What is the purpose of a garter belt at a wedding?, These days, removing the garter is essentially the male equivalent of the brides bouquet toss. After the ceremony, generally at the reception, the History of the Wedding Garter Tradition The Garter Girl 75 Wedding Garter Toss Songs The garter toss is a wedding tradition where the groom removes the bride's garter during the reception and tosses it to a group of single male guests, similar to the bridal bouquet toss, with the Tossing the Bouquet and the Garter My Two Cents Catherine Parks 26 Wedding Garters & Bridal Garter Sets Too Sexy to Toss