To Gather Orange Blossoms
Of all bridal customs and traditions, wearing a wreath of flowers is the most popular.

Wedding Dresses from Harpers Bazaar
Victorian wedding dresses taken directly from the magazine, Harper's Bazaar.

Dressing the Victorian Bride
What was worn beneath those lovely wedding dresses? See a step by step description. 

Victorian Wedding Fashion Prints
View this collection of hand-colored fashion prints of beautiful Victorian brides.

Miss Vanderbilt's Trousseau
Inside fashion scoop at a society wedding. Miss Vanderbilt's wedding dress "was the handsomest seen in New York since that of Nellie Grant."

Civil War Era Wedding Dress
Victorian ivory satin wedding dress. See what is worn underneath.

Civil War Style Wedding Dresses
Advice on picking the perfect Victorian wedding dress.

Smile!  Victorian Wedding Photography
See wedding photographs of early 20th century brides and grooms to help with your wedding planning.

Proper Attire for the Victorian Groom
A Victorian etiquette book tells the groom how to dress for the wedding ceremony.

Victorian Hair Styles
Fashionable hair styles from the Victorian era, perfect for under a Victorian wedding veil.

Young Victoria's Royal Wedding
Read about the dresses, ceremony, people and parties for Queen Victoria's wedding.

Rules of Engagement
It is the privilege of the bride to name the wedding day . . . after the wedding invitations are issued she does not appear in public.

Victorian Wedding Ceremony
After the ceremony, the question sometimes arises whether the bride is to be kissed by the groom.

Victorian Wedding Breakfast
The wedding reception was called a Wedding Breakfast, a fashionable ball supper, lighted up by day instead of gas light.

Little Boys in Victorian Weddings
No fashionable Victorian wedding was complete without small boys dressed as pages or ring bearers.

Victorian Rings
Diamonds and snakes... symbols of love?

The Wedding Cake
Victorian illustration and poem.

Victorian Wedding Guest Etiquette
What to wear and what to bring to a Victorian wedding... learn what is required of the ideal wedding guest.

Etiquette, Fashion and Manual of Politeness
Book of Victorian etiquette - everything you need to know on how to behave in the Victorian era.

A Victorian "Brush-Off"
Rules for courtship and romance occupy most of the space in Victorian etiquette books... there is generally one curt letter of refusal to a marriage proposal.

Vintage Punch Recipes
Try these old-fashioned drink recipes at your bridal shower or reception.

Vintage Wedding Favors
Featuring vintage party favor ideas for wedding favors and wedding cake holders.

The Valentine - A Tribute to Love
Nancy Rosin explores the history of the Valentine.

Collecting Victorian Expressions of Love
Featuring a collection of Victorian love ephemera.

A Whisper to a Newly Married Pair, 1860
Advice to the husband - "You give your wife a certain sum of money …  I really cannot see the necessity of obliging her to account to you for the exact manner in which she has laid it out."

Love and Romance
A limited edition love card, embellished with glitter, and adorned with an antique image, circa 1850.