should any (or most) females really be getting married in a white wedding dress these days?? Is it a conspiracy to keep the wedding dress shops in business??
2007-08-22 00:30:58 · 22 answers · asked by scotslad60 4 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
seriously! I wanna wear deep red for my wedding!
2007-08-22 03:17:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Corinne has it right, it was only after Queen Victoria wore white that it became the done thing to wear white, it was a status symbol as only the wealthy could afford to keep white material clean, it has nothing to do with virginity, the churches made that up. And quite frankly it is nobody elses business to know who is a virgin or not except the bride and groom, I am glad that society is moving away from that ridiculous idea that only virgins can wear white, white is funeral colour in some countries! It's just a colour.
2007-08-22 02:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by sparkleythings_4you 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to go back in time, blue is a more traditional wedding dress color than white. Roman women wore blue to symbolize love. It wasn't until Queen Elizabeth wore a white dress that people started copying her that it became popular. It's only after the fact that the "purity" issue was mixed into the equation.
2007-08-22 02:58:54 · answer #3 · answered by LSU_Tiger23 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A wedding dress in any other color would cost as much... (BTW: white did not originally symbolize virginity, it was simply popularized by a British queen (Victoria?) as a fashion extravagence--a white dress was useless in those times, so it symbolized the prosperity to have a frivolous, expensive dress that could only be worn once as you could never clean it properly to wear again.)
2007-08-22 02:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Trivial One 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a very recent "tradition" - white was traditionally the Christian colour of death not marriage - and it was the Germanic monarchs and nobles who started wearing white for weddings in the 16th and 17th centuries I think - made famous by Queen Victoria.
Modern views are that the couple and their supporters should wear new clothes, colour matched if possible and bright colours are quite acceptable if white is thought old fashioned.
The oldest traditions are for at least the bride and her maids to wear flowers as crowns with or without veils. Often the groom and his men as well.
2007-08-22 00:49:16 · answer #5 · answered by morwood_leyland 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Contrary to popular belief, white wedding gowns were not originally meant to symbolize purity. Queen Victoria wore a white wedding gown, and the trend became so immensely popular that no one can imagine wearing any other color now. Before Queen V, wedding gowns were worn in almost any color of the rainbow.
2007-08-22 01:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by corinne1029 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It is funny that you say this ... a lot of brides are actually choosing to add a bit of color to the wedding gown. While a good majority choose all white gowns, a lot are opting for colored sashes, bead work or a fully colored dress. It all depends on the bride.
2007-08-22 02:48:33 · answer #7 · answered by VAWeddingSpecialist 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually.... in dress fashion for the past several years has been steering away from stark white. Not many people look great in stark white. Most dresses are offered in shades of ecru, off white, ivory, pale pink, etc etc.
Technically.. there arent as many "white brides" as one might think.
2007-08-22 02:36:55 · answer #8 · answered by loki_only1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haha. Funny question. White has always been associated with the bride, so til our dying days, we will see people in WHITE dresses.
Mine is an ivory color though (tee hee).
2007-08-22 05:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Mimi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Since my fiance is the only man I've even been with, I am wearing white on my wedding day.
2007-08-22 01:23:17 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. Silac 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋