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O livro foi publicado em 1954 e possuía vários capítulos sobre etiqueta em casamentos.


Este é o Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette (Livro Completo de Etiqueta de Amy Vanderbilt, em tradução livre).

Então, o que você sabe sobre etiqueta vintage em casamentos?

Você Daria Uma Festa De Casamento De Bom Gosto, Segundo Este Guia De Etiqueta Dos Anos 50?

Would You Throw A Tasteful Wedding, According To This '50s Etiquette Guide?

The book was published in 1954 and included several chapters on weddings.

Get the ring you want, girl! Amy says, "Many a modern bride eschews a diamond or any other engagement ring. If she does want one, she should help choose it, with the kind of wedding band she wants in mind. Sometimes an eager fiancee, buying an engagement ring without his bride-to-be, selects one that can't be worn with an ordinary wedding ring."

True or false: A couple should pick out the engagement ring together.

According to Amy, "Except under extraordinary circumstances, a formal engagement should not last more than six months. And any man or woman who lets the engagement run into a matter of years for any reason whatsoever is not a good marriage risk at least not for that possible partner."

How long should an engagement last?

Well, they ARE paying for it! Amy says, "It is the bride's family that sets the size and style of the wedding. The groom and his family must co-operate by furnishing their invitation and announcement lists as early as possible, so the bride may combine them with her own usually larger lists, remove duplications, and, if necessary, shorten the lists with the help of both families."

Who sets the style and size of the wedding?

Amy says, "Formal, engraved invitations to a church wedding do not require answering. But if a reception card is included or if a separate invitation to the reception is received, then one answers in the traditional form in response to 
the R.S.V.P. on the lower left of the card or invitation."

True or false: Formal, engraved invitations to a church wedding do not require a response.

Keep it simple! According to Amy, "As only the closest friends of the bride are asked, it seems a slight if someone asked neglects to send a little gift, if she can't take it in person. Of course, if the hostess has erred in asking a mere acquaintance of the bride to attend a shower for her, then the recipient of the invitation is under no obligation either to attend or send a gift."

Who gets invited to the bridal shower?

Amy notes, "Formal photographs of the bride in her bridal costume are rarely taken the day of the wedding but, instead, after the final fitting of her gown. If they are needed for newspaper reproduction it is preferable that they be furnished well in advance of the wedding day."

When are formal photos of the bride in her gown taken?

You only get to wear a wedding veil once! No white dress either.   
"The bride who has been married before never wears a wedding veil nor does she wear white. Otherwise she dresses for the time of day and the degree of formality her wedding calls for and wears a corsage. Her head covering is either a small hat or a flower arrangement. It is only the bride's previous status that determines whether or not she may wear a wedding veil."

If the bride has been married before, can she still wear a veil?

Believe it or not, Amy says, "Bridesmaids, who may be young matrons, are chosen from among the 
bride's close friends and should not be older than she."

Fill in the blank: Bridesmaids should not be \_\_\_\_\_.

Amy explains, "Bridesmaids always meet at the home of the bride before going to the church. If they are from out of town it is the duty of the bride's mother to find them accommodations either in her own home or with friends or, failing that, at a hotel, chaperoned."

Who is responsible for making arrangements for accommodating bridesmaids from out of town?

Protect those poor, sensitive children! Amy says, "It is poor taste for children of a first marriage to even attend the marriage of either parent the second time, if a divorce has taken place. It is quite incorrect for children to attend their mother in a second marriage if she has been divorced. They may be present, or attend her, only if she has been widowed. Etiquette has been devised over the centuries to cushion our sensibilities. In cases such as this we should never forget that children have the most acute sensibilities of all."

What is the role of children from a previous marriage of the bride or groom?

According to Amy, "In the event that the marriage lasts a brief time, the gifts legally belong equally to both. Socially, however, it has been customary to allot all wedding gifts to the bride except those explicitly given to the groom."

What customarily happens to the gifts, should the marriage end after a brief time?

A bride's work is never done! Amy says, "Even if the bride does not know the sender of the gift, who may be a particular friend of her husband's, she herself must write the thank-you note just as soon as she possibly can within two or three weeks certainly, after receipt of the gift."

Who writes thank you notes for wedding gifts?

Você sabe dar uma festa de casamento de bom gosto segundo este guia de etiqueta dos anos 50?

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Would You Throw A Tasteful Wedding, According To This '50s Etiquette Guide?

This is Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette.

So, how well do you know your vintage wedding etiquette?

Would You Throw A Tasteful Wedding, According To This '50s Etiquette Guide?

This is Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette.

So, how well do you know your vintage wedding etiquette?

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