By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com
These are original family wedding photos of ordinary people in special occasion clothes taken between 1920 and 1930. They include weddings of 1921, 1923, 1924 and 1930. My special thanks to Carol Morgan of Cardiff who went to considerable trouble to send me these images.
Like many people who inherit boxes of old photos, Carol was fascinated by her finds. She had never seen some of these old photos until a relative died in her ninetieth year. All old wedding photos on this page were taken in the Cardiff area of UK.
These wedding photos should not be published/used elsewhere - © Copyright www.fashion-era.com 2005-2023.
1920s Wedding Photos - Edith and Bert 1923
Plenty of lower calf leg is on show compared to the longer lengths of another era in 1910, but the skirts are still not truly short.
That came in 1926 when skirts reached the knee.
Here are some flapper photos.
You can read more detailed text about 1920s fashions in flapper fashion.
1920s Wedding Photos of Tom and Lill 1924
Old photos can be useful when tracing family members and narrowing down search dates, but mystery can surround them too.
In this old photo below both women carry bouquets, but it is not known which woman here is the bridesmaid and which the bride or it may be that both were bridesmaids.
The woman on the left wears a more pastel dress and her hat does have some veiling evident.
But the woman on the right carries a much larger more elaborate sweet pea bouquet and it is traditional that the bride has the most ornate flowers.
Perhaps the couple on the left are an older sister or brother. Both women wear typical 1920's style Mary Jane ankle strap shoes.
1920s Wedding Photos Group from Cardiff 1921
Fashions of October 1930 - Hilda's Wedding Photograph
Immediately below - October 1930, Hilda's Wedding photo. Click for an enlargement of this delightful photograph. Hilda's dress has a hemline covered in feathers. The dress is much longer than through the 1920s and after a sudden drop in hemlines in 1930.
Directly below is Hilda as a young woman circa 1920.
Page added 2 June 2005 These 1920's wedding photos should not be published elsewhere - © Copyright fashion-era. com 2005 - 2023.
