Why are Wedding Dresses White?

For centuries, wedding dresses have traditionally been white. This wasn’t always the case and modern-day brides sometimes choose to have other colors. As is the case with many traditions and habits, the royal families of various countries set the marriage guidelines years ago. Though brides were often married in their best dress, no matter the color, a member of the royal family getting married in white persuaded a large number of women to follow suit.

Some have suggested that the color of the wedding dress determines your future with your spouse. White is supposed to indicate that the bride has made the correct choice. Others point to the influence of the major magazines and fashion designers who decided, for whatever reason, that wedding dresses should be white. Consumers followed this lead and the standard was set.

There is a myth that also calls for a white wedding dress if the bride is a virgin. It’s difficult to determine where this idea got its start. But brides have often followed this guideline (or wore white anyway, just to calm the gossip).

There may be no answer for this question that will satisfy everyone. But you can be sure that brides will continue to wear white wedding dresses in the future, for one of the reasons we have mentioned.