Finally, costume, one of the highlights of the Thai wedding. Thai bridal dresses usually range from white to gold and are beautifully flattering 1-shoulder dresses down to the ankle. The groom will usually wear a lightly embroidered Thai-style jacket and trousers matching the bride’s colour, and the best part is that the outfits are generally rented at the same time from the same shop! The ever-practical and hardly nostalgic Thais have realized that you’re never going to wear the costume again, not even if you end up trying marriage for the second time around, and have tossed out the “dress in a box in the attic that you’ll never again fit into” blues!
The Standard Traditional Thai Wedding
Traditional Thai weddings follow a general pattern that we’ll try to outline here, but it also seems that each and every village does things a little bit differently, ensuring that you won’t get bored with your first dozen or so ceremonies!