How 50's Weddings Were so Modest

Weddings in the 1950’s were all about being modest and looking your best on your big special day. Many people during this era had church weddings and these were popular.

These church weddings consisted of strict rules they had to follow regrading the outfits they picked out. The trend back in this time period was to have a wedding dress that was shorter than the average dress.

It was one that showed a women’s ankle and shoes. When a woman during the 50’s had this type of dress she was considered fashionable.

The men were styled in a tuxedo, shiny black shoes, and their hair was nicely done. The groom and the bride always looked presentable and stylish.

Since modesty was talked about a lot and many followed this mantra women wore stockings and had sleeves on their dresses.  It is surprising that during this era, they allowed women to show their ankles on their wedding day.

On the other hand, it is not surprising as they promoted women wearing dresses that do show their ankles and skin below the knee. I have seen many ladies as well wearing shorts and shorter dresses.

I have also noticed that they wear bras that look pointy which is kind of funny in my opinion.

Since there was women who followed the trend of shorter wedding dresses there were some who had the traditional long dresses as well. Not everyone followed this fashionable trend back in the 1950’s.

Though they did have the long sleeves as those who wore the shorter dresses.

During this era, they slowly started to ration less of their food, and many had bigger meals served and big cakes that they attained for their aesthetic of their wedding days.

They were more willing to pay for more meals being served to their guests. I know the celebrities at the time did everything big for their wedding days. Huge cakes, lots of guests, and food.

The trend for cakes were to have one made of tiers on platforms and covered in large amounts of frosting and decorations.

When someone got married in the 1950’s there was no such thing as divorce. You stayed together and worked everything out regardless how miserable you were.

No matter how many times a partner cheated, was a criminal, etc. I honestly do not like this part because I think that if you were married and you were miserable you should be able to get divorced without be shamed for it.