The White Wedding Dress Tradition
When most little girls daydream about their wedding day, they conjures up a mental image of walking down the aisle to their awaiting groom in a beautiful white wedding dress that will flow and billow all around her. Indeed, it seems that wearing a bridal dress fashioned from a pristine white fabric is a venerable tradition that goes back almost as far in the history of civilization as the wedding ceremony itself.
But, not every little girl, or woman about to be a bride herself thinks only about a white, dream marriage dress. In fact, many question why it is that the white bridal dress is such a strong and deep tradition and wonder where that tradition comes from in the first place.
From today’s perspective, some are surprised to learn that a white wedding dress has not always been the singular choice for a bridal ceremony. Precisely when the tradition of wearing white began is difficult to pinpoint and because it has been a practice for so many generations, it is in practical terms considered the default.
Perhaps one reason why the tradition of white wedding dresses is so strongly ingrained in society today is because, since the era of photography, it seems that the perfect marriage dress has always been captured in images of white. Since we don’t have photographs of weddings of long bygone eras, the tendency is for people to leap to the assumption that marriage dresses have always been white.
But, there is more than just assumption when it comes to the tradition surrounding white marriage dresses. It is well-known that white symbolizes virtue and purity. Wearing a white bridal dress carries a strong symbolism of a bride coming into a marriage with that purity of mind and heart in making a commitment to her groom.
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