Wedding Dress Facts

The wedding gown is a unique garment. Together with baptism and burial, marriage is one of the three great public occasions in a person's life. For the bride to be it's her Day she's been waiting for. Throughout history, women have tried to make their wedding dress special just for this big day and to be beautiful for their new husband to be.

In the early days, only royalty and people of wealth could really afford the more expensive fabrics. The brides who had to make do, came up with some really exceptional dresses using the fabrics that were on hand.

White was not always the chosen color. It came to be later in history as was adopted to come to mean the bride had virginal qualities. Today, that is no longer the case as many woman who are not virgins get married in white.

During WW2 in the 40's, the white wedding dress pretty much disappeared for a while because of the clothes rationing that was going on in the country to support the war.

During the early sixties, little change was happening on the bridal front. Brides still wore circular skirts, sometimes supported by crinolines, tight sleeves and short veils. The only real change was that the veils became more bouffant, to match the back-combed hairstyles then in vogue. A popular alternative to the coronet was a large single rose, worn high on the forehead, to which the veil was gathered.

The brides of today are ushering in a new century bridal gowns. As wedding fashion continues to evolve separately from the general vogue, people have felt freer to allow full rein for their imaginations, and some wedding parties are not so much in "best" dress as fancy dress, as a theme and fantasy costumes are the order of the day. Which all goes to prove that everyone likes to dress up now and again, and every girl wants her day in the sun and you will see a great variety of wedding and bridesmaid dresses.

What ever you taste or desire in a wedding dress, you can be sure you will be able to find it. Unfortunately with cost of everything skyrocketing these days, getting it new for a lot of brides is not an option. A more financially responsible choice for those who can afford it is to buy it used.

Used wedding dresses are just as good as new and in many cases the only difference is the used dress is typically 50% or more less than a new dress at retail.