A bride's wedding garter set is an excellent accessory if the bride is going to wear a garter for her husband to remove and toss. The set consists of two garters-one that the groom will remove and toss to the guys at the reception, and a second one that's a keepsake after her new husband removes it on their honeymoon night. Both of the garters in the set are worn on the right leg above the knee.
Now let's take a look at how this whole garter and bouquet toss began.
Back in the 14th century in parts of Europe if the guests of the bride and groom were able to get a piece of the bride's clothing, it was thought it would bring them good luck.
Some guests would actually tear at the bride's clothing to get pieces of fabric. Since this obviously wasn't making the bride too happy, she started tossing things to the guests instead-one of those things was her garter.
But this caused yet another problem for the bride. Men that were drunk and became impatient would try to grab and take the garter before she had a chance to toss it.
So the tradition began that the groom would remove the garter from his bride and toss it to the men.
The bride would then toss her bouquet to the single female guests, and it was said whoever caught the bouquet would be the next to marry.
The bouquet toss and garter removal and toss are traditions that have become optional today.
Not all couples will decide do this, but if they do, it's a good idea that the bride buys the garter set instead of just one garter so they can keep one as a memento of their wedding day.
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