People are in a much more liberal frame of mind than they were fifty years ago. In this day and age, people are not so strictly tied to tradition as they once were. This goes for all traditional customs including the etiquette for wedding clothing. Having said that, it is always a good idea to know the rules before you start trying to bend them, after all, you do not want to go too far and either offend your hosts or humiliate yourself.

The bride traditionally wore a white gown to indicate her purity and chastity. However, these days many couples live together before they get married, so they feel as if it is not valid to wear white. Therefore, many women opt to wear an off-white shad or a pastel colour.

Bridesmaids should wear any garment that the bride chooses for them. If the bridesmaids are allowed to pick their own dress, they should make sure that they dress in the same colour as the bride. The whole ceremony is the bride's affair and attendants and guests should take their prompt from her.

Which shade the bride selects, usually depends on the colour scheme of the wedding. Widows and divorces used to wear lilac or lavender, but nowadays they too normally wear an ivory or cream wedding dress. Registry office weddings are even more informal and any smart clothing may be worn.

A rule of thumb for guests is, the more formally the bride and groom dress, the more formally the guests should dress. Do not forget that you are liable to be photographed at some point and you do not want to look at the photo years later and feel mortified at the Elvis costume you thought was a good idea at the time.

Traditionally, men dressed in morning suits or dinner jackets with a black bow tie. A lot couples dispense with these formal costumes these days and just dress in a smart business suit. Dinner jackets may be worn to an evening reception.

The groom's attendants, the ushers and the best man have no choice, they have to dress in what the groom wears, morning suits, dinner jackets or business suits. Guests should 'follow suit', although it is quite acceptable for those who are not immediate family to dress down a bit, say, wear a business suit instead of a dinner jacket. Civil weddings are far more relaxed and the couple may opt to go 'smart, but casual'.

The couple's families should dress in what they are told to wear even if they have to hire the suits and dresses. The mothers should not be colour co-ordinated although it is fine for the fathers to wear the same kind of suit. Brothers should dress in a similar way to their father and sisters are usually bridesmaids.

Guests should check with their invitation and wear what is appropriate although it is frequently satisfactory to dress down a little. The important thing to remember is that it is the wedding couple's day and you should do nothing that will make them feel awkward.

Owen Jones, the author of this article writes on many topics, but is at present involved with thinking about high cut panties. If you would like to know more or check out some fantastic offers, please go to our website at Personalised Knickers.

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I hope that you do not think that the topic of panties or knickers is rude or taboo, because I am not out to shock or upset anyone with this piece. No, rather, this article is being written to point out the fun that you can have with your underwear. After all, underwear is not rude or dirty and the vast majority of people in the world wear it, I should think.

But I do not want to talk about men's underpants in this article and I do not even want to talk about ordinary knickers, I want to talk about personalized panties. Personalized panties are all the rage. In fact they have been for a long time, but before you either had to do the custom embroidery yourself or you had to put up with the off-the-shelf personalized panties.

Often their slogans were 'not quite right', if you know what I mean. Typical writing on personalized panties was: 'Unwrap Before You Eat' or 'Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here'. They were a bit tawdry to say the least. Then came the: 'I'm Dick's Bit Of Fluff' type, but they all wear a bit thin after a while, saucy as they may be.

That was a while ago and nowadays you can have written what you like on your personalized panties and you can do it online and have your secret underwear delivered to your door in a brown envelope, not that anyone would really be concerned these days.

There are loads of custom underwear manufacturers, which for $10-12 will add three to five lines of text and a logo to your panties. You can choose from pre-written text and a selection of images and logos or you can design and up load your own.

Do not get me wrong, you could just have something simple written on them like the days of the week - in Chinese. It does not have to be sexy, but it is better if it is.

This can be a huge source of pleasure for you and whomever you choose to show your panties to. It is a great kick to be wearing personalized panties with something saucy written on them when you are looking at the person you fancy, especially if they do not know what you have on.

And when they do find out, they will have as much enjoyment at the sexy joke as you did. $10 or $12 is not a lot for a good pair of panties and if you can have them personalized too and delivered to your door, it becomes a huge bargain. Try it and you will see what I mean. You and your friend will get a huge kick out of your naughty personalized panties.

Owen Jones, the writer of this article writes on many topics, but is currently concerned with thinking about high cut panties. If you would like to know more or check out some fantastic offers, please go to our website at Personalised Knickers.

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