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WEDDING GARTER TRADITION

We are all about the wedding garter, as that's how this business first began many years ago, but we understand all brides aren't familiar with the wedding garter tradition so we hope this helps!

First, what is a wedding garter?
Garters are a piece of bridal lingerie a bride wears as a novelty on her wedding day. Modern wedding garters are made with laces and other embelishments, and held in place by an elastic stretch. Garters are also worn for bridal boudoir photo shoots and often passed down as a wedding keepsake.

Ah, now I understand the backstory, can you please explain the difference in a wedding garter set, keepsake garter and a toss garter - aren't they all the same thing?
Well, I'm glad you asked and not quite.

As the garter tradition has evolved, so have garters. Today wedding garter set is as stated, a set of two garters, a keepsake garter, and a toss garter. The keepsake garter is typically more elaborate of the set and it is worn above the toss garter on the leg of your choice and is kept as a sweet wedding keepsake. The toss garter is worn just beneath the keepsake garter and is the garter that the groom tosses. The toss garter is usually a bit simpler in detail as shown above.

Sounds like a fun tradition, I'm in. How can I purchase a garter?
I'm glad you asked, we offer two options:

What is the wedding garter tradition?
The wedding garter tradition dates back many centuries, and is basically believed that having a piece of the bride's wedding day attire brings good luck for wedding guests, so the newlyweds will offer a small token, the garter, to their guests to appease them.

The origin dates back to the Middle Ages when newlywed couples would perform a "bedding" ritual to prove they had consummated the marriage. After the ceremony and reception, guests would follow to the newlywed's chamber to witness the bride's "deflowering". For privacy, the couple would throw a piece of the brides' outfit to appease nosy onlookers.

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