Bridesmaid... veils?

Never seen or heard of bridesmaids wearing veils. Weird and probably not trendy. Maybe I am traditional but I think it should only be the bride who wears the veil if she chooses to wear one...

It comes from the belief that the bridesmaids were there and dressed similarly to the bride to distract the evil spirits from her. Creepy much???

I feel it's our day. If you want them to wear veils go for it. I personally don't want my bridesmaids matching me.

If that's what you'd like to do go for it but I wouldn't, I feel like the veil is for the bride only. The exception for me would be birdcages and fascinators that are also worn at non-wedding events, but that's a very specific style that people like as opposed to asking everyone to match.

I wouldn’t have my bridesmaid in a veil. I’ve never seen it and I don’t really like the idea. Ive always thought veils are for brides. Also as a bridesmaid I wouldn’t want to wear a veil.

This was indeed a thing through the 60s. Typically the bridesmaids' veil were very short, chin length or so, and in matching colors to their dresses. My aunts looked fabulous in their pink New Look dresses and veils at my parents' wedding As a child I loved playing dress up in the lavender dress and veil my mom wore in her brother's wedding.

If you want to channel the energy of the look without it feeling hopelessly dated, I'd suggest birdcage veils in coordinating, not matching, colors, or super special fascinators.

Have you been looking at pictures in my family albums? We're Catholic and in the past, women had to cover their heads while in church. Thank goodness that practice is gone. All the family wedding pictures from times gone past have the women wearing hats or short, short veils.

My mom got married in 1969 and her bridesmaids had little olive green hats that had a bird cage veil.

Thank you all for your input! I think I’m going with birdcage veils with facsinators. I’m a bit different 😉 I just love the vintage feel. The pictures I’m talking about on Pinterest had the bridesmaids with very long, very loud colored veils or short veils in very bright colors. Personally not a fan of those but I want to channel some vintage feel with the birdcage veils. I myself am wearing a floor length veil.

My Mom & MIL are Roman Catholic. Before Vatican 2 all Catholic women had to cover their heads in church. My MIL got married in 1980 and ALL the bridesmaids had to wear big, floppy, sort of beach-style hats that matched the dresses. My mom's girls had different outfits (the MOH looked something like peach little bopeep with a big sun hat, and the bridesmaids had these pleated wine-colored numbers with what I can only describe as gypsy-style kerchiefs. She married in 1978.) I am sure this also dates back to the old tradition of the bridesmaids dressing like the bride to confuse 'evil spirits' but a lot more of it had to do with requirements of the church. This is part of the reason that women wear hats to Royal weddings and (even casual church weddings) in England. It's still a custom there. Some women probably also fell in love with tulle in general (big tulle skirts were a thing in the 50s and even the 60s, so I can imagine that it was sold as a 'look' to compliment the bridesmaid dresses.

View Quoted Comment I was a flower girl in a early 70s wedding, had a short veil the same color as my dress. It only covered the back of my head. I loved it and thought myself and the bridesmaids were so glamorous darling! 👰‍♀️

Many fashion trends were only done during certain periods. Having the matching veils goes back to the Medieval origins of bridesmaids where the bride and bridesmaids wore identical attire to fool the evil spirits. No one subscribes to that tradition/superstition anymore