All About the Dress...Color Me Good

As we end our dress week, we're going to look at the color of wedding gowns.  Depending on your culture, and religion, that normally dictates the color of your dress. In the Western Culture, people tend to think that  women normally wear white or ivory gowns. According to www.fromtimespast.com

White has long been accepted as the traditional color of the wedding dress, but wedding gowns were not always white. The marriage of Queen Victoria to her cousin Albert of Saxe- Coburg in 1840 has had more influence on weddings than any other. Queen Victoria put the wheels in motion by marrying in white. Though brides continued to wed in gowns of different colors, white was now set as the color of choice for weddings and has continued ever since. In Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1849, this statement was printed: “ Custom has decided, from the earliest ages, that white is the most fitting hue, whatever may be the material. It is an emblem of the purity and innocence of girlhood, and the unsullied heart she now yields to the chosen one.”

Women are now throwing caution to the wind and wearing what ever they choose.  Here's a look and some beautiful and unique weddings.  Remember it's your day!  Do it how YOU want to!!!

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