Getting a Hand on Glove Etiquette: 4 Essential Things Every Bride Should Know

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Gloves add dignity and grace to your wedding ensemble. The proper gloves will lend an air of elegance to this special occasion. However, because modern women do not wear gloves as often as perhaps our mothers or grandmothers did in the past, choosing the proper gloves and knowing the rules of wearing them can be intimidating.

Glove Style

Glove etiquette is a reflection of the times. Historically, the length of the glove was directly related how formal the affair and the time of day. Today, however, with more relaxed social rules, the length of the glove is a more adequate reflection of fashion-the color and style of your dress are the most important factors in choosing the proper glove. Your wedding gloves should complement your dress. Choose simple gloves to wear with an ornate gown. Conversely, a simple gown allows for fancier gloves. Remember the goal is to enhance not to overwhelm. While the traditional color for gloves is white, your wedding gloves should match your dress in color and texture-white with white, ivory with ivory. The texture of your gloves should be similar to that of your dress. Silk gloves go perfectly with a silk gown. Other materials such as kidskin, satin, or lace are also appropriate, depending on the style of the dress.

Glove Length

Glove lengths range from 1-button, ending at the wrist, to 20-button, ending at the shoulder. The length you choose should complement your sleeve length. Generally, the shorter the sleeve, the longer the glove-a sleeveless or strapless gown would dictate a glove that comes to the upper arm. Elbow length gloves (12-button) should be chosen for dresses with either cap sleeves or elbow length sleeves. Shorter gloves (6-button and shorter) are reserved for dresses with longer, more fitted sleeves. It is important to remember that while the sleeve of the gown and the glove may meet, it is never proper for a glove to cover the sleeve of a dress.

Exchanging of the Rings

During the exchanging of rings, you may either remove the glove from the left ring finger by slitting the fabric underneath and lifting it over the finger or you may choose to remove the glove altogether. If you remove the glove, simply give it to the maid of honor at the same time you pass your bouquet. It's a good idea to practice removing your glove several times before your wedding to ensure a smooth transition. After the rings have been exchanged, simply pull the glove back down over the finger. If the glove has been removed, leave it off until after the ceremony. Remember to put your gloves back on for photographs.

During the Reception

At the reception, your gloves should be kept on in the receiving line and for special dances with your groom and your father. As it is never acceptable to eat or drink while wearing gloves, you should remove your gloves before cutting your wedding cake. As the more formal aspects of your wedding are now complete, you may wish to take off your gloves, relax, and enjoy your party!

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Bride Wedding Speech and Toast - Composing Remarkable Bride Speeches is Not at All Challenging

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A lot of brides preparing for their up and coming wedding are concocting their own reasons why writing a fantastic bride wedding speech is quite challenging for them.

The widely known and top reason people consider it difficult to craft wedding speeches, is because of public speaking fear. Many think that even if they are able to come up with a winning speech, they will still be mediocre for they do not have enough confidence in themselves.

However, if you are aware that the bride speech you have drafted contains all the special elements, there easily will be no room for fear! Of course, your immediate action regarding this should be accessing fantastic samples of bride wedding speeches and toasts.

Do you know why? Here is a checklist of what you can get from very good wedding speech and toast samples:

What Brides Can Get From Great Bride Speech and Toast Samples

• Spectacular bride wedding speech samples have a smooth flow for they follow a well-organized outline. As most are also under a theme, they are pleasant to listen to., as well.


• The right amount and distribution of emotions, substance and laughs are also incorporated in these kind of speech samples.


• Spectacular samples of bride speeches contain stories which virtually all kinds of audience can easily connect to.


• Great speech samples are very good that these may fill out portions of a totally different bride speech.


• Fantastic samples are also very good that any bride only needs to alter the name on these and form a speech as good as her own.

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The Essential Father of the Bride Speech Ideas and Format

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You're the Father of the Bride, you want to make a wonderful speech and sadly you haven't got a clue how to go about it! If that sounds vaguely familiar then you've come to the right place because nearly every other Father of the Bride feels the same way too.

You see, all of us have been to a few weddings over the years and due to varying reasons (probably we'd either just got married, or we were still thinking about food) we've really missed listening to the Father of the Bride Speech let alone studying it's format. So now when it's our turn to deliver one of the most important speeches of our lives we really are clueless. However, don't despair, the knack to writing a great Father of the Bride speech is to have a template, a format that you can follow point by point. In fact, if you think of your speech as a car journey then each point of the format is like a signpost that directs to you to your final destination.

So What's the Best Format to Use?

Introduction

• Start off by introducing yourself. It sounds pretty obvious but not all the guests know you by sight and it helps to break the ice.


• Thank everyone for coming, maybe even point out a few far-flung relatives you haven't seen for years, relatives who have made a special effort to attend.


• Welcome the Groom's family.


• Mention the ceremony, how special it was, and didn't the person in charge do a great job.

Body of the Speech

• Memories of the Bride growing up. (The tone of the speech is decided here as it all depends on whether the memories are humorous or heartfelt)


• How proud you feel of your daughter.


• How beautiful your daughter looks.


• What a great choice your daughter has made with the Groom.


• How happy the Bride and Groom are going to be in the future.

Wrapping it all Up

• Maybe a nugget of matrimonial advice that's served you well.


• Wish the Bride and Groom well.


• The Father of the Bride's Wedding Toast.

And that's about it, feel free to miss some of the points out if they don't exactly match your situation, but the main thing to remember is to make the speech sound as natural as possible and try to enjoy the occasion. Oh and one last thing, once you've written your speech, practice it as much as you can, because the better you know your speech- the better your speech will sound.

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