This is Sugama of the TAILORS WORLD editorial department. In this blog, I would like to discuss the history of wedding dresses.
White wedding dresses are now the mainstream, but before the Victorian era in 1840, most women in Western Europe wore dresses other than white, especially black wedding dresses, for their weddings. The reason why black wedding dresses were the mainstream is that wedding dresses were very expensive for ordinary women at that time, except for a few wealthy people such as aristocrats. Therefore, black was the most preferred color because it was the least conspicuous for stains. In Spain at that time, wearing a black wedding dress symbolized the bride’s vow to love her groom until death.
Birth of the white wedding dress
At the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1840, Queen Victoria wore a white dress trimmed with Honiton lace. In the past, royal weddings tended to be the most media-circulated and fashionable, and the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was no exception. Queen Victoria’s choice of a white dress (reportedly to showcase the delicate Honiton lace produced by the then-struggling British lace industry) was widely covered in newspapers and magazines and influenced wedding trends both at home and abroad. Initially accepted by wealthy brides, the trend for white wedding dresses soon spread to all economic classes and became an established “tradition” of the 20th century.
Transition of Wedding Dresses
1930 Fashion undergoes a makeover. Women began to wear figure-flattering dresses. Oversized ruffled sleeves are an unmistakable symbol of the 1930s. Earlier wedding dresses had long, floor-length sleeves and most had high necks. In the 1960s, the silhouette of the dress changed dramatically. Women began to wear dresses with tighter sleeves and shorter veils, and their hair was combed back. In the late 1960s, the skirts of wedding dresses became narrower and the waistline higher. In the 1980s, the wedding dress worn by Princess Diana at her wedding to Prince Charles set the fashion trend of the 1980s with its billowing skirt and large, billowing sleeves. Diana’s wedding dress by Emmanuelle Salon continues to influence the bridal world today.
In the 1990s, many brides sought wedding dresses with more sophisticated details, and they added long white gloves to their wedding dresses.
Today, a variety of wedding dress styles have emerged, allowing brides to choose their own style and express their individuality freely at their weddings. Black has also come to be used as a symbol of modernity, and the black dress, a color that is easy on the eyes and minimalist, has abandoned the traditions of the past to become a symbol of modern society and one of the dresses that will usher in a new era of wedding fashion.
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White wedding dresses are now the mainstream, but before the Victorian era in 1840, most women in Western Europe wore dresses other than white, especially black wedding dresses, for their weddings.
White became a popular option in 1840, after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, when Victoria wore a white gown trimmed with Honiton lace. Illustrations of the wedding were widely published, and many brides opted for white in accordance with the Queen's choice.
In ancient times, brides wore bright colors to show their happiness for such a special occasion. For example, in Athens brides wore reds and violets. As time went on, we still see colorful dresses during Medieval Times. Brides during this time period would wear blue, red, yellow, or green.
So that's many years of establishment right there. In 16th century Roman Catholic Spain, brides would wear black wedding dresses to declare their love and loyalty to their husbands until death.
Queen Victoria chose an embellished lace white satin gown that was handcrafted in England. Once the photos were published, brides began to copy the Queen's style by wearing white to their weddings. Since then, it's typically frowned upon to wear white as a guest to a wedding.
Weddings were typically on a week-day morning, followed by a wedding breakfast. An announcement was made at the couple's church—if they had a church—on the Sunday following the wedding. The bride did not often purchase a new dress, but wore her best.
Isaiah 1:18 “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be whiter than snow.” The white wedding gown is not a symbol of the bride's purity. It is an emblem of the work Jesus has done on the cross. It is a mark of the work the Holy Spirit continues to do, changing hearts, breathing life, making his people new.
However, nowadays, the idea that you must be 'pure' in order to wear a white dress is rather outdated. Many brides choose to wear white on their wedding day, even if they aren't a virgin, or even if they have children already. These days, white is merely chosen because it's traditional.
It noted that it is an "emblem of the purity and innocence of girlhood, and the unsullied heart she now yields to the chosen one." Thanks to Queen Victoria and Godey's Lady's Book, white has become the go-to choice for brides on their wedding day.
Though Mary, Queen of Scots, wore a white wedding gown in 1559 when she married her first husband, Francis Dauphin of France, the tradition of a white wedding dress is commonly credited to Queen Victoria's choice to wear a white court dress at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840.
Like many bridal fashion trends, the tradition of the white wedding dress was established by royalty. The first princess documented to wear white on her wedding day was Philippa of England, daughter of King Henry IV. She married Eric of Pomerania in 1406 dressed in a white tunic with a cloak.
The colour of love, the bride who wears red is bold, passionate and full of desire. Not for the fainthearted this is a bold statement to make on your wedding day.
photo: Sheena Shahangian | blue wedding dress: Chantel Lauren. The color blue symbolizes love, peace, and loyalty. It's also a universally loved color — it's the shade of the sky and the ocean, and we can't help but feel calm when we look at it.
Pink: The color pink represents innocence, a child-like personality, freshness, purity, love, good health, and good life. It can also be worn to show a more flirtatious personality.
Due partly to economic progress and the rise of the middle classes, by the late 1800s, the white wedding gown became the expected choice for most brides. Even so, in 1889, lady's maid Harriett Joyce wore a crisply tailored purple dress for her marriage to Percy Raven Sams at Earlsfield, Middlesex.
In the late 1800s, the front of the skirt became flatter as emphasis shifted to the back, with lots of flounces and ruching. The bodice area of dresses stayed relatively the same throughout the 1800s, tightly-fitted with high collars and sometimes sloping necklines for evening wear.
White dresses were a status symbol at expensive British weddings in the 1400s and 1500s, but it wasn't until Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840 that white gowns became the norm in the western world.
The silver embroidered silk bridal gown belonged to George IV's daughter, Princess Charlotte of Wales. It dates back to 1816 and is the only surviving royal wedding dress from the Georgian period.
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