appropriate or not. i mean if you are a virgin and don't like the color white for your drees, why should you be frowned upon?
2006-09-20 05:15:04 · 57 answers · asked by [insert something clever here] 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Like others before me have suggested. This is a day that you are celebrating and whatever colour you choose should not make a difference. It's 2006 not 1926 and people can and do wear whatever type of getup they want when they exchange vows. Relax and enjoy your day and congrats also.
2006-09-20 05:22:08 · answer #1 · answered by crazylegs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got married in Feb of this year...Here is what I was told about the following colors. The white trend is changing. Some of the older generations don't understand it, but that is the way with most of the trends. Wearing white used to be about being a virgin. Now it stand more for one of two things. Purity of the heart or your first wedding. The new colors instead of white are black and red. You can choose whatever color in between you like. There are no rules. As they say it is YOUR day. It gets to be the way you want it.
This was my first wedding. I picked an ivory dress with pink embellishments on it. I went barefooted at the wedding. Then I wore my new balance tennis shoes at the reception with the dress. And to think I wasted money on the expensive heels that hurt to wear. No one that I know of said anything bad or negative. If someone can not get past the choice of something other than white....stop and remind them this is a new time and it YOUR day.
2006-09-20 05:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by misstigeress 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well.....you can always wear a beige gown.....do what you feel is best but remember the families and guests may not be so understanding. We still live in a very traditionalist society. People expect certain things when they go to certain places - like a bride wearing white. Why don't you have a non-traditional wedding - like a theme wedding or elope, or do a destination wedding - that opens the door for a more modern wedding dress color. Good luck!!
2006-09-20 06:18:24 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Currently, having color in your dresses or having colored dresses is in, so it's not a problem if you chose to do so.
White is the traditional dress and doesn't have to signal actual virginity - it's also the sign of virginal to a new stage of life, or a new beginning, etc etc.
Some people frown at any minor thing that they think is a faux pas in weddings. They forget that weddings are not supposed to be cookie cutters remakes of each other, but are supposed to be an indiviualized expression of joy and celebration that reflects the couple's tastes.
2006-09-20 06:03:41 · answer #4 · answered by xxsilviarxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today many non-virgins are wearing white, actually they have been doing it for years. It is your wedding day, so what if people frown upon your choice of color. Wear what will make you happy, it is your day, let them talk. They can make their choices on their wedding day. For many years now women have been getting married in many different styles and shades of wedding dresses. Getting married in white does not mean you are or are not a virgin. It is your day, and hopefully this will be the only wedding. do it your way whatever you wear make sure it is your choice.
good luck and God Bless
2006-09-20 05:20:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I earned the right to wear white on my wedding day so I wore it. I did find a diamond white that isn't so blinding as white white, if you know what I mean.
You won't be frowned on, or thought badly of, if you wear another color. You wear what you want and enjoy your day.
Actually, at one time white was the color of your mourning dress and white didn't become popular as a wedding dress color until the 19th century.
2006-09-20 08:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by parsonsel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't understand why people need to wear white on their wedding day. It's a nice tradition, but weddings are becoming so modern these days. If you still want to stick with tradition but don't like the white color, there are many varieties of "off-white" nowadays, and I think those are a lot better. Good luck!
2006-09-20 05:17:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, lets look at the history of wedding dresses, so you have something to throw back at the ignorant. Two famous women in history were known for the white wedding dress.
The first woman: Anne of Brittany in 1499. FIRST got married in white as a mother of FOUR CHILDREN for her THIRD MARRIAGE !
The second woman: Queen Victoria broke with royal tradition of getting married in silver and wore white for her wedding to her 1ST COUSIN! Ewww
The trend for every bride to now be a clone is not an old tradition. Even war brides had to wear whatever they could afford. Before Queen Victoria, a woman married in her best dress of whatever colour. White meant wealth and status as people couldn't afford to wear a white dress as a one off. Blue meant purity, that's why the Virgin Mary wears blue. Blue was the old white of today for brides.The blusher is what represents virginity.
As a virgin, I find it very disturbing that on your wedding day, the day about love, you have people wondering about your sexual history. How tacky and perverted is that?
Wear whatever colour you want and be proud to be a thinker and don't worry about the uneducated and disturbed in the head individuals that are going to be thinking of such things!
"It was after World War II the white wedding dress became an indication of a woman's virtue.
Dr Summers said she believes the reason the tradition of the white wedding dress has survived, is due to the lack of romance and excitement in a woman's life. "
http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s986862.htm
2006-09-20 11:13:25 · answer #8 · answered by xanadu88 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can wear whatever you want come on these days who cares no matter what people still talk. For example if you wear white they say i cant believe she is wearing white shes not a virgin (when you really are) and if you wear something other than white they say i knew it she isn't a virgin i told you. So who cares as long as you feel comfortable with what you are wearing.
2006-09-20 08:45:33 · answer #9 · answered by Happy Mommy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's really no one's business except your intended whether you're a virgin or not. Many a girl has worn white tho' techniclly she shouldn't have. If you want to wear a colored dress, then do so.
Ps. Only up until recent years (like about 100) wedding dresses were red.
2006-09-20 06:33:39 · answer #10 · answered by weddrev 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋