why white for brides?

Answer 1

This color didn't come into fashion until the marriage of Queen Victoria of England in the 1800's. Afer she wore white the fashion started to catch on. White was a very difficult color to come by in the 19th century. Up until this time dresses could have been made out of any color desired as they were often turned into a sunday or house dress for everyday use. Many different sayings were associated with the color of the dress also. They were even suspicious about the day of the week that they were married on. My husband and I are Civil War reenactors and when I researched this info, I picked blue for the color of my dress as the saying behind this is that "my love will be true". A red dress would have meant that you were afraid to be seen in black (perish the thought) was "wish you were dead". White is just simply a throwback to the late 1800's made vogue by our English counterparts. Anymore, wear what you like. A little color does a lot fo a dress.

Answer 2

It is supposed to be a symbol of innocene of purity. Now, it is really just a tradition and people like the looks. But if you see most brides today, you will see that they will wear some color. They will have a color sash around there waist or colored beads or something to that effect. Many brides these days are not pure when they get married.
I wore white when I got married because I was a virgin and I wanted to keep that tradition. I didn't have any color on my wedding dress. I looked at one dress that had blue beads on the dress and it was pretty but I wanted to stick with white. Not everything we did was tradition but this was one we wanted to keep. I didn't want anybody to wonder if it was just for looks.

Answer 3

It BECAME a tradition, but it originally was yes... to symbolize purity. It's why first time brides typically wear white (they're supposed to be virgins - lol) and secondtime brides wear off white or pastels.

Obviously the *rules* have loosened up over the years :)

Answer 4

Believe it or not it was originally a symbol of virginity. The bride presenting herself as pure and untouched to the one she had chosen to wait for. However that seems to be a thing of the past almost ancient history. For many years brides have worn white who were not virgins even pregnant women wear white when getting married, now days it is merely tradition. The truth is if a women were to wait to have sex and be able to wear white out of virtue she would be considered a rare and exquisite gift to her husband. Virginity is a rare commodity anymore.

Answer 5

Brides wear white to symbolize innocence and purity.
In modern tradition, the color of western-culture wedding dresses is white. White projects purity, cleanliness, and neutrality. White is a very strong trend in fashion and the bridal industry. White reflects light and is considered a summer color.

In contemporary Western culture, we associate white with purity, saying someone is "pure as the driven snow," and our brides are most often married in white, as a symbol of their purity.

Later attribution suggested that the color white symbolized virginity which is false. However it was originally the color blue that was connected to purity.

Answer 6

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?

"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

Answer 7

White is the color that symbolizes purity in the West. At one point that was important for young women. Nowadays if we want to follow the same tradition most brides should be dressed in black.

Answer 8

White= pure/virgin

but that's just a tradition nowadays most brides have had sex before their wedding and they wear white anyway.

However if you feel it'd be innapropriate for you to wear white you can always wear cream or another soft color. A lot of people do that.

Answer 9

White is the color of purity. In the good old days, women wasn't allow to have sex until she gets marrried. When she walks down the aisle to be with her future husband, she was representing her purity to God and to witnesses. However, today some one still are waiting for marriage to lose their virginity that's why the traditional white comes in.

Answer 10

Tradition