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Women’s Rights in Marriage

certificate of marriage - women's rights in marriage

In a recent blog, Changing Times in the Wedding World, we examined some areas of the matrimonial landscape – where changes are happening now or they’re predicted to happen. For instance many brides, recognising what an outmoded bastion of sexism and misogyny the practice of tossing the bouquet is, are opting to do it a different way.

Fabulous Silk Wedding Flowers

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Wedding flowers! Weddings love flowers - whether it's bouquets and buttonholes or floral arrangements for the venue. We have created some fabulous floral designs over the years and here are a mere few of them for your perusal.

Fabulous Floral Designs

Bridal bouquets created by Fabulous Functions uk

Wedding flowers! Flowers of all description, weddings love flowers - whether it's bouquets and buttonholes or floral arrangements for the venue. We have created some beautiful arrangements and here are some of them.

Wedding Traditions Around the World

Bride having veil pinned to her hair - wedding traditions from around the world

In this blog we take a whirl wind look at wedding traditions around the world.  Everyone in Britain knows the Old English rhyme about something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. It serves to instruct brides on the good luck charms she should incorporate into her bridal attire. Kate Middleton was lucky enough to borrow a tiara, I had a necklace, my best friend had a garter from her mother in law.

Changing Times in the Wedding World

Changing Times in the Wedding World - Flower man at a wedding - breaking with wedding tradition

At the time of writing, marriage certificate documentation records only the names and occupations of the fathers of the newly-wed pair. Like they did it all on their own? Quite the opposite is true as we all know. As this 2018 article from Good Housekeeping points out, this out-dated protocol is a hangover from times past that viewed women’s occupations as non-existent or of no consequence. There has though been campaigning in Parliament to change this lamentable situation. About time too we say. This is the 21st century after all!