The bride may wear an heirloom gown, or one from an older sister or her mother, or purchase a new gown. Each has her own elaborate wedding crown constructed of wire, tinsel, artificial flowers, pearls, ribbon and pins.Young girls wear wreaths made of fresh flowers if they are pages in the ceremony. One reader mentioned that she was a flower girl for a wedding in the Black Forest region. The flowers in her basket were lily of the valley, an extremely popular flower at weddings, ranking second after the rose in traditional weddings. Orchids are most popular in modern weddings.