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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:28 AM
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Miniature brides? I'm getting too old
I have recently become aware of a rather unsettling fad: the Miniature Bride.

Apparently, the idea is to take one of your sisters' daughters, dress her in an exact replica of your wedding costume including hairstyle and makeup, and send her down the aisle between the flower girls and the bridesmaids so everyone in attendance can be enchanted by how charmingly adorable she is.

This sounds like some weird-ass JonBenet thing going on here.
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tonekat Donating Member (832 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:29 AM
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1. sounds like a tangent of the mini-adults in child beauty pagents
Creepy!
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:30 AM
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2. No mini-groom? Why, that's sexist! No, wait, I meant SANE.
mini-bride - that's kinda creepy.

mikey_the_rat
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:33 AM
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3. Sounds to me like the creation of a new "role"
hence another dress,

shoes,

hair,

&c.&c.

But then I've never understood the bridesmaids going in front of the bride - they're supposed to be "attending" on her - yet I've still seen this practice crossing the Atlantic.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:40 AM
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5. Hah. This year's "right-hand ring"...
...with an industry that just happens to be in place to supply it.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 03:23 PM
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11. The bridesmaids go ahead of the bride...
so that the bride can go last, during which time the attendance stands.
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SacredCow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 11:40 AM
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4. Sounds a little too Dr. Evil to me.....
"And I will call her.... Mini-Bride...."
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bumblebee1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 12:22 PM
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6. Oh goodie!!!
Do we get mini-bridezilla along with mini-bride?
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 12:23 PM
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7. it's an old traditional thing in some cultures
dressing up a little girl isn't really that weird. Making her wear your hairstyle and makeup is though.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 12:25 PM
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8. Sometimes this wedding thing really gets out of hand.
:scared:
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 12:26 PM
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9. I hear it's very popular in West Virginia
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 04:15 PM
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12. I believe I ssw one of those and the Humbert-Haze wedding
Edited on Wed May-24-06 04:16 PM by JVS
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kskiska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-24-06 12:34 PM
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10. I think it's a Southern thing
When I first came to the South about 15 years ago I did typesetting for a local printer. Occasionally I'd get wedding programs that listed a "miniature bride" and "miniature groom." I asked about it and was told it was common in black weddings. Looks like it may have spread.
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