Wedding dress
A wedding dress or wedding gown is the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony. The color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the bride.
History
The origin of wedding dress is from the Roman Empire period. When the Christian religion spread to Europe, wedding ceremony was held the church and a bride wore a wedding dress. In the Middle Ages, all most wedding dresses were black with white veil because of religion. It changed white dress and veil in the 1840s. This style of dress spread to Asia when Europen culture came there.
Types of dress
Slender line is a dress which is tight along a person's body. The Mermaid line is similar to slender line. It looks like a mermaid. A line looks like an "A" from the waist to foot. Like these, today there are so many kinds of wedding dress.
Decoration
The veil is the most popular decoration. It is used for covering the face or head of women. There are special long white gloves. People use various length glove suiting their dress. A woman usually carries a small bunch of flowers, called a bouquet.
Wedding Dress Media
Wedding dress from 1891. Until the late 1960s wedding dresses reflected the styles of the day; since then they have often been based on Victorian styles.
Detail from The Marriage by Nicolo da Bologna, 1350s.
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Helena Fourment, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens, painted by Rubens in her wedding dress, 1630.
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Sophia Magdalena of Denmark's wedding dress, 1766. The Royal Armoury in Sweden.
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Traditional Kazakh wedding dress
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Traditional Armenian wedding dress
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18th-century wedding dress from Kymi, Greece (Collection of PFF, Nauplio)
