i have 4 kids and getting married what colour would my dress be white or cream?

Answer 1

This is 2007, it can be any color you want.

Answer 2

I'd go any colour but white, or the small minded people out theres tongues will start a wagging.
Good luck. I too have kids and am marrying for the 2nd time in July. I am hoping to find a beautiful champagne coloured dress......

Answer 3

Whatever colour YOU like!

You want white, wear white. You want cream, go for cream.

You want to be different and wear a lime green silk suit, then wear it.

It's your wedding, and your day. As long as you and your partner are happy with the colour scheme, then let everyone else go hang.

P.S, white and cream are fairly new, it was usually red, to symbolise the passion and love of a new partnership.

Answer 4

Western culture
Weddings performed during and immediately following the medieval era were often more than just a union between two people. They could be a union between two families, two businesses or even two countries. Many weddings were more a matter of politics than love, particularly among the nobility and the higher social classes. Brides were therefore expected to dress in a manner that cast their families in the most favorable light, for they weren't representing only themselves during the ceremony. Brides of an elevated social standing often wore rich colors and expensive fabrics. It was common to see such brides wearing bold colors and layers of furs, velvet and silk. Brides of a lower social standing often copied the elegant styles of wealthier brides as best they could.


The woman to the far right is wearing a typical wedding dress from 1929. Up until the late 1930's wedding dresses reflected the styles of the day. From that time onward, wedding dresses have traditionally been based on Victorian styles.Over the centuries, brides continued to dress in a manner befitting their social status---always in the height of fashion, with the richest, boldest materials money could buy. The poorest of brides wore their best church dress on their wedding day. The amount of material a wedding dress contained also was a reflection of the bride's social standing and indicated the extent of the family's wealth to wedding guests.

Wedding dresses have traditionally been based on the popular styles of the day. For example, in the 1920's wedding dresses were typically short in the front with a longer train in the back and were worn with cloche-style wedding veils. This tendency to follow current fashions continued until the late 1940's, when it became popular to revert to long, full-skirted designs reminiscent of the Victorian era. The trend has continued until today.

Today, western wedding dresses are usually white, though 'wedding white' includes creamy shades such as eggshell, ecru and ivory. One of the first women to wear white at her wedding was Mary Queen of Scots, when she married François II of France. However, white was not then a tradition but rather a choice and one considered inauspicious, since white was the official colour of mourning in France at the time.

White did not become a popular option until 1840, after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg. Victoria had worn a white gown for the event so as to incorporate some lace she owned. The official wedding portrait photograph was widely published, and many other brides opted for a similar dress in honor of the Queen's choice. The tradition continues today in the form of a white wedding, though prior to the Victorian era a bride was married in any color except black (the color of mourning) or red (which was connected with prostitutes). Later, many people assumed that the color white was intended to symbolize virginity, though this had not been the original intention. (It was the color blue that was connected to purity.) Today, the white dress is understood merely as the most traditional and popular choice for weddings, not a statement of virginity.

Answer 5

Regardless of kids or virginity, with a choice of cream or white, I would pick cream.

It photographs better, white can photo as a blob with fuzzy edges, and no detail will come through.

Cream is softer and flattering to skin tones, white is harsh.

Pick a nice cream, like a candlelight, not a dirty beige.

Answer 6

Wear ivory. Or cream. Or beige. Or champagne. Or ecru. Or blue. Or pink. Or red. Or black. Or peach. Or green. After 4 children, one should seriously try to avoid wearing white wedding gowns.

And yes, I know the new tradition says wear whatever color you want. But I promise you . . . there will still be people whispering about you if you try to wear white after 4 children.

Just avoid the situation, and wear another color that is flattering to you.

Answer 7

Well, one's wedding day is a personal thing...

So, each person's views are the most important...

But speaking for me, I think that fussy (or traditional) weddings are just justifiable if the change in the new couple's lives is indeed great: or that both have met their ideal mate, they have never been married or lived together before, they have never had children, and possibly they have never even had sex together...

If someone isn't in any of these circunstances, I wonder why all the fuss (and money spent) just TO SIGN SOME PAPERS?...

Answer 8

Actually, it's the veil that used to symbolize virginity - the white dress came into popularity when Queen Elizabeth (the first, I think) wore a white dress to her wedding. It's your day, you can wear whatever makes you feel comfortable & beautiful. Best wishes!

Answer 9

I agree with most people that it can be any color that you like. There are some beautiful wedding dresses that incorporate another color altogether, such as white/red.

I just thought of something, If you can do it, perhaps you can have a ribbon sewn into your dress to represent each child's birth month - kind of like a Mother's ring. Or you can have the colors of each child's birth month incorporated into or around your bouquet.

Good Luck!

Answer 10

There are so many lovely pastel shade now. so you could wear any colour you like even white if you want. After all how many brides are vigins these days. I remarried 2 years ago and I have 4 children I wore Ivory with bronze assessories.

Answer 11

i have a little girl and i just got married this year. i wore ivory, only because it suited my skin tone more. white mademe look pasty, and very jaundice loking. i say wear what you want, that makes you feel like a million $$$$$$
who care what other people are going to say.
people told me i shouldnt get married in a church, but i did, and i even had a veil over my face. i wanted to feel like a real princes bride on the day, and tht's exactly how i felt too!!!!