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2018 Weddrn Aoweezae
`Groomswomen', `Bridesmen' becoming prevalent
Have it your way
The days of wedding parties with matched numbers of partners and gender segregated sides
may be coming to an end. With more freedom, brides and grooms are choosing to have the
people they want beside them when they wed as opposed to what tradition demands. Grooms
are welcoming close female friends or family members and brides are bringing brothers or
male best friends to the front of the service, ignoring old traditions. (Ms photo)
MS — Couples are increasingly
bucking long-established trends to
make weddings uniquely their own.
One of today's more popular
tradition -busting trends is not
adhering to gender lines when
couples select friends and family
members for their wedding parties.
Until recently, the vast majority of
wedding couples selected members
of the same sex to fill the roles
needed for the ceremony and
reception. For example, grooms
would choose fellow males to serve
as their groomsmen while brides
choose other females for their bridal
parties.
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The wedding resource The Knot
says the days of having men on one
side and women on the other are
gone. Co-ed wedding parties enable
brides and grooms to have their
favourite people by their side,
regardless of gender.
According to The Daily Mail, over
the past year, weddings across
Australia and other areas of the
world have seen a rise in
"groomswomen" and "bridesmen",
blurring the lines of wedding
traditions. Couples have often said
that choosing whomever they desire
to stand beside them during the
wedding is more authentic than
separating people simply because of
gender.
Take for example a groom -to -be
who is especially close to his sister.
Such siblings may serve as
bridesmaids, but grooms may want
to have their sisters by their sides on
their big day.
Foregoing gender roles may make
for a unique, customized wedding.
However, it does create the question
of what wedding party members will
wear. Again, there are no firm rules,
but co-ordination can make for
better photos. A woman standing on
the groom's side can co-ordinate
with the colour of the bridemaids'
dresses, but wear a different style.
Or she can wear a dress that matches
the colour of the groomsmen's suits.
A man standing with the bride can
have accessories, such as tie, vest
and pocket square, that match
bridesmaid dresses.
One of the areas where mixing and
matching genders may get a tad
sticky is with older, more traditional
guests. They may not understand the
freedom of choice in the wedding.
However, couples can discuss their
bridal parties to select people whom
they think might prefer couples
adhere to tradition.
Another possible snag is with
bachelorette parties and bachelor
parties. A solution to this dilemma
may be to simply organize a getaway
weekend for the entire bridal party,
and not separate parties for each
side.
Couples are increasingly deviating
from tradition for their weddings by
looking beyond gender when
picking wedding party members.
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