Garters
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Wedding garters are one of the oldest of the wedding traditions, and the tradition dates back to the Dark Ages.
Then it was considered to be good luck to have a piece of the bride’s clothing. To keep guests from getting over zealous in their determination to be the lucky one, the garter began to be tossed into the crowd and whoever got it was given the good luck.
Garters were actually worn by men and women to hold up socks. They moved up the leg of women as dresses hemlines got shorter. In the 1960s and the need for garters disappeared, but the wedding tradition remained. The garter because am heirloom in some cases.
Today, garters can be something for the groom. It can be his team’s colors or show off colors or patters of something else that he loves. It can be irreverent or classy, sexy or goofy.
The tradition of tossing it to unmarried men at the reception remains, although some stopped with the public reveal and saved it only for the groom to be seen after the wedding.
Often times, brides chose to get two garters - one to give the groom and one to throw to keep the tradition alive.
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