Being a bridesmaid in your best friendโs wedding is a lot of responsibility. I mean, you want your BFF to have the perfect day, right?
When 23-year-old Sharilyn Wester was asked to be the bridesmaid in her best friend Rebecca Fosterโs wedding, she went the extra mile, ultimately creating a hilarious set of wedding photos that have since taken the internet by storm.
Sharilyn explained that she and Rebecca have been best friends since after high school. โIโm originally from Canada but am living in the USA now, so we knew that being together again at her wedding, we had to do something memorable.โ
And Rebeccaโs wedding photos were definitely Sharilynโs time to shine.
If you notice that Rebecca doesnโt look too shocked, itโs because she was in on Sharilynโs plan.
Sharilyn explained, โ[the photos were] based off a photo Rebecca saw that we both decided we had to recreate.
โThis was two years before the actual wedding!โ
The photographer, Ashley Hempel, and Rebeccaโs husband James, however, were caught completely off-guard by the Sharilynโs antics.
Ashley described the event, saying, โSharilyn was like โOh we want to do this one photo of me tossing her veil [โฆ] So, I posed Becca and James, and then Sharilyn started HER posing and I died. It was so funny.
โThe whole bridal party was cracking up.โ
Sharilyn explained, โWe had been outside in the 36ยฐC weather in the sun all day in formal attire for house, and we figured we could try and perk everyone up and make them laughโ
Sharilyn and Rebeccaโs photos were shared online, and they quickly went viral. People loved their hilarious take on the classic veil toss photos.
Interestingly enough, although the veil has become a standard part of weddings, experts believe they date all the way back to ancient times. The Richmond Times-Dispatch explains, โMany surmise it has to do with ancient Greek and Romansโ fear of evil spirits and demons.โ
โIn fact,โ they continue, โThis is where many of the bridal traditions actually come from, including bridesmaids wearing similar dresses in order to serve as decoys for the bride. In an effort to frighten away or disguise the bride from evil spirits, brides-to-be were dressed in brightly colored fabrics like red and obscured by a veilโ
Neat, huh?
Either way, regardless of where the veil toss tradition comes fromโ Iโm going to be the one to say it: these girls did it best.
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