Little House Wedding Dresses

Any Little House fan should know that due to a shortage of time, the real Laura Ingalls’ wedding gown was actually a black cashmere dress! But today I’d like to take a look at the Little House on the Prairie wedding dresses shown on the 1970s tv show.

Let's take a look at the wedding dresses worn by the girls in LHOTP

Here are some pics of the dresses. Which ones were your favorite? Vote for your TOP THREE favorites

Mary Ingalls


Nellie Oleson


Laura Ingalls


Rachel Brown


Hester Sue Terhune


Caroline Ingalls


(Idea for Post: http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/blog/?p=1223)

Caroline's looks more like a nowadays wedding dress.I really like it!!!

I liked Rachel Brown's one...

Vanesa.

Rachel Brown's for me.

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

For me it's Caroline Ingalls!!!!!

Caroline's

Well, since I am "keeper" of Mary's Wedding dress, it should be obvious what my choice is! I wore blue at my wedding too. ;-)

bethandmanly wrote:

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

Cheryl, to me, it looks like he is thinking, "Bring it on Mrs. O...I'm always up for a challenge."

Caroline's dress is the prettiest one. Rachel's dress was okay. Charles looked like he was going to bust out laughing during the wedding. I wish they would have shown the whole wedding. I wander what Charles was thinking. I can't believe how fast Hester Sue forgave Sam and agreed to marry him again.

I liked Mary's the best. Rachel's was pretty but she sure looked short in it for some reason.

I thought this was interesting.....Ma's dress was blue, the one she loaned Mary.......Laura was actually married in a black dress, as she had not yet finished making her wedding dress.....

Today, Western wedding dresses are usually white though "wedding white" includes shades such as eggshell, ecru and ivory. Lowering wedding costs by selecting a second hand wedding dress rather than purchasing a new one is a growing trend.

Mary, Queen of Scots, wore a white wedding gown in 1559 when she married her first husband, Francis Dauphin of France because it was her favorite color, although white was then the color of mourning for French Queens. The first documented instance of a princess who wore a white wedding gown for a royal wedding ceremony is that of Philippa of England, who wore a tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with grey squirrel and ermine) in 1406.

White did not become a popular option until 1840, after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg. Victoria wore a white gown for the event to incorporate some lace she prized. The official wedding portrait photograph was widely published, and many other brides opted for white in accordance with the Queen's choice.

The tradition continues today in the form of a white wedding, though prior to the Victorian era, a bride was married in any color, black being especially popular in Scandinavia. Later, many people assumed that the color white was intended to symbolize virginity, though this was not the original intention. (It was the color blue that was connected to purity.) The white gown is in fact a symbolic Christening gown. They are a variation of the white surplice worn in the Western Catholic tradition by members of the clergy, church choirs and servers and the gowns worn by girls making their first communion and at their confirmation and also by women making religious vows. Jews have gone to great lengths to follow these Western (Judeo-Christian) customs, whilst adhering to the laws of Tzniut. Today, the white dress is understood merely as the most traditional and popular choice for weddings.

That's very interesting, and that white was a mourning colour.

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Caroline Ingalls

littlehousefan200 wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Oh no...I just lost a fellow fan of Rachel's dress...

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Oh no...I just lost a fellow fan of Rachel's dress...

The "flowers signaling Mars" made me laugh though, and I have to admit....those flowers do look a little funny...no offense Alex.

littlehousefan200 wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Oh no...I just lost a fellow fan of Rachel's dress...

The "flowers signaling Mars" made me laugh though, and I have to admit....those flowers do look a little funny...no offense Alex.

I don't see no problem with the flowers.

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Oh no...I just lost a fellow fan of Rachel's dress...

The "flowers signaling Mars" made me laugh though, and I have to admit....those flowers do look a little funny...no offense Alex.

I don't see no problem with the flowers.

It's the scowly face!

littlehousefan200 wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

littlehousefan200 wrote:

bethandmanly wrote:

alexczarn wrote:

Rachel Brown's for me.

If Rachel didn't have those flowers poking out of the top of her head like she was trying to signal Mars, I might have been okay with it. She just seems so small and lost in that dress.

Do you think Percival just realized who his mother-in-law was going to be in that picture?

I liked Rachel Brown's...but now, after reading what you said looking at the picture again, I think it's
Caroline's for me.

Oh no...I just lost a fellow fan of Rachel's dress...

The "flowers signaling Mars" made me laugh though, and I have to admit....those flowers do look a little funny...no offense Alex.

I don't see no problem with the flowers.

It's the scowly face!

Caroline Ingalls. I also like Hester Sue wedding dress as well. It was hard to choose from. So, I voted for Caroline Ingalls. I do love Hester Sue's hat.

Hester Sue's, hands down.

I like Rachel Brown's dress better, followed by Caroline's and Hester Sue's ones...Laura's one doesn't seems a weeding dress, nor Mary's...and Nellie's pink thing is simply awful...with that BIG bow over her curls!

Vanesa.

Vanesa wrote:

I like Rachel Brown's dress better, followed by Caroline's and Hester Sue's ones...Laura's one doesn't seems a weeding dress, nor Mary's...and Nellie's pink thing is simply awful...with that BIG bow over her curls!

Vanesa.

Yes indeed...what is that thing?!

Someone gathered all the pics together...white was not a popular thing back then it seems:

http://www.edelweisspatterns.com/blog/?p=1223