Vintage Wedding Dresses

For centuries, the wedding for a woman was something more than a celebration and a festive date on the calendar. Consequently, the choice of a wedding dress was approached with more zeal than any other dress. It will be interesting to know that white color was not always associated with the wedding. Previously, completely different colors were preferred by the bride. Yes, and styles are very different from those that we used to see on the brides. Excursion to the past world of wedding fashion promises to be interesting, exciting and sometimes even filled with surprise.

The rich decoration of the bride testified to the prosperity of her family, so the most expensive fabrics were chosen to create a wedding dress. Often it was silk or tulle, satin or velvet. On the fabric there was a rich decoration of gold threads and valuable natural fur.

The morals of the past times were strict and demanded that the bride choose as closed a dress as possible. The maximum length was present not only on the skirt, but also on the sleeves as well.

Common colors were natural because they were created on the basis of only natural ingredients. Bright wedding dress scarlet, blue or pink color could be found only on a very wealthy bride.

What kind of jewels did not decorate expensive wedding dresses. In the course were pearls, diamonds, sapphires and emeralds. Their number was sometimes so large that it was difficult to consider the fabric of the dress itself.

The brightest evidence of this fact is the wedding of Countess Margaret from Flanders, whose dress was very heavy due to the large amount of jewelry. They numbered in the thousands. It was impossible to walk in such a dress, so they brought her to church.

With the arrival of the 17th century, the wedding began to wear a rather dynastic role. But this did not at all temper the ardor of the brides, who tried their best to appear before the guests in the most beautiful dresses.

True, these efforts were not always appreciated. Get at least the wedding of Princess Katrina Bragana from Portugal and the English king. The bride did not change the fashion trends of her country and chose a pink dress, which provided for the presence of an inner frame. The British did not understand this decision, although after a while they fell in love with similar wedding dresses.

This period was marked by the high popularity of natural expensive fur in wedding dresses. Only very wealthy ladies who chose mink and sable fur could afford such a finish.

Brides from less wealthy families were content with fox or hare fur. Well, quite poor brides could afford to choose linen fabric for sewing a dress instead of the usual coarse material that was used to create casual wear.

The status of the bride could be judged by the length of the sleeves and the hem on her dress. Ordinary girls, whose wealth was not fabulous, the wedding dress later served as festive clothing, which was dressed for big holidays.

At that time, white was not yet the main color for a wedding dress, although it was considered immaculate.

Due to its impracticality and margins, pink and blue were predominant. By the way, it was precisely the blue color that was associated with the virginity of the Virgin Mary herself. This custom has reached modern brides from English-speaking countries, who inevitably make an element of blue in their outfit.

Pink was also often present in wedding dresses.Take, for example, the bridesmaid dress of Joseph Nolekes (British sculptor), which, although it was created from white fabric, but pink flowers richly decorated it. The dress was complemented by very high for that time shoes (as much as 8 cm) with the same pink embroidery. Despite its unusual and extravagance, such an outfit attracted all fans of wedding fashion, and women of fashion took it into service.

Another categorical color was black, which carried mourning undertones. Even the guests tried not to dress him so as not to make trouble for the young. Yellow color has just begun to appear in the world of wedding fashion, reviving and flourishing with a new force after it was declared pagan in the 15th century.

The poorest brides had nothing left to do but dress gray or brown dresses, which were the most practical and non-marking. One hundred years have passed and the gray color became associated with the servant.

The beginning of the 19th century brought with it a fashion for ribbons that were richly decorated with wedding dresses. They were multi-colored and each guest tried to tear off one ribbon to himself in memory of such a significant event.

Some time passed and the ribbons were replaced with flowers. Beautiful bouquets were brought by guests to congratulate the young, and the bride held no less beautiful floral arrangements in their hands. Flowers decorated the dress and hair of the bride.

It was at this time that they began to sew dresses that even remotely, but all resembled modern models. Machine creation of materials began, the active import of Indian-made fabrics began, and the first wedding models with a veil, openwork gloves and jewelry appeared.

The most popular fabric was satin, which was decorated with pearls and natural rock crystal. Under the sunset of this century, narrow skirts began to come into fashion.

Something like this developed wedding fashion, passing through a thorny path. You, modern brides, are very lucky, you were born in an era devoid of prejudices, strict morals and a limited choice of wedding dresses.