Can you date this wedding photograph

[Treetotal]

In response to Arthur's comment on the bride's dress, my MIL was married in 1944 and her dress was made from parachute silk as during the war, material was in short supply.
Carol

[Lisa in California]

…Whatever clues (no matter however small) that you can discern from anything in the picture, may just give me the essential key to unlocking this picture and resolving this conundrum once and for all
Thank you

Her eyebrows are faint, possibly due to the lighting and their pose, or condition of the photo? Or, could she have had red hair?  In a couple of photographs of my mum (who was a redhead), I can barely see her eyebrows; your photo reminds me of my mum’s photos.


They appear to be leaning toward each other; if so (and it’s not just my eyes), what a sweet gesture.

Added:  would knowing the types of flowers and plants in her bouquet help determine the time of year the photo was taken?

[arthurk]

In response to Arthur's comment on the bride's dress, my MIL was married in 1944 and her dress was made from parachute silk as during the war, material was in short supply.

I'd wondered about parachute silk, but then I thought the skirt looked to be embroidered, or otherwise patterned, and the veil seems to have quite a bit of decoration too. So if it started out as a parachute, it had presumably had quite a lot of intricate work done on it since.

[Treetotal]

I don't think it's a pattern on the dress Arthur it is noise picked up by the copying process. I said the dress was most likely made from parachute silk. I never mentioned the veil, that could have been borrowed or previously worn by a relative.
Carol

[arthurk]

I don't think it's a pattern on the dress Arthur it is noise picked up by the copying process.

Possibly - I thought the pattern had a bit of repetition in it, particularly on the right hand side, but I could be wrong.

I said the dress was most likely made from parachute silk. I never mentioned the veil, that could have been borrowed or previously worn by a relative.

I don't think I did suggest that you mentioned the veil (did I?), but whether I did or not, it didn't look to me the kind of thing you'd get new in wartime - or indeed until clothing rationing ended in 1949.

[jc26red]

I go along with Treetotal, it looks like a wedding dress made out of parachute material. My mil was married in 1948 and her dress is similar… my mum and dad were married in 1952 and the neckline was the same sweetheart shape. Mum had a bouquet of red carnations with the trailing ferns too. Mums hair style was closer to this photo than my MIL though.

The brides shoes look like later rather than late 40’s though

I still have the parachute dress upstairs in a box. It’s positively tiny considering my MIL was 5’ 10”

[Treetotal]

In response to Arthur's comment on the bride's dress, my MIL was married in 1944 and her dress was made from parachute silk as during the war, material was in short supply.

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I'd wondered about parachute silk, but then I thought the skirt looked to be embroidered, or otherwise patterned, and the veil seems to have quite a bit of decoration too. So if it started out as a parachute, it had presumably had quite a lot of intricate work done on it since.

Yes Arthur, see above.
Carol

[arthurk]

I think I've possibly been a bit unclear or ambiguous. This is what I think:
Dress - undecided whether right hand side shows decoration or copying artefacts; possibly from a parachute, otherwise presumably borrowed. Others will know better than I do if the style suggests pre- or post-1939.
Veil (not ex-parachute) - clearly embroidered, and unlikely to have been a new item in wartime

[Gadget]

Here is an example of an embroidered veil*. The date is given as 1944.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a2301418.shtml

It gives a interesting account of how outfits, cake and other food was acquired. 

* when the images is enlarged it is very clear