Little Bo Peep bride marries in stunning dress made of wool from her own flock of sheep

DailyMail online (UK) ^ | 7 August 2009 | David Wilkes

[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....

[Ramius]

I like it. I think it’s wonderful.

[katiekins1]

Michelle would have to wear layers of legal briefs.

Well..that response caused a beverage spill! I should have known better. LOL!

[Albion Wilde]

my Grandmother Edith had a hat like this:

I had a feather hat when I was just starting college. It was similar, but much simpler and clean lines -- just a very smooth bell curve cloche, no defined crown or hatband, layered with feathers the same way they grow on a bird. Back then the big thing was a mini sheath with matching opaque tights, go-go boots and a stylish hat; pale lipstick and lots of black mascara. The fashion magazines had face shots of models wearing those feather hats giving that "do me" stare out from under the dangling ends of the feathers on the front of the brim -- all dark lashes and big pale lips, with the brows hidden by the brim -- or by Beatles bangs!

[Albion Wilde]

Their wedding song: Wooly Bully

LOL!!

[DJ MacWoW]

My daughter said they are rastafarian sheep. LOL

[Albion Wilde]

More wedding freakery today. A Chinese bride made it into Guiness. The ‘train’ on her dress was 7,093 feet long!

Yes -- a mile and an quarter long! They did it to beat a previous Guiness record -- but if you can't make it follow you when you walk, what is the use of it?

I finally found some photos of it this evening:

They just had it all folded up neatly into the size of a football field. Chinese aesthetics can be strange. I like the floral arches behind the couple, though.

[Albion Wilde]

...at least she didn’t pull the wool over the groom’s eyes.

LOL!! Doesn't look the least bit pregnant!

Seriously, I love the idea of their having a partnership business there. So many possibiities. ottbmare upthread mentioned the wonderful woolen textiles from the British Isles. I have a 40-year-old handspun, handwoven light woolen fringed wrap from Ireland that my long-departed aunt brought to my mother in 1969. I treasure it. I had an even older Scottish Black Stewart tartan muffler, but was devastated to lose it a couple of years ago, after wearing it every winter since 1966.

[Albion Wilde]

Using the natural locks of the wool is absolutely stunning. It's very beautiful. . . and completely unique.

I knew you would like it, cultured Anglophile lady!

[Albion Wilde]

That was pretty!! I love her staff/crook!

Hello, FRiend! You are the first to mention that wonderful detail -- I loved that, too!

[Albion Wilde]

I saw it earlier and loved it.

Are you a DailyMail freak too? It's awfully entertaining.

[freekitty]

Yep, I go there; mostly for the animal stories. I got tired of reading about another celebrity showing how naked they can get or how they out dumb one and another. LOL

[Albion Wilde]

wonder how many sticks of glue it will take?

This many? — for starters....

Just a note -- I don't expect you to recall, Iowa Granny, but you were one of the first FReepers I met not long after I signed onto FR, at the '04 Christmas party of the DC Chapter. It's nice to be in touch again!

[ottbmare]

I don’t think she’s trying to cover up a pregnancy—she just looks like a well-fleshed, hearty girl with a good appetite rather than someone with a baby bump. But if she really is pregnant, then good for her for marrying rather than trying to bring the baby up herself. I’m glad there’s a father and husband in the picture.

[Albion Wilde]

Michelle would have to wear layers of legal briefs.

And we would all know the definitive answer to the question: "Boxers or briefs?"

[katiekins1]

“Boxers or briefs?

Neither. Thongs=Butt Floss!

[Albion Wilde]

[Slings and Arrows]

Bah!

[Albion Wilde]

My daughter said they are rastafarian sheep....

LOL!!!

Just what nature intended for tightly curled hair.

[Iowa Granny]

That much glue is going to make the dress quite heavy! LOL

[HereInTheHeartland]

That it really neat