Being fitted for his costume may be a major event, especially for the modern boy who rarely wears formal clothes. Some boys may not like the formal clothes, so used as they are now to jeans and sneakers. The boy has to be carefully rehersed for the big day, especially younger boys who may concerned when he sees the church full of people on the big day. The costumes for boys serving as ring bearers and ushers at formal weddings are often based on historic styles which have remained remarkably consistent over time. The boy pictured here wears a delicate ecru pure silk blouse fashioned with vertucal tucks and rows of rose-colored French knots.
Tiny buttons fasten beneath a front closure panel.
The blouse buttons on to rose-colored short pants. Many of our modern customs, practices, and conventions concerning the wedding ceremony developed during the Victorian era. The ring bearer at a Victorian wedding could be dressed in contemporary clothes or dressed in period costume. Costumes Formal weddings in the first half of the 20th century used a great variety of costumes for the boys who participated as ring bearers and pages. Some weddings had the ring bearer in a costume harkening back to Little Lord Fauntleroy suits , although the wedding suits often are white, unlike actual Fauntleroy suits.