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The modern wedding garter custom can be traced way back to 14th century Europe. There have been many superstitions or speculations regarding brides and weddings and one of these was having a wedding cloth from the bride. It may sound ok until you find out that the wedding cloth should come from the bride’s gown! Visualize how all your guests would wish for a piece of your luck and would go after your gown and at the end of the reception you would have your wedding dress torn into pieces. Because of this a tradition of throwing a garter was born.

A good number of brides today would opt for two garters. One was for tossing and the other one is for the bride to keep. The throwing of the garter is very easy but most of the time the bride would decide on a fancier garter for herself. The garter is an easy place for the bride to get her “something blue”. The garter itself may be made with a blue ribbon. Some choose to have a design on their garter. A small blue ribbon may be attached to the plain white garter or a group of blue crystals may be added.