Don't Catholic brides wear veils over their heads?
At least once they did?
If you're going by family photos you've seen of pre-Vatican II weddings,
yes. It seems to me the world's standards changed when the Third
Secret was not revealed in 1960, basically.
What you say is true, Tele. Properly dressed for her wedding, a Catholic
bride would have a veil that covers her face, and ALL of her hair.
Traditionally, long sleeves, gloves, and a 'neckline' that is actually a
NECK line. And no bare backs.
I only know that my mother grew up in a time when a properly dressed
lady always wore gloves when she went out, because she told me that.
You might have seen that in the older Westerns, before the Jєωs
'updated' the looks of the wardrobes.
It seems you're going to have to upload some old family album wedding
photos if you want any of those kinds of images to be on the Internet!
I did a few quick searches for Internet images, and I was a bit surprised
to find that there are practically no images like what I was looking for to
be found. There are a lot of scandalous ones, though.
Here is one that is in the right direction, but it's not from the west,
it's from Russia! (Harper's Bazaar)
If you're wondering why the odd pose, I'm telling you - there are not
many pics to be found that show a bride with her face fully covered
with a bridal veil.
Try as I may, I could not find any photos of traditionally full-coverage
wedding gowns in use. There are only photos of dresses on a stand,
but few models wearing them.. curious..
..And those who are wearing full-covereage veils usually have their backs
turned to the camera, as if they're ashamed to be seen this way, or at
least, the CAMERAMAN or the PRODUCER is giving that impression:
And as for veils, 'vintage' veils are modeled with bare-shoulder dresses,
or else draped over something to display it, not to wear it (It seems that
western women are somehow ashamed to be seen in a proper veil!):
I couldn't tell if this was being modeled or not:
The closest I could find to full face cover veils in use have bare shoulders
and plunging necklines:
Of course, there are the suspicious-posture photos in abundance: