{"id":43594,"date":"2017-06-23T04:36:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/80s-bride\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T06:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T19:20:42","slug":"80s-bride","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/80s-bride\/","title":{"rendered":"What was an 80s bride like?"},"content":{"rendered":"
If there is one word to sum up the decade that was the 80s, it is Big. Big hair, big sleeves, big accessories and big clothes. And bridal style was no exception, with big gowns, big flowers, and the biggest veils seen since they stopped becoming a symbol of status a fixture of the 80s bride.<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Anything that could be super-sized was in the 80s. Think cathedral trains, lace-edged frills and long sleeves with illusion high necklines. And bows… big bows.<\/p>\n Full length veils were often a necessity to offset the large wedding gowns.<\/p>\n When Lady Diana became the princess of Wales in 1981, she set the standard of wedding attire <\/a>for the rest of the decade.<\/p>\n Diana rocked a gown that shouted fairytale, complete with enormous puffed sleeves, a cinched waist and a dramatic train accompanied by a seven-meter long veil.<\/p>\n Four years later, pop icon Madonna married actor Sean Penn and rocked a strapless gown with a fitted bodice adorned with a purple lace and beaded detail that sat like sash across her torso.<\/p>\n The full skirt was topped with ruffles gathered at a waist and the elbow-length veil with many layers sat atop a black hat.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Due to the ‘bigger is better’ mentality when it comes to hair<\/a>, brides would have billowing bangs and bouffants that would impress Fran Drescher any day of the week.<\/p>\n What this meant was, the majority of brides wore their hair out and scarcely went for ‘up dos’.<\/p>\n To ensure they had something to clip a veil to, brides often wore headbands that were either made from lace, or embellished with beading and silk flowers.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n To offset the gowns, bridal bouquets<\/a> were arranged in cascading styles and often were adorned with long ribbons in colours that would match the bridal party.<\/p>\n Baby’s breath was a popular choice for giving volume to blooms in the bouquet and was also regularly used in venue decorations.<\/p>\nThe dresses<\/h2>\n
Fashion icons<\/h2>\n
Hair<\/h2>\n
Flowers<\/h2>\n