For girls and ladies only!

[Mithalwen]

Yes...it would have been ... though that case is problematic since there was a suggestion that Eol in some versions had taken her by force... however the forgoing of hte ceremonies certainly annoyed the relatives...

There is a foot note to LACE that states that Beren and Luthien could have contracted a legal marriage in the wilds but that it was a matter of honour to respect Thingol's conditions.

Those of us of a certain age who remember the omnipresent "Princess Di" haircut will find it only too easy to believe that Queen Victoria's choice of dress would have started a longlasting fashion ...so many "old english traditions" hail from her time.

Of course elves would have no particular need to have wedding clothes symbolising purity since they were by definition pure....