Do you have to have a white wedding dress ??

Question

My future husband told me to start looking for a dress and to tell him wat the color was gonna be and i was like huh? Doesn't it have to be white? How does that work?

Answer 1

go through some of hte other questions / answers here & you will see that this question has been asked MANY times.
the 'tradition' of a "white wedding gown' actually has very little to do with "purity" & is really only something quite recent.
the veil was more a symbol of purity & also was worn to ward off evil spirits .
bridesmaids were often dressed very similar to the bride for the same purpose & to confuse any would-be kidnappers.
at one time a white wedding gown showed the wealth of the brides family as it came about in an era when it was very difficult to keep white garments clean & therefore the clothes would probably only been worn once - very few families could afford that extravagance.
there is also a story about one of the early Queens of England & her wearing white - so people started to copy her.
In some cultures white is the colour used for mourning & red is the tradional wedding colour; some have a number of outfits for the celebrations throughout the day.
throughout history women have tended to a degree to choose an outfit that can look magnificent for them to get married in - but still is practical & can be worn as a good dress ( sunday best /church dress) after the event.
after all a ""wedding dress"" is really only that because it is what the bride has chosen to wear for the occassion.
today many brides are choosing another colour that is more flattering to their skin tone than white often is.
I made a pale pink gown for a lady some years ago & she absolutely glowed in that colour - where as if she had worn a white gown you would not have seen her.
google ""wedding customs"" & you will find some more information there

Answer 2

No white doesn't not have to be your only choice. The reason why white became a popular choice was because Queen Victoria wore a white dress in 1840. White at the time meant wealth and blue meant purity. It's funny how things may change with time. Black is believed to be bad luck and is the color you wear to a funeral for mourning. So if you want to you can wear any color that you wish to wear. You can stick to tradition with a white, off-white or ivory or you can be a be bold and wear some color.

Answer 3

No...the dress no longer has to be white. Like it was said already at one time it meant purity. Back in Victorian times, if I'm correct, it used to be the brides best dress. They really didn't go out for a new white one. Now a days brides are showing more of there personality, by going against the white tradition and wearing their favorite color or the color that flatters them most.

Answer 4

Although in the modern tradition most brides wear white, because not everyone looks good in white or for other reasons many people use pale shades of other colors or different "shades" of white such as eggshell, ecru and ivory.
The only No, no colors I have ever heard talked about is Black - Mourning color, or Red - Scarlett.

I have seen brides in a light lavender, light tan, white dress with colored lacing.

I think he justs wants you to be as comfortable as you can be by talking about the color options you can wear all white or white with light pink lace or the many other variations available.
Another reason for his comment on color may be so that he will be able to match to your color selections.

Answer 5

No, wedding dresses no longer has to be white. It can be cream, beige, silver, champagne.....Any of those are now well accepted in Church weddings. If you or your fiance is of another culture, that opens up the color spectrum. Indians and Chinese do have red outfits, and I went to a Greek wedding once that had the bride in blue.

Congrats! I am sure you will make a joyous and lovely bride no matter what color you end up choosing.

Answer 6

No, a wedding dress these days does not have to be white. Long ago it represented purity. I think now it's suppose to mean pure love. But go with whatever you see that you like. Forget about tradition. Do your own thing! A white dress will not make you any more or less married. But if white is what you want...then get one.

Answer 7

You can have any color of the rainbow, traditionally the bride wears white but as any bride can tell you it is easily stained. We were outside for our pictures and I stumbled over a curb and on the bottom of my dress in every picture is this big black mark...very nice.

My cousin was travelling through China with her then fiance and found this beautiful sea blue fabric and brought it home and had her wedding dress made from it. The dress not only was her favorite color it was a reminder of this amazing trip she & her hubby had taken. And was it ever a beautiful shade of blue.

So wear whatever you want...just remember it is your day...and make it yours however you can!!

Answer 8

women did not always wear white on there wedding day it was just something that was started by someone (who's name i have forgotten at the moment) a long time ago and stuck and now women are starting to wear other colors again so if you want to go for something different and maybe a little fun no you don't have to wear white its all about what dress do you love and does it make you happy

Answer 9

Brides positioned on white because of the fact their mothers wore white and their mom's mothers wore white. bypass back too lots farther than that and you do not see that lots white. this is custom, not something greater. It had not something to do with 'purity' and each thing to do with style. Will human beings seem at you a sprint unusual for not donning a white gown (and that i evaluate cream, eggshell, diamond white all to be 'white'. I propose, somewhat, who's each individual kidding that anybody can tell the version besides)? in all probability. yet individuals are weird and wonderful approximately weddings. they have an thought of what a marriage could appear as if and something diverse continuously makes human beings pause a sprint. yet, they are going to recover from it. I choose i could've had the braveness to positioned on a yellow gown or something. yet I wasn't that brave. I propose, I enjoyed my gown whether it somewhat is unlike i'm able to ever positioned on it returned which style of sucks. Do it. no one is going to think of you're a "ruined woman" on the grounds which you %. a quite blue gown. it somewhat is in basic terms not how commonplace human beings think of.

Answer 10

No your dress does not have to be white, but traditionally if you are "pure" then you would wear white. There are millions of beautiful wedding dresses that are not white.