Wedding umbrellas are back in fashion. For years brides carried an umbrella down the isle in the garden wedding. Over time wedding umbrellas lost their place of prominence in the wedding procession. However, with more weddings being held outdoors in the family garden or on destination beaches, wedding umbrellas have come back into fashion.
Today the wedding umbrella has become an integral part of many processions with the bride carrying a white or ecru wedding umbrella and the bridesmaids carrying matching umbrellas in a slightly different hue.
The fabrics, styles and sizes are as varied as the style of the wedding and the location. Today wedding decor can include beautiful rice paper umbrellas that are delicate or sheer wedding umbrellas that are opaque. There are delicate lace wedding umbrellas and beautifully embroidered Battenburg lace assortments.
Not only are wedding umbrellas used in the wedding procession but in some cases, as with outdoor weddings, guests are offered a wedding umbrella as a memento of the rite and as a useful protection from the sun during the ceremony if held in a garden. The heavier Battenburg lace wedding umbrellas can be successfully used to protect the bride, the bridesmaids and the guests from the sun during an afternoon beach wedding.
For those who may be hosting a wedding shower, a wedding umbrella that matches the ones used during the wedding ceremony, can be used to give the guests a hint of the style and flavor of the wedding itself. Because the wedding umbrellas are available in a variety of sizes, the smaller ones can be used as a decoration on the gift table or as a center piece at a bridal shower.
Every member of a wedding party enjoys the gift to take home marking the union of the bride and groom. As the prices of wedding umbrellas has declined over recent years, it is now affordable as a gift for the females guests and serves as a beautiful and useful gift.
Wedding umbrellas have once again found their place as a focal point and accessory to the most upscale and the most casual wedding ceremonies.
Related posts:
