Wedding Dresses

In today's modern world of brides, the wedding gown is still one of the most held traditions. However it was not so long ago, before the white wedding dress was popularized in the 1800s among women of wealth, most brides just wore whatever dress was their best. Wealthy ladies had gowns designed for one wearing, but most people of merchant and commoner classes seldom had the money for such luxuries, so the bride simply wore the nicest thing she had, or had a new dress made that she intended to wear again.

The tradition of wearing white wedding gown came from Queen Victoria who chose to wear a white wedding gown, not because it symbolized purity, but because she wanted to show her people that she would run the country in an economical way.

White was a much less expensive color to make than the colors typically popular for wedding dresses at the time (red, black, and purple). Plus, it gave her the option of using some lace that she already owned, rather than having something specially made.

So now our modern brides are breaking with tradition- to an extent -and are removing the typical white for other colors that match who they are as a woman, a bride and future wife.

Colors, textures and cuts all fitting the bride and bringing out the glow and essence of femininity.

This photo of our beautiful bride shows the wedding gown she picked as a one shoulder, chiffon, gold color, short dress.

This dress flowed in the gentle ocean breeze and was a complete compliment to her skin tone and her legs!

PS-

White is not the traditional color of purity. Blue is. It's the veil that represents virginity.