Classic Costuming

Few of my friends have had traditional white-gown weddings. However, on facebook I see posed photos of brides I don't know fairly frequently, because some of my friends are wedding photographers. Meanwhile, a lot of my friends are theatre folk, either professionally or as committed amateurs, and their performances are thoroughly promoted and documented.

Something I've noticed is that when one of my white-gown friends posts the classic "posed with veil beside groom in grey suit" image on an anniversary, my first reaction is completely disassociated from their marriage (in which I know them to dress very differently) and is: "hey! There's my friend playing bride in Wedding!"

I don't mean it uncharitably. A wedding ceremony is a ritual performance and that's part of the point. But it surprised me to realize I react in exactly the same way as "that's when they were in Sound of Music! Good times."