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WHY DO NON VIRGINS WEAR PURE WHITE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY?
I think they should keep it real and wear black or even dingy...
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White wedding dresses were not a tradition until in 1840, after the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg, when Victoria wore a white gown trimmed with Honiton lace. Illustrations of the wedding were widely published, and many brides began choosing white also in accordance with the Queen's choice.
So white became a popular option after 1840. This means anytime before that, wedding dresses could be any color. White was not even considered a wedding color before that at all. A white wedding dress was unheard of before Queen Victoria started it. It is now the traditional color due to all of us copy cats. So think for a moment of any virgin women marrying before 1840. Their dress might have been blue, purple, red, yellow but does that mean that they were saying they were not virgins at their marriage because they wore something other than white? See my reasoning? It's not the color that matters, just that a wedding dress has always been the best dress a female owned, could borrow or afford to buy. So often it was nothing more than what we'd consider a bridesmaid dress or a Sunday church dress. There is no logic behind the choice of white over colors. Maybe it was thought to look prettier and make a lady look like a fairy princess. Don't even think that a priest saying that the white signifies the brides purity at her wedding is the way its always been. That was a symbolism a pastor was looking for one day, mentioning a virgin wore white to symbolize her purity. Talk about inequality! What if the man getting married was also a virgin. Why hasn't the groom worn all white too at his wedding. Oh no...the usual attire for a groom has always been a black tux. Does that mean even if he is a virgin himself that he is stating he has sown way more wild oats than the usual guy because he is so depraved he has to wear black? Again, what the groom wears is also tradition. Hope this clears things up for you. If ever curious as to how the tradition of having bridesmaids and grooms men got started, I think you will be very surprised. That tradition is older than the white wedding dress one. Just ask me by going to my column and clicking to post a message to me. Look for Dragonflymagic if interested.
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I see your point but times have changed. Wearing a white wedding gown no longer means the bride is q virgin. When a white wedding gown did mean purity the bride and groom spent their wedding night at the parents home of the bride where they would consummate their marriage. In the morning the brides mother would take the bed sheet and off the bed to look for a blood stain. Mom would then hang the sheet out the window to tell the village that her daughter was indeed a virgin. That is no longer done anymore as times have changed.
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