Veil etiquette down the aisle?

You can have the veil over your face or not. I'm not sure which is more common, but it's just up to how you want it. I personally have always dreamed of the moment my dad would lift the veil over my face and give me away so that's what I will be doing.

My veil is just a 1 tier and wrist length. It will just be behind me.

It's becoming less and less common, but some brides still decide to do it. I only had a one tiered veil so nothing covering my face.

I think that's an older tradition that isn't very popular anymore. Mine will be behind me the whole time but it's really personal preference!

I have noticed that more and more brides are either not wearing one all together, or walking down the aisle with it already lifted. Everyone should do what is comfortable for them. FH and I are old-school. Although my father will not walk me down the aisle (he has never been a part of my life) I am wearing a cathedral veil (similar to Kate Middleton's) over my face. When FH goes for the first kiss as husband and wife, he will lift it.

Mine will be behind me the whole time but then it has no front being a mantilla

I think the veil was originally a Catholic thing (since you had to have your head covered in a Catholic church - until Vatican II) and then it just spread from there over centuries. I don't think there's a "have to" with veils nowaday.

I had a small veil attached to my fascinator. The plan was for it to cover my face until I got to the "altar" and my sister would help tuck it around the fascinator. HOWEVER, the wind was not friendly that day and we tucked it before I even walked down the aisle. And then it got loose and started blowing during the ceremony (the wind was that strong). After the ceremony, the veil became a joke because it was wherever it wanted to be. Lol.

Im glad you posted about this coz Ive been in two minds too. I think apart from it being an ol tradition, its also more dramatic to have your face covered... But at the moment, Im leaning more towards having mine behind me...Still deciding.

I was going to do this, but the veil I am wearing won't allow for this although I do like the tradition which I believe comes from the Old Testament.

My dad and FH are both wayyyy too clumsy to lift the veil over my face.

I have only been to one wedding where the bride actually wore it over her face. She almost tripped twice because she could not see lol. Her father lifted it and gave her a kiss at the end of the aisle but then PUT IT BACK over her face. After the vows the DH lifted it and kissed her. What was really bad about this was all her pictures of her vows look like she is in a mosquito net and you cannot see her face at all. Months after the wedding the bride said she froze when her dad put the veil back over her face because she did not know what to do or if she should move it back herself. The preacher never told her husband to move it either so she said it was like looking through a bee keeper helmet the whole time.

I'm seriously LMAO! Nice! There was a couple shots I wanted to do with a veil, however I may not even get one. 40 days till and I just now found the dress I wanted. Boo. Thank you all for your opinions.... And hilarious veil stories.