What is a ( wedding) truso?

Question

I heard this on an English comedy and was unfamiliar with this word. Thanks for answering.

Answer 1

My trousseau consisted of lingerie, underwear, and clothing that I needed for at least the first year of marriage....that was back in 1974...I packed things that I picked up along the way into a cedar lined hope chest passed down to me from an aunt...it also, at my Mom's suggestion,held bed linens, dish towels, bath towels, pot holders, a quilt made by my ex's grandmother,and table linens that I collected during the course of my engagement...you see girls back then didn't rely solely on gifts for their marriage needs....it was the version of the bride's dowry at the time...

Answer 2

trousseau

While beautiful cedar hope chests are still manufactured and sold, many who purchase this furniture item simply use it for everyday storage. Nonetheless, a woman preparing for a wedding, honeymoon, and new life certainly needs new things (as well as a place to store them).

For most brides, gifts for the home accumulate quickly at engagement, shower, and wedding parties, thanks to the generosity of friends and family. Cash gifts and items taken from one's former home help to fill in the balance.

So what's left to purchase for the modern trousseau? New clothes, vacation wear, sports gear, luggage.

What belongs in your own trousseau? Things that make sense for your lifestyle, and things that you love. Someone who wears austere all black is going to feel self-conscious in loud, frilly holiday wear. So select resort wear in subdued neutrals, if that's your style. Remember, shopping for a trousseau shouldn't calll for an image makeover; you're just collecting some new things you probably need anyway.

On the wedding night, if you normally sleep in a T-shirt or the altogether, you may feel silly encumbered in a long, flowing negligee. Yet a short, s**y, white-satin chemise can certainly help you feel like a bride on that special night. And that's one instance when the groom will likely appreciate your new trousseau, too.

Answer 3

Almost everyone got it right. Your trousseau is a part of your dowry, things like the wedding clothes, lengths of lace or fabric passed down through your family, gifts of clothing or jewelry given to the bride by her future in-laws, etc.;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trousseau

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Many items are things made by the bride or members of her family(usually female). It was traditionally housed in her hope chest, awaiting her wedding day and marriage;



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_chest

Sometime a trousseau would simply be kept in an unused/spare room in the bride's home, with new pieces added occasionally;

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Answer 4

A Wedding Trousseau usually includes wedding night lingerie including designer bridal peignoirs, and honeymoon nightgowns.

Answer 5

It is typically all the clothing a person would need for all the wedding activities.  Such as rehearsal dinner, family dinners, clothing to change into to leave for your honeymoon (couples used to change out of their wedding dress into a dress and suit at the reception and leave directly to their honeymoon), and clothing for the honeymoon.

Answer 6

Trousseau.  :)

An outfit/or wardrobe a lady would buy for her wedding & or honeymoon