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The History of the White Wedding Dress

by Kelsey McIntyre, Guest writer

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.”
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Comment by Lady Estelle on October 17, 2010 at 10:13am: I agree Norma

Comment by Norma Tumlin on October 16, 2010 at 2:58pm: Thank you for inviting me to join this group Lady Estelle. I love to look at the wedding fashions of any era. I find them interesting and I also love to look at the beautiful clothes. Even the hippy era had some really pretty wedding clothing.

Comment by Lady Estelle on May 3, 2010 at 4:31am: I the 1800's, it was quit proper to wear blue, brown, gray and even black color dress for a wedding. You would wear your Sunday best!
It was not until 1900's that the fashionable all white came into play. Before that, only the very wealthy or royalty wore white. Queen Victoria wore all white on her wedding day

Comment by Lady Estelle on May 3, 2010 at 4:30am: 1900's This is an example of an Edwardian Wedding photo.

Comment by Lady Estelle on May 3, 2010 at 4:28am: 1880's

Comment by Lady Estelle on May 3, 2010 at 4:27am: It's hard to tell the color in this 1860's photo. It could have been blue, light green or any soft pale color.