Interesting Origin Wedding Dress and Its Changing Points

Although there is a wedding ceremony since ancient times in most countries in the world, but the history the bride should wear a wedding dress at the wedding is no more than 200 years. The prototype of short bridesmaid dress can be dating back to the ancient Greek aristocratic dynasty’s bell-shaped and overall tight fitted dress.

Now white silk dress and lace bridal gowns for the brides to wear was originally a Catholic service. Since ancient times some European countries are theocratic state, people get married have to go to church for the priest or pastor 's prayer and blessing, this can be considered formal legal marriage, so the bride wore white clothes to show sincere and pure to God.

19th century in Western countries, there is no dress color specifications when young girls get married, until 1840, Britain's Queen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria, 1819-1901) got married, put on a beautiful white dress made by Chinese brocade, trailing up to 18 feet and topped with white veil, pure white from head to toe stunning the audience. It quickly became a widespread major fashion; wearing white wedding dress of western wedding bride has gradually become popular.

Nowadays, some people do not understand the origins of the wedding dress and bridesmaid dress online, making the bride’s wedding dress into pink or light blue color for his ingenuity, to show gorgeous. In fact, according to Western customs, only remarried women, the wedding can use pink or sky blue and other colors to show the difference with the first marriage.




The original wedding design is not very complicated. Vertical lines high waist skirt, pleated sleeves and low-opened neckline, as if that was a replica of popular clothing styles. Silk and satin fabrics are the main wedding dress materials. Later, wedding style is long to ankle, front panels with straight cut skirt, rear slopes are laden with another piece of skirt mopping the floor, so that the bride has angel-like grace. After the wedding type and style when the bride walked on the red carpet at the church. The following beach wedding dresses gowns became more various. To the late 19th century, the texture of wedding dress became soft, double crepe and taffeta was most popular among brides.

Early 20th century, the wedding began shorter, also involved skirts feature which allows the bride has a unique style in a wedding dance. When it comes to the 1930s, tight wedding dress trend became popular, so that the bride is more charming. 1940s, simple-cut wedding dress style, heart-shaped neckline and long sleeves gloves become a trend. To the 1960s, the length of wedding dress was shorter; some even were not much difference from the “mini", linen and cotton raw materials became most popular. The wedding dress in 70s, showed a deep sense of nostalgia, multi- pleated, lace several overlapping peaks, highly decorative, with soft flesh-colored fabric -based. The 1990s, design broke the traditional great switch swing design and draw the popular fashion design features. The upper outer garment was generally tight-fitting; skirt portion had cheongsam style, miniskirt style, and a practical modular wedding dress, the bride to the church during the day can mix all the style by their own.