It’s not entirely surprising that most us don’t know why a white wedding dress became the traditional choice for many brides. Maybe it all started as one of those fashion rules that a bride must wear white on the wedding day or was among the ten commandments that was given to the Israelites by God. However, thanks to Vogue who recently enlightened us on how the white wedding dress originated.
According to Vogue, it was a certain queen in the 19th century that set the ball rolling. “Now, wedding dresses weren’t always white, and in some cultures they still are not. It was Queen Victoria, who married Prince Albert in 1840, who set today’s custom for brides.” — said Vogue. “Not only were royal weddings much copied then, as they are now, but the Queen’s choice was more than fashionable, it was symbolic: White is a color associated with purity and innocence, qualities particularly admired in the tightly-laced Victorian era.”
If you ask us here at Fashion Police Nigeria, whether some cultures accepts white or not for wedding, Queen Victoria’s choice of color was actually the best — because, naturally, a bride should be like an angel on her big day, period!
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