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

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[Albion Wilde]

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!

[CitizenM]

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.

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[Albion Wilde]

Yeah but what does this say about the groom? Just asking...

You naughty kitten.

[AnAmericanMother]

Using the natural locks of the wool is absolutely stunning.

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

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[AnAmericanMother]

Well, it HAS been done . . .

[freema]

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

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[freekitty]

I saw it earlier and loved it.

[Albion Wilde]

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

[Iowa Granny]

wonder how many sticks of glue it will take?

[Albion Wilde]

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.

[Albion Wilde]

She's purdy ... the girl, the girl!

But the other female has such a nice smile!

[Professional Engineer]

Cool dress

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Sorry but the skirt looks like dredlocks.”

Take a look at the wool on the sheep :)

[Albion Wilde]

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!"

[MHGinTN]

Baaaa, I didn’t notice.