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Does a Bride Have to Wear a White Dress to Her Wedding?

Catch My Party 2012/08/24 18:00:00
Yes, “white” says bride like no other color. Why be mistaken for a bridesmaid at your own wedding?
No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, so make it everything you want it to be and screw tradition!
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I’m more of a traditionalist when it comes to wedding dresses. I like white for wedding dresses and the more “princess,” the better. For me, Kim Kardashian’s wedding dress was a huge success, even if her marriage wasn’t. I’m not such a fan of people stepping too far out of the box like Gwen Stefani’s dress from years back. To see some beautiful weddings and gorgeous wedding dresses (mostly traditional but a few non-traditional) check out these weddings on our site.
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  • ♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒ 2012/08/24 21:09:09 (edited)
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    ♒ßεllεchεvεllε®♒
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    Queen Victoria popularized the "white" wedding dress. Before that, royalty and aristocracy wore silver, and everyone else wore their nicest duds. "White" representing purity is something made up within the 20th century. The veil represented purity and innocence...not the color of the dress.



    Personally, I prefer an ivory or cream.



    Anyone who brings "christianity" into it is highly ignorant of their history.
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  • addie Luv♥Luv 2012/08/25 04:54:08
    addie
    +2
    Wow, so much for a bride always being beautiful! lol
    Would you really go to your reception in that dress?
    Sorry.
    Actually, top 2 would be nice for a beach wedding.
    Did I just lose my invite.
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  • Luv♥Luv addie 2012/08/25 05:00:12
    Luv♥Luv
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    Yes, but I would not bend over like this woman is doing. :-)
    Mine would be longer, more knee length. It's a very sweet and sexy dress, I believe.
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  • addie Luv♥Luv 2012/08/25 05:07:20
    addie
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    I can see it the way you describe, that actually does sound really cute. Thanks for not getting mad at me. lol
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  • the jud... Luv♥Luv 2012/08/25 13:52:46
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +1
    You would look fabulous,especially on the beach.Great Touch.
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  • Luv♥Luv the jud... 2012/08/25 14:06:17
    Luv♥Luv
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    TY Which dress, if any, did you like for a beach wedding? One guy said the first two.
    I'm taking a poll...lol
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  • the jud... Luv♥Luv 2012/08/25 14:09:07
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +1
    1 First one
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  • Luv♥Luv the jud... 2012/08/25 14:49:22
    Luv♥Luv
    +1
    1, 3 and 7 are my favs.
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  • the jud... Luv♥Luv 2012/08/25 14:56:01
    the judgebigdogeagle
    +1
    All is great.
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  • Monkeyvet 2012/08/25 04:25:50
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Monkeyvet
    I'm not a traditionalist and color at weddings makes for a more festive event, certainly more memorable. But a word of advise, I would stay away from Red, not a good color to start a life together with.
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  • PurpleTurtle 2012/08/25 04:11:51
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    PurpleTurtle
    +1
    technically the white is for purity/virginity.. and most people arent virgins when they marry so...
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  • C4TSMILEY 2012/08/25 04:10:50
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    C4TSMILEY
    +1
    If I ever get married, I'm wearing purple.
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  • MarcusRP 2012/08/25 04:10:19
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    MarcusRP
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    It's your wedding, not anyone else's.
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  • ★earthbound_misfit★ 2012/08/25 04:03:50
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    ★earthbound_misfit★
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    White is just a fairly recent Western tradition. I say wear whatever color makes you happiest. I would like to have a peach colored wedding dress because that's a color that flatters my complexion. I don't look good in plain white.
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  • Fashionable60s 2012/08/25 03:54:17
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Fashionable60s
    I love Gwen Stefani's Dior designed dress and her marriage is still strong, many years later.
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  • Nekosarethebest 2012/08/25 03:53:54
    Yes, “white” says bride like no other color. Why be mistaken for a bridesmaid...
    Nekosarethebest
    I like that better, but cream is good too.
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  • exhon2009 2012/08/25 03:52:02
    Yes, “white” says bride like no other color. Why be mistaken for a bridesmaid...
    exhon2009
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    White is the color of virginity. Nothing like starting a marriage off on the biggest lie of all.
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  • ▼♥☆Greencone☆♥▼ PB90s 2012/08/25 03:49:34
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    ▼♥☆Greencone☆♥▼ PB90s
    What you wear on your wedding day should be between you and your husband and is no one elses business.
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  • eagle8 2012/08/25 03:34:06
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    eagle8
    +2
    your wedding, your rules
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  • us 2012/08/25 03:26:35
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    us
    +1
    i believe it up to you,
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  • Todd The Libertarian 2012/08/25 03:15:37
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Todd The Libertarian
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    What ever she wants.
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  • anamika 2012/08/25 03:15:10
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    anamika
    +1
    in this day, you would like to wear any color of dress, in which you think you look awesome
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  • Torchy 2012/08/25 03:15:07
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Torchy
    White isn't even really that traditional...it's only 172 years old (old, but not comparatively). It used to just be the best you had in whatever color.

    Regardless, I will wear white. It may not be an old tradition, but it is the only thing I've ever considered since childhood and it's all I want. Plus, my guy says he can't wait to see me in a white dress someday. I love him, I want to give him what he wants as well. It's not just the brides' day.
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  • RoseyRhod 2012/08/25 03:08:20
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    RoseyRhod
    It's your damn wedding. Wear what the hell you want. And by the way, if you ever find out that I'm getting married again, look for the sun to be rising in the North and setting in a hole in the ground. Because I'll get married again when that happens.
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  • sockpuppet 2012/08/25 03:02:47
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    sockpuppet
    Look at the "Big Fat Gypsy Wedding" series... (British TV). Amazing colors.
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  • GothicaVende††aSquiggles\(#... 2012/08/25 02:42:53
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    GothicaVende††aSquiggles\(#_#)/
    +1
    I'm not wearing white. Black is what I really want, anyway.
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  • addie Gothica... 2012/08/25 04:58:31 (edited)
    addie
    I saw a wedding going on once and the colours were root beer and black, basically. I never would have thought to do it myself, but it was so elegant and beautiful. It was outside so it did not look dark and morbid or anything. I never forgot it.
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  • Catnip 2012/08/25 02:39:12
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Catnip
    She can wear whatever she likes.
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  • blackrings70 2012/08/25 02:38:14
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    blackrings70
    +5
    I like these. That "white dress" crap is passé.
    white dress crap pass
    white dress crap pass
    white dress crap pass
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  • addie blackri... 2012/08/25 05:00:17 (edited)
    addie
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    Those are breathtaking, but I cannot see getting married in one of them, you have to be able to really carry off something so dramatic.
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  • blackri... addie 2012/08/25 20:04:17
    blackrings70
    +1
    Yeah, I'm rockin my candle light(its between white and off white) this Dec:D Usually those gowns are very $$$. My daughter wants one like those though:/, better start saving!
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  • doctorwhofan~Tatae~BN-4 2012/08/25 02:32:18
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    doctorwhofan~Tatae~BN-4
    +3
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  • runningintriangles 2012/08/25 02:32:04
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    runningintriangles
    +2
    It's your wedding, dress how you want. You're paying for it, might as well make it perfect for you.
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  • nothingUnreal 2012/08/25 02:23:49
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    nothingUnreal
    +1
    Heck no. There is something to be said for tradition, but personally, I'd vote for plaid. Ever seen Amy Pond in her short skirt?
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  • PandahSixx 2012/08/25 02:22:48
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    PandahSixx
    +1
    I think of a sheer color, like ivory or beige, somthing sheer at the least, but why would you want to wear a different color dress? It's not really going to make a bigger impact colorful wedding dress wedding dress
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  • Vampyrekiss 2012/08/25 02:18:15
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Vampyrekiss
    What I plan to wear to my wedding


    This is what I want for my dress
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  • Serenity the goth. 2012/08/25 02:17:24 (edited)
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Serenity the goth.
    I hate going with traditional all the time mix it up you only live once.
    victorian goth dress
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  • Zero Harte~King of Nothing~ 2012/08/25 02:14:51
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Zero Harte~King of Nothing~
    +1
    Tradition is kind of over rated if you ask me.
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  • **StarzAbove** 2012/08/25 02:01:00
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    **StarzAbove**
    +1
    A bride can choose whatever she wants, but I'm a traditionalist, I would go with the white.
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  • Greg 2012/08/25 01:46:05
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Greg
    It's an fairly recent tradition anyway. You add the word "wedding" to the front of anything and the price doubles. If I ever get married again, we will have the most non-traditional traditional wedding you could have.
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  • Queen Katherine 2012/08/25 01:34:28 (edited)
    No, if you want to wear a different colored dress, go for it! It’s your day, ...
    Queen Katherine
    Before White became the popular color for brides to use as their wedding dress, brides use to wear the finest dress they owned, no matter what color it was. So if a bride wants to have a wedding dress in any other color I think she should be able to.
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