In this wedding photograph of 1931 the bride's bouquet was made from locally grown fresh orchids provided by the bride's father who grew them in his greenhouse. All the guests also wear orchids, including the young boy Henry. The bridesmaids all wear dresses which probably have bias cut skirts judging by the flare and sway of them. All the dresses were made by the bride's family and the drop waist suggest that 1920's fashion styles are still holding strongly with this group. By 1930 the waist had generally risen to its normal position and the bride followed this.
This bridal party photograph had a sad message on the back, stating the wedding picture was taken in 1931, but that the bride died in 1934 and one can surmise that this was probably in childbirth and before the time of antibiotics. The bride's headdress is an extravagant almost Tudor affair and shows it developing volume after 20 years of close mob cap veiling styles popular from c1913. See another 1931 photo here.
The guests in the second old photo are interesting. Both women are fashion conscious in a mature way and both wear furs. The foxtails are quite obvious on the right hand side woman. The hats though have more of a 1920s fashion feel to them, but that can be expected at the beginning of a decade. Some fashions from the previous decade always linger on for about 5 years or so. You can see some 1920's photos of weddings here.
The boy Henry wears short trousers and some of you may not be aware that until about 1970 young boys often wore short trousers until the age of about 11. They usually adopted long trousers at about age 12 as they entered adolescence. But it was not thought unusual to see boys of around 9 to 13 in in short or long trousers. Boys younger than 9 only ever wore short trousers.