Pop sensation Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner are celebrating the first anniversary of their church wedding in France. The pair have been quiet about their celebrations, but brother Nick Jonas and his wife Priyanka Chopra have sent them sweet congratulations.
On his Instagram story, Nick Jonas posted a photo of Joe and Sophie walking hand-in-hand down the aisle in France from their 2019 wedding. “Happy Anniversary Jophie. Love you guys!” wrote the younger Jonas brother.
The pair, by the time they had their church wedding, had already said their “I dos” in May 2019 at their impromptu Vegas wedding.
Chopra posted the same photo, with some added editing for decoration, and said “Happy 1 year anniversary. Love you both”.
Jonas and Turner met in 2016, but kept their courtship quiet for a long time. According to Insider, they began talking after Jonas sent Turner a message on Instagram.
“We had a lot of mutual friends and they’d been trying to introduce us for a long time,” Turner told Harper’s Bazaar UK during a March 2019 interview. “We were following each other on Instagram and he direct messaged me one fine day, out of the blue.” After a few weeks of back and forth texting, they met up in London, and by then they knew it was meant to be.
In 2019, they surprised everyone by making it official in a Las Vegas ceremony at the Little White Wedding Chapel after the Billboard Music Awards.
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Thereafter, they had another, more formal ceremony in France in June 2019. The pair are now expecting their first baby.
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Within Kenya, there are a variety of different tribes (more than 40), and each tribe has its own traditions. Of course, this includes practices for weddings. According to…
It would be easy to imagine that wedding dresses have been glamorous and varying shades of white since their inception. However, they have actually changed a lot over the years. From fabric and style to length and colour, not much about wedding dresses has stayed the same.
Not much is known, due to a lack of documentation, about weddings in ancient times. However, Love To Know reports that the ancient dress tradition differed according to culture. Brides in ancient Rome are said to have worn yellow veils to represent a torch and symbolise warmth. In ancient Athens, brides were likely to have worn long robes in shades of red or violet.
From the 5th to the 15th centuries (or in the Medieval times), because weddings were more about politics than love, brides were required to dress in a manner that cast her family in a good light. Brides of high social standing would wear rich colours and expensive materials including fur, velvet, and silk. Often, they had gems sewn into their garments too.
During the Renaissance (from about the 14th to the 17th century), which overlaps with the Medieval times, layering was important. In addition, dresses were long, hanging from the neck to the feet, and may have included a train. Burgundy was a popular colour at the time, and dresses were often corseted or had skirts done in a bell shape.
Elle, however, reports that around the 17th century it was common for a bride to simply wear her best dress, no matter its colour.
Much later, in 1840, the white wedding dress became popular. This is credited to Queen Victoria, who wore an ivory silk gown to marry Prince Albert in that year. Soon after, the white wedding dress became majorly popular, with dressmakers also incorporating embroidered silk, lace, and floral detailing into wedding dresses. High necks, full skirts, and white gloves were popular for brides at the time.
In the early 1900s, white remained the most popular colour, but some brides opted for azure, mauve, or pale think. According to Bridal Guide, a wedding dress at this time incorporated an S-shaped corset, to pull in the belly and push out the bosom. Dresses also came with frills on the bodice, and gigot sleeves.
Through the 1900s wedding dresses went through many transformations. In the 20s sleek, drop waist gowns were popular, and dresses became slightly shorter, according to Good Housekeeping. The 30s and 40s brought simpler outfits, as the wars led to financial struggles, many brides wore items they already owned.
Elizabeth Taylor’s dress in her film Father of the Bride, which had a fitted bodice and a full skirt influenced trends of the 50s. Sweetheart necklines were also popular at the time. About 20 years later, in the 70s, the popular neckline moved to high collars. The 70s saw a lot of experimentation, as it to be expected of the time.
In the 80’s there was no such thing as “less is more”, in fact, at the time brides believed “the bigger the better”. Puffy sleeves, long trains, and over the top headdresses were all the rage.
Vera Wang opened her bridal boutique in 1990, and 10 years later she was considered to be one of the top dress designers. Her speciality at the time was strapless and spaghetti straps.
Nowadays, brides can do whatever they like. Most still opt for white wedding dresses, but styles vary broadly.
Watch wedding dresses change through time:
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The coronavirus and the resulting worldwide lockdowns it has caused has resulted in many a social media challenge gain traction. It seems brides, old and new, are not being left out of this trend, and a new challenge, called the Wedding Dress challenge, on TikTok has gone viral.
Some challenges involve some sort of prank, and others show users doing something silly, but the wedding dress challenge is nothing but pure, wholesome fun.
Former brides, be it a bride from last year or a bride from 20 years ago, are surprising their spouses by putting on their wedding dresses and capturing their reactions in a TikTok. The reactions are sweet and heartwarming, and just what we need to make the continuing lockdown seem not that bad.
Have a look at some of the renditions of the challenge here:
@amjeseniaWedding dress Reaction ##reaction ##weddingdresschallenge ##weddingdress♬ original sound – amjesenia
@rachaellllllindholmWedding dress challenge! ##fyp ##foryoupage ##flashchallenge ##weddingdresschallenge ##DecadesofHair ##wreslemaniaentrance♬ Marry You – Countdown Singers
@jackelinsuarez1Te amo esposito ? Estoy muy feliz de que aún m quede l vestido ? ##weddingdresschallenge ##latina ##vestidodenoviachallenge ##love ##casados ##reaccion♬ Los Besos – Greeicy
@marisa.alainaPart 2! Nearly killed my husband in the process?♥️ ##weddingdresschallenge ##marriedcouple ##weddingdress ##surprise♬ Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
@sarai_1981Not what I expected ? he said it still fits ??♀️##weddingdress##fyp##fypage##weddingdresschallenge##over30##married##happywife ##quarantine##coronavirus##fy♬ Surrender – Natalie Taylor
@gene.lagosAy su reacción ??♥️♥️ @nicsawic ##weddingdress ##weddingdresschallenge ##love ##couplelove ##couplelovegoals♬ ily (i love you baby) – Surf Mesa
@kansaswarren##weddingdresschallenge 20 years this June!!♬ Marry You – Countdown Singers
@fannycelleriTu novia para siempre???? me pareció interesante este ##weddingdresschallenge ##husband ##love ##happy ##inlove♬ Los Besos – Greeicy
@amalie.williamsSurprised my husband by putting on my wedding dress ? @trev_williams ##weddingdresschallenge ##vintage ##aesthetic ##DoTheScotts ##xyzbca♬ It’s Been A Long Long Time – GBSUW1829213 – Harry James and His Orch. with Kitty Kallen
@noykaiהייתי חייבת ? ##weddingdresschallenge ##weddingdress ##foryou ##4you ##foryoupage♬ Cuz I Love You – Lizzo
@erinlister2Wedding dress challenge! ❤️ ##fyp ##foryoupage ##freezeframe ##levelup ##weddingdresschallenge ##weddingdress @mr_lister29♬ Yours – Wedding Edition – Russell Dickerson
Will you try the wedding dress challenge with your spouse?
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Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman and her Australian singer, songwriter husband Keith Urban celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary on Thursday, June 25. To celebrate their milestone, they each posted sweet tributes to their marriage on Instagram.
Urban posted a playful photo of the two jumping hand-in-hand on a beach. “Happy Anniversary Baby!!!!! 14 years…. and i feel like your boyfriend in ALL the right ways!!!!” he said.
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Kidman kept it simple with a black and white image of the two in an embrace, captioned, “Us ❤️ #HappyAnniversary“.
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The pair first met at the 2005 G’Day USA gala. At the time, Kidman didn’t think that her now-husband liked her. In 2013, she told Ellen DeGeneres that she once told her husband “You didn’t love me at first sight, you didn’t notice me”, to which he replied, “Yes, I did but I just didn’t let on”.
It was a long four months after their first meeting when Urban finally called her. Thereafter, the pair began a low-key relationship, according to People. After spending time together in Nashville and then New York while Urban was on tour, the pair quickly fell in love.
Kidman told the Wall Street Journal that her husband stole her heart when we took her on a ride on his Harley Davidson through Woodstock, New York, after which they had a romantic picnic in the woods.
“I was a goner – I mean, c’mon,” she said. According to Southern Living, Kidman knew he was the one after just one month of dating.
In 2006, they tied the knot in a candlelit ceremony at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel on St. Patrick’s Estate at Manly in Sydney, Australia. They honeymooned in French Polynesia, where they also spent time getting to know each other more deeply.
“I kind of like getting married and then getting to know each other; I know that it sounds incredibly strange, but to me, it’s a more natural process,” Kidman told Elle.
In an interview with CBS News, Urban said that marrying Kidman felt like the beginning of his life. “Meeting her and getting married wasn’t life-changing, it was life-beginning. It was literally, like, ‘OK, life starts,” he said.
The pair have two daughters together, Sunday and Faith, and Kidman also has two kids, Conner and Isabella, with her ex-husband Tom Cruise.
Image: Instagram / Keith Urban