Comments on: A Mormon Image: Newport Beach Temple Wedding

By: Matthew C. Kriner

Matthew C. Kriner — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:42:53 +0000

Good Post:)

By: Velska

Velska — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:31:06 +0000

Thank you, you’re beautiful in your beautiful dress!

If we take American midwestern/mountain west standard to be the Church standard, we lose a lot. Your dress looks really good, it’s temple appropriate (in Europe, especially Scandinavia, trad dresses are not); what else could we want from a wedding dress?

My daughter and daughter-in-law both had to create add-ins to their wedding dresses, because they could not find a wedding gown that would cover shoulders; all of them seem to be evening-gown style that leave the top bare, relying on the boobs to keep them up…

or whatever… I’m no expert!! ;)

By: Ever After Events Gatlinburg, TN

Ever After Events Gatlinburg, TN — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:47:18 +0000

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By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:22:31 +0000

Wow! I can’t believe this was posted :) Thanks guys…

@jettboy: It’s pretty easy to find an ao dai online… You just need your measurements and it takes about 3-4 weeks because each one is custom made: example — http://www.aodaivinh.com/

@ESO: I actually had 4 dresses! But also 2 weddings and 2 receptions… Only my husband’s immediate family is LDS, and I’m the only one in my family, so we had a ring ceremony the next day.

@Ariel: Nope, I had no issues. I think being a convert and from California, I’m probably not judged as harshly as a TBM from Utah on modesty. We also had 2 wedding receptions, one right after the temple ceremony with members of the church and one the next day with friends and family… the fact that there were only about 10 mormon people at our 2nd reception out of 250 people (where I wore the less modest dress) might have something to do with it?

@Bro Jones: I actually had a pretty hard time finding a plain white Ao Dai. Traditionally vietnamese wedding dresses are red… Even with the ao dai I was worried, so I brought along my temple dress too. :)

By: Bro. Jones

Bro. Jones — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:16:33 +0000

My wife and I wore formal Indian clothes to our temple wedding, but they weren’t white so we did have to change. Still, it was funny seeing the temple workers at the recommend desk give us a look and try to decide if they wanted to give us grief over whether our clothes were “Sunday appropriate” or not. :)

By: Left Field

Left Field — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:57:49 +0000

Sorry, the parenthesis got tacked onto the link. Try this:

http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/clothes1.htm

By: Left Field

Left Field — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:55:56 +0000

Those are excellent photographs: The framing, the illumination, the placement of the sun, the statue, the temple inscription. Very well done.

I like seeing the temple ceremonies adapted to different cultures. Some years ago, I attended the homecoming sacrament meeting of a missionary who served in the Philippines. He wore a Barong Tagalog (see here: http://www.philippines.hvu.nl/clothes1.htm) over a white shirt with no necktie. He said that was traditional formal wear in the Philippines, and that they were worn during temple sessions there.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:48:13 +0000

ESO… the bride wearing this lovely dress had a different dress for the reception. Question for Kim- did people give you a hard time about the modesty of your other dress?

By: ESO

ESO — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:04:20 +0000

Very cool–I love that!

(Don’t get me started on ridiculous Wedding dresses at the temple, or the also ridiculous practice of buying a wedding dress not for the actual wedding, but just for the pictures outside the temple and the reception.)

By: Chris Henrichsen

Chris Henrichsen — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:21 +0000

Also, I totally agree that the ao dai is a perfect fit for the temple.