Comments on: Garters, your way http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/ Manolo Loves the Brides! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:59:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: *Victoria* HCCGarters http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-8032 *Victoria* HCCGarters Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:43:05 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-8032 Hmmm - I have NEVER made any garter out of Jersey material. I work with lace, sheers, and satiin most of the time. Everything is custom made to the specks of each of my clients. I am very proud of the personalized Monogramming I have been doing as well. Garters from Hand-CraftedCreations are high quality and at a great price . Many of my clients have actually told me I should charge more. However - for the time being I believe that my pricing is competitive and gives a great value to my lovely brides. Thank you for highlighting me in your blog - although it was a little off base with the mention of the Jersey thing ;) However - I do cater to my clients needs! Sincerely, *Victoria* HCC Garters ~ Hand-Crafted Creations Hmmm – I have NEVER made any garter out of Jersey material. I work with lace, sheers, and satiin most of the time.

Everything is custom made to the specks of each of my clients. I am very proud of the personalized Monogramming I have been doing as well. Garters from Hand-CraftedCreations are high quality and at a great price . Many of my clients have actually told me I should charge more. However – for the time being I believe that my pricing is competitive and gives a great value to my lovely brides.

Thank you for highlighting me in your blog – although it was a little off base with the mention of the Jersey thing ;) However – I do cater to my clients needs!

Sincerely,
*Victoria* HCC Garters ~ Hand-Crafted Creations

]]> By: Jennifer http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-7256 Jennifer Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:46:20 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-7256 Our company makes Pocketbook Garters out of feminine - not frilly - fabrics. They have a small pocket so the bride (or bridesmaid) can carry a lipstick, a hotel room key, an aspirin, whatever, without having to lug around a purse. Best of all, the pocket is detachable so it can easily be removed in the ladies room for easy access, and then replaced. We offer several styles, and each coordinates with a matching Keepsake Poche (elegant silk or velvet pocket for jewelry or mementos), g-string, and sachet filled with cardamom and cinnamon. Elegant and practical. I know women who use their garter when they go out clubbing because it's so handy. www.alittlelingeriecompany.com Our company makes Pocketbook Garters out of feminine – not frilly – fabrics. They have a small pocket so the bride (or bridesmaid) can carry a lipstick, a hotel room key, an aspirin, whatever, without having to lug around a purse. Best of all, the pocket is detachable so it can easily be removed in the ladies room for easy access, and then replaced.

We offer several styles, and each coordinates with a matching Keepsake Poche (elegant silk or velvet pocket for jewelry or mementos), g-string, and sachet filled with cardamom and cinnamon. Elegant and practical. I know women who use their garter when they go out clubbing because it’s so handy.

http://www.alittlelingeriecompany.com

]]> By: viking bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5044 viking bride Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:55:48 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-5044 Ack! I wasn't going to wear a garter at all, as my dress is knee length and we're having a Vegas wedding, but seeing those pretty, pretty ones at Marissa Toni makes me thing I'm making a mistake! And I leave for Vegas in one week! Ah, well. There's always the vow renewal. Ack! I wasn’t going to wear a garter at all, as my dress is knee length and we’re having a Vegas wedding, but seeing those pretty, pretty ones at Marissa Toni makes me thing I’m making a mistake! And I leave for Vegas in one week! Ah, well. There’s always the vow renewal.

]]> By: Dorky/Beautiful http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5029 Dorky/Beautiful Thu, 15 Jun 2006 04:56:14 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-5029 How sick and disgusting! I am certain now more than ever that I will never do the garter thing. I can't believe someone made a little girl partake in that overly sexual tradition, I was practically traumatized watching one as a Junior Bridesmaid. How sick and disgusting! I am certain now more than ever that I will never do the garter thing.

I can’t believe someone made a little girl partake in that overly sexual tradition, I was practically traumatized watching one as a Junior Bridesmaid.

]]> By: jj http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5014 jj Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:12:46 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-5014 Just a note for ladies who might want to wear a sheath style or bias cut dress: Skip the garter. Or put it on just before all the throwing silliness. But you certainly don't want your guests spending the ceremony wondering what that weird lump is on your leg. :-) For a mermaid or slender a-line dress you would want to at least wear it below your knee where it for sure won't show. Just a note for ladies who might want to wear a sheath style or bias cut dress: Skip the garter. Or put it on just before all the throwing silliness. But you certainly don’t want your guests spending the ceremony wondering what that weird lump is on your leg. :-)

For a mermaid or slender a-line dress you would want to at least wear it below your knee where it for sure won’t show.

]]> By: Never teh Bride http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5013 Never teh Bride Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:46:36 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-5013 You're right, of course, Twistie. There is an interesting and complex history to the garter tradition. It's also linked to the very old custom of trying to grab a bit of the bride's dress (or other clothing) to take home. Guests could thereby symbolically take away a bit of the wedded couple's luck for themselves :-) Snopes isn't always 'all that,' I guess! You’re right, of course, Twistie. There is an interesting and complex history to the garter tradition. It’s also linked to the very old custom of trying to grab a bit of the bride’s dress (or other clothing) to take home. Guests could thereby symbolically take away a bit of the wedded couple’s luck for themselves :-)

Snopes isn’t always ‘all that,’ I guess!

]]> By: Twistie http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/comment-page-1/#comment-5012 Twistie Wed, 14 Jun 2006 15:29:15 +0000 http://manolobrides.com/2006/06/14/garters-your-way/#comment-5012 I'm betting most places don't put any thought into garters because - as you say - they end up just decorating rear-view mirrors. Too bad. A pretty garter is a fun thing to wear. It's like a secret smile. Yep, I made my garter. Made the lace, put the kit together. It was caught by an eleven-year-old kid whose leap for it would have been the envy of Michael Jordan! LOL! His mother tried to make him give it back to me. She was sure I wanted it back. No, really, I made it with the sure and certain knowledge that it was NOT coming back. As I said at the time, if I really wanted to, I could make another just as easily. Actually, the history of the tossing of the garter isn't about the groom's right to the bride's body at all. Once upon a time, there was a bawdy custom where the bridal party would all take part in undressing the bridal couple and putting them to bed. Then the assembled guests would take turns throwing the bridal (and groomal) stockings at the couple. Hitting the bride or groom with their stockings was considered good luck. Eventually, smart couples decided instead of getting smelly socks thrown at their faces at the end of an exhausting day, it made more sense to throw things at their guests for the bridal luck to rub off on them. Hence the tossing of the bouquet and the garter. I’m betting most places don’t put any thought into garters because – as you say – they end up just decorating rear-view mirrors. Too bad. A pretty garter is a fun thing to wear. It’s like a secret smile.

Yep, I made my garter. Made the lace, put the kit together. It was caught by an eleven-year-old kid whose leap for it would have been the envy of Michael Jordan! LOL! His mother tried to make him give it back to me. She was sure I wanted it back. No, really, I made it with the sure and certain knowledge that it was NOT coming back. As I said at the time, if I really wanted to, I could make another just as easily.

Actually, the history of the tossing of the garter isn’t about the groom’s right to the bride’s body at all. Once upon a time, there was a bawdy custom where the bridal party would all take part in undressing the bridal couple and putting them to bed. Then the assembled guests would take turns throwing the bridal (and groomal) stockings at the couple. Hitting the bride or groom with their stockings was considered good luck.

Eventually, smart couples decided instead of getting smelly socks thrown at their faces at the end of an exhausting day, it made more sense to throw things at their guests for the bridal luck to rub off on them. Hence the tossing of the bouquet and the garter.

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