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Little Bo Peep bride marries in stunning dress made of wool from her own flock of sheep
DailyMail online (UK) ^ | 7 August 2009 | David Wilkes

Posted on 08/07/2009 5:05:33 PM PDT by Albion Wilde

And the bride wore white - long, curly white strands of wool.

Louise Fairburn, who is an award-winning sheep breeder, decided to get married in a fleece from her own flock.

She designed the gown and took wool from her favourite rare Lincoln Longwool, Olivia.

And she extended the theme to the rest of her big day, putting her groom Ian, 42, in a waistcoat made from wool.

Mrs Fairburn even carried a Bo Peep-style crook and the ring bearer's cushion was made from a fleece....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Society
KEYWORDS: ewelightupmylife; littlebopeep; napl; sheep; weddingbells; weddingdress; woolweddingdress
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To: Albion Wilde

More wedding freakery today. A Chinese bride made it into Guiness. The ‘train’ on her dress was 7,093 feet long!

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016034249?Chinese%20Bride%20Challenges%20Record%20For%20World’s%20Longest%20Wedding%20Gown%20With%207,093-Foot-Long%20Dress


61 posted on 08/07/2009 6:44:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop

Loved your post! Yes, if it had rained, the dress would not only have shrunk, it would have stunk! But of course the wool had been amply bleached. I love how you imagined what it must have been like to wear it — people wanting to put their hands on it. The tactile aspect really appealed to me, too! Fluffy like a cloud! It must have floated in tendrils when she walked and danced...

The vest — I personally did not like the intensity of the raspberry embroidery and would have preferred something like pearl gray, even a pale lavender, but that’s why Baskin-Robbins has so many flavors — to each his own taste in some things.

The wedding vest seems to be a special thing in England. An American friend of mine who married over there cherishes his wedding vest and wears it every chance he gets, announcing that it is his wedding vest. It is cut just like that one in the photos, but made of brocade in a floral print in dark jewel tones, needing no embroidery.


62 posted on 08/07/2009 6:54:05 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: nina0113
How totally cool - well, really probably a bit warm. And the sheep are awesome. We wants them, yes precious. OOOHHHH, I NEED more land...

You would look totally gorgeous in such a dress, nina0113, and it would suit your personality so well!

63 posted on 08/07/2009 6:56:38 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde

I think it was a darling idea, and shows true love and dedication to both the groom and the sheep. And, unlike a lot of modern brides, at least she didn’t pull the wool over the groom’s eyes.


64 posted on 08/07/2009 6:59:12 PM PDT by CitizenM ("An excuse is worse than an lie, because an excuse is a lie hidden." Pope John Paul, II)
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
On closer examination, I saw that she did use beads. The sunlight in the photo seems to have washed out the details.

Just thinking; if you save the photo to your desktop, you can probably enlarge it for detail.

I must say, whomever is the art director and photographers for the DailyMail Online do such a great job! Every day, their stories are just bursting with fantastic digital photography.

65 posted on 08/07/2009 6:59:41 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Ezekiel
Yeah but what does this say about the groom? Just asking...

You naughty kitten.

66 posted on 08/07/2009 7:00:39 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde
Using the natural locks of the wool is absolutely stunning.

It's very beautiful. . . and completely unique.

67 posted on 08/07/2009 7:03:16 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse - TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: txhurl
It’s beautiful, and if they’d shot the photo in TX, the wool would have gleamed as gold (we have a different sun than the rest of you guys).

Yes, England is usually rainy! It's so much farther north -- it's across from the midsection of Canada.

68 posted on 08/07/2009 7:03:22 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Well, it HAS been done . . .


69 posted on 08/07/2009 7:07:46 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of Ye Chasse - TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Albion Wilde

That was pretty!! I love her staff/crook!


70 posted on 08/07/2009 7:16:48 PM PDT by freema (MarineNiece,Daughter,Wife,Friend,Sister,Friend,Aunt,Friend,Mother,Friend,Cousin, FRiend)
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To: katiekins1
I like her dress. The Groom's vest and tie seems a tad tacky though. Can any one in vision Michelle Obama wearing the wool dress?

See post 62 about vests in English weddings.

Michelle would not be able to carry off a natural fiber dress such as this because she is a different personality type -- even if she were to go with an African-inspired version with gold and green kente cloth on top and grayish brown long-haired African goat's wool below, she would not pull it off because she is a city girl and too urbane for this look. The shepherdess is an English country girl, and her woolen dress is completely tied to her profession.

Michelle would have to wear layers of legal briefs.

71 posted on 08/07/2009 7:17:54 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde

I saw it earlier and loved it.


72 posted on 08/07/2009 7:18:29 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; Iowa Granny

Those pink and white feathers are gorgeous! Get that glue gun going for your anniversary, renewing the vows!


73 posted on 08/07/2009 7:19:48 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde

wonder how many sticks of glue it will take?


74 posted on 08/07/2009 7:22:27 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (A Penny Saved, is a Penny TAXED)
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To: SuziQ
It’s a lovely dress, and one that she’d pay tens of thousands for, if she’d bought it in a wedding boutique. But it’s unique and special to her and her new husband.

The full article said she paid 1500 English pounds, which is about - what - about $2,500; and it took the women who made it 67 hours. Sounds rather a bargain for all that work -- certainly in London it would have cost a great deal more. But as you said, the unique meaning for the couple, combined with the stunning originality, is priceless.

75 posted on 08/07/2009 7:25:32 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: MHGinTN
She's purdy ... the girl, the girl!

But the other female has such a nice smile!

76 posted on 08/07/2009 7:27:03 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde; Peanut Gallery

Cool dress


77 posted on 08/07/2009 7:27:19 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (Need an Angry Mob? Why not call the DNC, they have a wide selection to choose from.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

“Sorry but the skirt looks like dredlocks.”

Take a look at the wool on the sheep :)


78 posted on 08/07/2009 7:28:31 PM PDT by GGpaX4DumpedTea
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To: SuziQ
Heh! That was the first example I’d ever seen of the expression, “ridden out of town on a rail”

You talking about the movie? One of the best movies ever! "That's not my ring. That's Aunt Lurleen's ring. Ain't gonna be no weddin' without mah ring!"

79 posted on 08/07/2009 7:29:10 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Media: quit making things up." --Sarah Palin)
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To: Albion Wilde

Baaaa, I didn’t notice.


80 posted on 08/07/2009 7:30:17 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
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