With This Bling: Something Blue

As I’m sure most of you know, there is a custom that states a bride is to carry or wear four objects to bring her luck on her wedding day – “something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue”. This dates back to an old English rhyme that actually ended with “a sixpence in your shoe”.

According to this tradition, each item is associated with a different representation – something old a symbol for continuity while something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness, and last but not least, something blue stands for purity, love and fidelity. The sixpence in the shoe accounts for good fortune and prosperity, but nowadays this last part of the verse is widely forgotten (I can’t imagine that a coin inside a pair of Louboutin pumps would make them any more comfortable than they already are not).

I personally think it’s sweet to uphold this little ritual. On my wedding day, I used my grandmother’s Kiddush cup to drink kosher wine during the ceremony for my something old, while my dress acted as my something new. My mother’s wedding band was used in our ceremony, representing something borrowed, and finally, my wonderful friends bought me a Montreal Canadiens (Mr. Z’s favourite hockey team) garter, to wear as my something blue.

It’s really beautiful when these items are family heirlooms or have personal meaning attached to them, but it’s also a lot of fun to be innovative in your choices!

You’ve got the old and the new; ask a friend to borrow and then buy something blue! Here are some cute and creative ways to incorporate the colour into your day;

Under-where? Under your dress...