Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
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Wedding dresses
History of Wedding Dresses
It may seem as if brides have been getting married in white forever, but this is not the case. The trend of wearing an all white wedding dress dates back to royalty of Victorian times. Before that, brides wore their best dress. The color and materials of the dress varied depending on a woman's social status.
Wedding Gowns Way Back When
Even though colors and styles have changed throughout the years, brides have always dressed in their best for the occasion. Royalty and those with a high social standing always dressed at the height of fashion, sparing no expense. Those who had limited means still treated a wedding as a special occasion and dressed as formally as their budgets allowed.
Ancient Times
In ancient times, many weddings were economic unions rather than the joining of two people in love. However, ancient brides still chose to symbolize their happiness by wearing brightly colored wedding garments. The wedding kiss was considered legally binding and represented acceptance of the contract of marriage by the bride and groom.
Medieval Times
During Medieval times, the wedding was still more than just a union between two people. It often represented a union between two families, two businesses and even two countries. Weddings were often arranged and more a matter of politics than love. A bride had to dress in a manner which cast her family in the most favorable light, since she wasn't only representing herself.
Medieval brides of an elevated social standing wore rich colors, expensive fabrics and often had gems sewn into the garment. It was common to see well-to-do brides wearing boldly colored layers of furs, velvet and silk. Those of a lower social standing wore fabrics that weren't as rich, though they copied the elegant styles as best they could.
The Wedding Bonnet
One small token she might be able to afford was a white wedding bonnet. She would wear a dress that could be worn again and again for special occasions but her wedding bonnet could be kept as a special memento in remembrance of her wedding day. The picture on the left is an example of this.
By the last decades of the nineteenth century it was more possible for young women to wear a white dress simply because the fabric needed was affordable and readily available. Even in remote areas could be ordered through a catalog. In addition Buttrick and later McCall's patterns were available so anyone with sewing skills could make their own dress or someone in the family could make it for them. As the twentieth century proceeded the wearing of a white bridal gown became more and more common.
Quilts have long been made either for a wedding gift or actually made by the bride herself in anticipation of marriage. Although the patterns used varied greatly one that was popular in the mid 19th century was the appliqued Rose of Sharon Quilt pattern. "The name of the block comes from the song of Solomon: "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.' The verses are generally recognized as celebrating the passion and love between a man and a woman and honoring the sacrament of marriage."
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
Wedding Pakistani Dresses Dresses Suits Mehndi Designs Pic Jewellery Mehndi Lehengas 2013
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