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A wedding dress or bridal gown is the dress worn by the bride during a wedding ceremony. The color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the wedding participants. In Western culture, the wedding dress is most commonly white, a fashion made popular by Queen Victoria when she married in 1840. In Eastern cultures, brides often choose red to symbolize auspiciousness.
Western culture
Weddings performed during and immediately following the
Color of wedding dresses
The first documented instance of a princess who wore a white wedding dress for a royal wedding ceremony is that of Philippa of England, who wore a tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with squirrel and ermine in 1406, when she married Eric of Pomerania.[1][2] Mary, Queen of Scots, wore a white wedding dress in 1559 when she married her first husband, Francis, the Dauphin of France, because it was her favorite color, although white was then the color of mourning for French queens.[3][4]
This was not a widespread trend, however: prior to the Victorian era, a bride was married in any color, black being popular in Finland.[5]
White became a popular option in 1840, after the marriage of
Later, many people assumed that the color white was intended to symbolize
Even after white became the dominant color, for a period, wedding dresses were adapted to the styles of the day. In the early 1900s, clothing included a lot of decorations, such as lace or frills. This was also adopted in wedding dresses, where decorative frills and lace were common. For example, in the 1920s, they 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 1960s, when it became popular to revert to long, full-skirted designs reminiscent of the Victorian era.[citation needed]
Since the middle of the 20th century, most Western wedding dresses have usually been
White is not the universal color of wedding dresses. In Mexico, for example, red is a popular color.[citation needed]
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the color white is used as a symbol of purity, innocence, and cleanliness, particularly in religious ceremonies such as baptism[9] and temple ceremonies, including weddings.[10] For weddings in the temple, white clothing is also worn by all participants during the ceremony, both men and women, to symbolize unity and equality before God.[11][12] The brides should be "white, modest in design and fabric, and free of elaborate ornamentation."[13][14]
Current fashion
In the early 21st century many wedding dresses on the market are
Eastern culture
Many wedding dresses in
Nowadays, many women choose other colors besides red. In modern mainland Chinese weddings, the bride may opt for Western dresses of any color, and don a traditional costume for the wedding tea ceremony.
In modern
Red
Traditionally, a
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The Javanese people of Indonesia wear a kebaya, a traditional kind of blouse, along with batik.
In the
Native American culture
The indigenous peoples of the Americas have varying traditions related to weddings and thus wedding dresses. A Hopi bride traditionally had her garments woven by the groom and any men in the village who wished to participate. [19]The garments consisted of a large belt, two all-white wedding robes, a white wedding robe with red stripes at the top and bottom, white buckskin leggings and moccasins, a string for tying the hair, and a reed mat in which to wrap the outfit. This outfit also served as a shroud, since these garments would be necessary for the trip through the underworld.
A Pueblo bride wore a cotton garment tied above the right shoulder, secured with a belt around the waist.
In the traditions of the
The tribes of Northern
Gallery
Historical Western European wedding dresses
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Detail from The Marriage byNicolo da Bologna, 1350s.
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Helena Fourment, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens, painted by Rubens in her wedding dress, 1630.
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Sophia Magdalena of Denmark's wedding dress, 1766. The Royal Armoury in Sweden.
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Marriage ofNapoleon I and Marie Louise. France, 1810.
Wedding dresses from different areas of the world
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Wishram(North American Indian) bride around 1911
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Traditional Kazakh wedding dress
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TraditionalAzerbaijan State Museum of History.
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Hutsul wedding dress
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Traditional Armenian wedding dress
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18th-century wedding dress fromNauplio)
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Bride in a wedding dress, Podhale, the Tatra Mountains
West Asian/North African dresses
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Yemenite Jewishbride in Israel, 1950's
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Wedding of Tewfik Pasha and Emina Ilhamy, Cairo, Egypt, January 1873
East Asian dresses
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Chinese couple wearing traditional wedding hanfu
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Reenactment of the royal wedding ceremony of King Gojong and Queen Myeongseong
South Asian dresses
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Indian Hindu bride in red Sari
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Sikh bride wearing purpledastaar for Anand Karaj
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Indian Christian bride in white Sari
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Nepali bride of Kathmandu, 1941
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Bengali Hindubride during Sindur Daan
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Hindu bride in Lehenga.
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Marathi wedding
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Sri Lankan wedding
Southeast Asian dresses
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Khmer (Cambodian) couple dressed in traditional wedding outfits
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Vietnamese couple in traditional dress
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Couple dress in traditional Thai outfits
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Couple dressed in traditional Burmese outfits
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Bali Hindu wedding dress
Modern Western-style dresses
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A bride in 1968, wearing a dress reflecting the styles of the time
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Patricia Nixon Cox with her father Richard Nixon, 1971
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Taiwanese couple dressed Western-style for keepsake photos in the park, 1989
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American bride marrying a Scotsman wearing a kilt, 1996
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New Orleans bride wearing a strapless, sleeveless gown, 2006
See also
- Bridal crown
- Christian clothing
- Godey's Lady's Book
- Religious clothing
- Victorian fashion
- Wedding dress of Camilla Parker Bowles
- Wedding dress of Grace Kelly
- Wedding dress of Jacqueline Bouvier
- Wedding dress of Kate Middleton
- Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer
- Wedding dress of Meghan Markle
- Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark
- Wedding dress of Princess Anne
- Wedding dress of Princess Elizabeth
- Wedding dress of Princess Margaret
- Wedding dress of Princess Mary of Teck
- Wedding dress of Queen Victoria
- Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson
- Wedding dress of Sophie Rhys-Jones
- Wedding dress of Victoria, Princess Royal
- Wedding dress of Wallis Warfield
References
- ^ "Wedding white doesn't mean what you think it means". Ivy Bridal Studio. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
Princess Philippa of England is the first recorded princess to have worn white during her wedding in 1406, with her attire consisting of a tunic and cloak in white silk, but it wasn't until Queen Mary that the white dress would explode in popularity
- ^ "The History of Matrimony". Amalfi Wedding Planner. Archived from the original on 6 May 2006.
- ^ "Mary, Queen of Scots' first wedding day". Madame Guillotine. 24 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
Mary's choice of a white wedding dress was an unusual one, particularly as white was more traditionally worn by royal ladies when they were in dieul blanc mourning but in this as in other things the strong willed Mary may well have been an innovator, keen to not just impress her own taste on her wedding day (after all, she hadn't been allowed the privilege of choosing her groom) but also emphasise her virginity and show off her famously pale redheaded beauty, which would have been accentuated by a pure white dress.
- ^ "Elizabeth I Facts". The Elizabeth Files. 23 August 2009. Archived from the original on 24 July 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
Her favourite dress colours were white and black which symbolised purity.
- ^ Pelo, June. "Old Marriage Customs in Finland". Sydaby.eget.net. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Royal Weddings 1840-1947". Royal Collection Trust. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
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- ^ Stewart, Jude (14 February 2011). "The Bride Wore Chartreuse: Why (Most) Wedding Dresses are White". Print. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Chapter 15: The Covenant of Baptism". Doctrines of the Gospel Teacher Manual. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple". Preparing to Enter the Holy Temple. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Lesson 5: Learning from the Lord through Symbols". Endowed from on High: Temple Preparation Seminar Teacher’s Manual. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "Why Symbols?". Ensign. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "27. Temple Ordinances for the Living". General Handbook: Serving in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ Designer Wedding Dresses
- ^ Goldstein, Katherine (17 May 2012). "Say Yes to a Different Dress: Down with the strapless wedding gown". Slate. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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- ^ Smothers Bruni, Mary Ann (1995). Journey Through Kurdistan. Texas Memorial Museum. p. 57.
- ^ "Hopi traditions reinforce sacredness of marriage - The Times-Independent". The Times-Independent - The Times-Independent. 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
External links
- Fashion Plates of Wedding Dresses from 1820-1929 from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries
- Wedding Dresses at Chicago History Museum Digital Collections Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Wedding dress, 1900, in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database
- Wedding dress, 1951, in the Staten Island Historical Society Online Collections Database