. Our favorite dress hands down!

Cost: $545

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