Taffeta: Crisp and smooth, good for full dresses. Can be matte or shiny.
Tailcoats: Usually worn at very formal weddings (read: evening), these jackets are short in front and have two long tails in the back.
Tails: This is an abbreviation for the tail coat worn for formal evening weddings.
Tallis (tal-lis): The prayer shawl. It is worn by married Jewish men in Orthodox synagogues and all adult men (and some women) in Conservative, Reform, and Reconstructionist synagogues. It is a rectangular garment with four tzitzit (fringes) on each corner.
Tank: Just like a tanktop, this sleeveless bodice offers comfy, wide arm holes and your choice of neckline shape.
Taped and wired flowers: A technique for arranging flowers used to make them easier to maneuver. The head of a flower is cut from the stem and attached to a wire, which is then wrapped with floral tape.
Tasting: The meeting before an event when the chef prepares a few portions of the menu for final approval by the bride and groom or hosts.
Tea Length: A skirt ending mid-calf.
Thank You Note: A small folder that normally reads "Thank You" on front. May include a verse on the interior, or be left blank to write your own message.
Thermography (invitations): This type of printing is created by adding a resin powder to wet ink, which when heated, creates a raised surface.
Thigh-Highs: Stockings that just reach the thigh and are held up by elastomer bands; can also be worn with a garter belt.
Tiara: A tiara is a thin jeweled semi-circular headpiece with a higher front and sloping sides worn at the top of the head.
Tiered skirt: A skirt with layers of different length skirt fabrics layered upon each other.
Tiers (cake): Cakes that are stacked on top of one another to create a multi-layered cake supported in place by pillars.
Tiffany (diamond): A simple 2-3mm ring setting with a head that holds a single diamond.
Toasting glasses: A set of glasses used at a wedding for the bride and groom for their beverages and to use during the toast.
Toastmaster: A man who proposes the toasts and introduces the speakers at a banquet.
Topiary: This is the skilled art of clipping or trimming foliage or flower arrangements so that they take on the shapes of animals, lettering, numbers, or various but precise geometric forms.
Top Table: Commonly the newly married couple will be seated among their parents and wedding party attendants at a specified, primary table, known as the top table.
Torah (to-RAH): The first five books of the Hebrew bible.
Torchiere: These portable torches add light and flare to your outdoor reception. They usually feature metal bases that easily pierce the ground and have hurricane lamp tops that hold votive candles.
Torte: A dense cake.
Tossing bouquet: This copy of the bridal bouquet is used to throw towards bridesmaids and other female guests after the wedding ceremony. Traditionally, whoever catches this bouquet will be the next to wed.
Train: This is an extension to a wedding gown or other dress that trails along the floor behind the wearer.
Trellis: A woven wooden frame used as a screen or support for climbing plants and flowers.
Tri-Fold (invitations): A tri-fold is created when a sheet of paper is folded twice to form a three-paneled invitation. Both outside panels are folded inward to cover the center panel.
Triple Tier Veil: A bridal veil with three layers; layers are usually of different lengths and one layer may be the blusher veil.
Trompe L’oeil: Specialty cake made of square layers instead of round that can be decorated with ribbon and wrapping paper to make it look like a pile of gifts. These make great Christmas cakes.
Trousseau: French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse bundle. The personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares.
Trumpet Silhouette: Dress silhouette that is form-fitting over the bust, waist and hips and then flares out at the top of the thigh. Fuller at the bottom then an A-line. Not the same as a mermaid style that flares out lower at the knee.
Trunk Show: Held by bridal shops - allows bridal gown designers to show their designs to potential customers.
T-shirt Sleeves: The sleeves look like those on your T-shirt. This would probably suit brides who wish to cover their arms, but don't want to wear long sleeves.
Tulip sleeve: A petal-shape, with several flaps over the shoulder to resemble a flower. Also called the ‘criss-crossed sleeve.’
Tulle: This is a fine mesh used for bridal veils, wedding favors, and sometimes in wedding gowns made from nylon, silk or rayon.
Tussy Mussy: A Victorian-style bouquet where a small bouquet of flowers is carried in a metal vase specifically designed to be carried. Often comes with a stand so that at the reception it can become a centerpiece.
Tuxedo: A single- or double-breasted jacket that is worn at formal or semiformal evening weddings and is paired with matching trousers.
Typeface: Font style.
Tzedakah (tz'dah-KAH): The obligatory Jewish requirement of righteous giving and just behavior that ensures the basic well-being of fellow human beings. |
