Posted on 08/07/2009 5:05:33 PM PDT by Albion Wilde
And the bride wore white - long, curly white strands of wool.
Louise Fairburn, who is an award-winning sheep breeder, decided to get married in a fleece from her own flock.
She designed the gown and took wool from her favourite rare Lincoln Longwool, Olivia.
And she extended the theme to the rest of her big day, putting her groom Ian, 42, in a waistcoat made from wool.
Mrs Fairburn even carried a Bo Peep-style crook and the ring bearer's cushion was made from a fleece....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
More wedding freakery today. A Chinese bride made it into Guiness. The ‘train’ on her dress was 7,093 feet long!
Loved your post! Yes, if it had rained, the dress would not only have shrunk, it would have stunk! But of course the wool had been amply bleached. I love how you imagined what it must have been like to wear it — people wanting to put their hands on it. The tactile aspect really appealed to me, too! Fluffy like a cloud! It must have floated in tendrils when she walked and danced...
The vest — I personally did not like the intensity of the raspberry embroidery and would have preferred something like pearl gray, even a pale lavender, but that’s why Baskin-Robbins has so many flavors — to each his own taste in some things.
The wedding vest seems to be a special thing in England. An American friend of mine who married over there cherishes his wedding vest and wears it every chance he gets, announcing that it is his wedding vest. It is cut just like that one in the photos, but made of brocade in a floral print in dark jewel tones, needing no embroidery.
You would look totally gorgeous in such a dress, nina0113, and it would suit your personality so well!
I think it was a darling idea, and shows true love and dedication to both the groom and the sheep. And, unlike a lot of modern brides, at least she didn’t pull the wool over the groom’s eyes.
Just thinking; if you save the photo to your desktop, you can probably enlarge it for detail.
I must say, whomever is the art director and photographers for the DailyMail Online do such a great job! Every day, their stories are just bursting with fantastic digital photography.
You naughty kitten.
It's very beautiful. . . and completely unique.
Yes, England is usually rainy! It's so much farther north -- it's across from the midsection of Canada.
That was pretty!! I love her staff/crook!
See post 62 about vests in English weddings.
Michelle would not be able to carry off a natural fiber dress such as this because she is a different personality type -- even if she were to go with an African-inspired version with gold and green kente cloth on top and grayish brown long-haired African goat's wool below, she would not pull it off because she is a city girl and too urbane for this look. The shepherdess is an English country girl, and her woolen dress is completely tied to her profession.
Michelle would have to wear layers of legal briefs.
I saw it earlier and loved it.
Those pink and white feathers are gorgeous! Get that glue gun going for your anniversary, renewing the vows!
wonder how many sticks of glue it will take?
The full article said she paid 1500 English pounds, which is about - what - about $2,500; and it took the women who made it 67 hours. Sounds rather a bargain for all that work -- certainly in London it would have cost a great deal more. But as you said, the unique meaning for the couple, combined with the stunning originality, is priceless.
But the other female has such a nice smile!
Cool dress
“Sorry but the skirt looks like dredlocks.”
Take a look at the wool on the sheep :)
You talking about the movie? One of the best movies ever! "That's not my ring. That's Aunt Lurleen's ring. Ain't gonna be no weddin' without mah ring!"
Baaaa, I didn’t notice.
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