The Colorful History of Wedding Gowns 

That probably has some connection to Hestia or Vesta. Its gotta be.

​@@beemel5734 Yeah this does seem legit tho I haven't looked into it.

Indeed, Vesta was the keeper of the home, so a bride in Rome wore flame colors and even dyed their palms and soles orange sometimes (possibly to mimic ash on the hands, once again, a la Vesta)@@beemel5734

Keepers of the hearth. A womans' epitaph was often no more than; 'She weaved wool and kept the hearth'

Like the song, "ain't no sunshine when she's gone".

They seriously were though- She's such an icon, we just couldn't find a better name to give to her era, her husband's piercing is now named after him, and they informed several sensibilities we still hold dear to this day!

It was an engraving, not a picture photo - It’s a marvellous little image! You forgot to mention Albert sent them to schools and army barracks - That man was truly a visionary!

@@purplepedantry I still can't get over the piercing lol

​@@erinw.9256what piercing may i ask? "albert piercing" is something i expect google to have few results on

@@purplepedantry…and also the worst drug dealer in history

At first I was like 😬 but you just put a great backdrop and context on it, I’m sold!

Although I’m not a giant fan of the meaning behind it. If they replaced “home” with “marriage” or something, then we’d be cooking with gas instead of some regressive caveman shit

Me too girl! I don't even have a partner however I know the tree I want to get married under in my favorite park😂 a yellow veil will be perfect!

@@Sarah-re7cg I mean, home, family, what’s the difference?

⁠​⁠@@Sarah-re7cgsomeone dubbing the word home as “regressive caveman shit” is something I never thought I’d hear in my life.

Your mom sounds cool

Red is the go-to for Bengali brides, as it's considered sacred in Hinduism. ❤

especially when that "tradition" doesn't have any religious backing and if it did it would probably make MORE sense to wear red or gold for their symbolism

It's funny because that is tradition in most of south Asia lol

I already decided that I wanna wear an African style dress to my wedding if I ever do get married

Ha! I love this! Also, I love your profile picture. The amount of pink speaks to my soul❤️🩷

I love that mentality! Literally tho I kinda hate that crazy people took it to mean purity or something. Like purity is cool and all (like if you’re religion or you personally value it, by all means), but some people are weirdly obsessed with it and those are normally the people that want to be offended and look for things to be offended by.

​@@maddiemcnugget1076 i feel the same. I understand and respect the sentiment but in my country white is strictly prohibited during festivals and reserved for funerals and mourning so it's weird for me.

And the association with Queen Victoria says a lot as when we think of the black clothing of "Victorian" times, that was after Albert died, and Britannia mourned with her.

​@@fetishartist137 There's a reason we use the same term for Art and Architecture in her day to also mean people who see the brokenness of the world and find the beauty of the dark parts.

Hindu weddings usually are expected to be vibrant so the bride wears colors varying from red, orange, yellow, green, pink etc. Only black or Grey colors are not worn by anyone, be it the couple or the Guests. There's many Hindu rituals that happen which are conducted by a Priest who recited Mantras. Now of course wedding customs vary in different parts of India but in a Tamil Hindu wedding, usually the husband ties the blessed nuptial thread around the wife's neck and then they walk around the sacred fire with held hands and then seek the blessings of the respective groom and bride's parents. Then many other austerities take place depending on the region. Usually the couple visits the temple after the above stated ceremony. Sometimes the wedding itself takes place in the temple. There's plenty of music. In the traditional style we have an ensemble playing the Nadhaswaram, Mridangam, Thavil etc where they play religious prayers and Carnatic songs. During the tying of the nuptial the fast piece called the Gettimelam is played and the priest chants a specific verse(Mangalyam Thanthunanena Mamajeevana Hetuna......). Also the nuptial is passed on to the guests for blessings before tying. And during the tying the guests shower the couple with flower petals. The bride wears a colorful saree with Gold jewelery while the groom wears a white Dhoti/Veshti and white Shirt. Also there's a pre wedding engagement called the Nichyadhartham where the families of the groom and bride exchange gifts and officiate the engagement with the priest. The invitations are then handed out after the to-be-couple exchanges the rings.

It's a very diverse thing and there are many more customs in the Tamil tradition alone, let alone from all states of India one can imagine how diverse it'd be. Another interesting fact is that the tying of the nuptial takes place at a said timing which is said to be the auspicious hour which may be in the early morning at 3-4 am sometimes or even on the afternoon depending on the day. In some Tamil styles, the husband and wife sit on a special swing as a metaphor to their togetherness for eternity.

The region I'm from in india women wear Red lehenga choli with gold embellishments in their weddings (not sarees) They _CAN_ wear a colour other than Red, (never black , white, silver or gray) but the elderly women will definitely show their apprehension lol

Hindu weddings are always about happiness and prosperous

@KingAlphaOmega while growing up, my neighbors were Hindu. They had 3 children and all 3 had arranged marriages. The two oldest went back to India to meet their future spouse and get married. Then they came back to the US. The youngest child refused. He met someone, got married and took off. His parents were so upset and they didn't talk for years, but they mended their relationships. This was in the late 70's when they all got married. I was actually surprised that arranged marriages were still a thing but it still is going on to this day. I worked with a girl who was getting tired of never finding Mr. Right, she's Hindu also, and she finally told her parents that they can find her a husband and arrange everything. She did and so far she's very happy. She also had the most beautiful wedding attire, red and lots of gold!!

So the internet has perhaps another decade or two to be grandfathered..?

Why does the internet have to label everything an effect or paradox

​@@DevPatel-hg3ywit's just a label for a phenomenon, phenomenons often referred as "effect".

​@@DevPatel-hg3ywwhen there is an effect or paradox, that's usually what people will call it

​@@DevPatel-hg3ywthat phenomenon is much, much older than the internet. Your lack of interest in the proper history of things, is not the internets fault.

Like China! XD

​@@movedaccoutIndia too

And the Philippines (at least, in most regions, I think)

In Morocco widows wear white. They say it's Islamic but not everybody does it. In some regions they wear black.

​@@sparklemotion8377Bruh there is nothing Islamic about widows wearong white, tehse people istg

This is such a beautiful thing to say about your loved one! All the best to you both 🩷

You are absolutely lovely and I bet your wife is just as sweet. The way you speak about her shows how much you treasure her in your life. I hope she knows how lucky she is, because we know you feel quite fortunate too!! ❤ This gives me hope for my fiance and our kids' future! Thank you for spreading that love all the way to us. 🙏 Wishing you both happiness, good health, and peace . 🙏

Aww I hope y'all have a wonderful marriage! ❤

@@SarahGraceBennett going on 6 years so far, and couldn’t be happier

Solid comment and solid username. I love reading comments like this ❤ all the best to you both

This !!

Or just go naked? 💀

I can't wear anything because I'll never get married😢

@@Alisonsgachaverse well...who told you that?? 😭🤧

@@arnav_1290r nobody I just know for a fact I'll never get married because I only fall for famous people that have died 😭

People only cling to traditions when it benefits them or to use it as a weapon.

​@@Lillyswords Seriously! Just try looking at the background of most elements in modern Purity Culture. You won't get much further than a century ago at most unless you're really reaching. The same goes for Nationalism, Yank 'Patriotism' & Evangelicalism, modern Theocratic Rule, etc.

Like pink for girls and blue for boys. Wasn't a thing until Jacqueline Kennedy. It was the other way around

@@zellafae So how did Jacqueline Kennedy change it around? Real Q.

​@@zellafaei thought that was because of germany in 1940s because of the pink triangles!? 😵‍💫 guess i may be wrong. ill look into it.

Ooo I love the flip in dress color norms between you and the bridesmaids!

Sounds so beautiful 😭💚

That sounds so pretty. Tasteful, creative and artistic. Wish people used more original ideas for weddings!

That would be the coolest, wearing a dress you yourself made in your wedding. ❤ Hope you make that happen!

Wedding dresses are traditionally red in Pakistan too, Also red being a lucky color is so cool And best of luck 🤞

Whereas white is for mourning

In India it's red too

It would be so lovely if Chinese people went back to their various beautiful traditions and traditional garments, especially for wedding traditions. Westernised homogenised weddings are so boring.

Goth Grandmas

@@tomrogue13 Gothmas

​@@supercelllover7695Gomas

Black was worn in our family because they were farmers and white would have gotten dirty easier. The wedding dress would have been new and worn on Sundays until it wore. Then it would be a work and go to town dress until it became raggs.

@@dolliscrawford280 I believe mine were farmers too. (But still well off enough to have their photo taken) Norway, early 1900s.

If that’s you in the avatar, you’d look so beautiful in that!

I love yellow too but My dress is going to be traditional white with pastel yellow flowers

@sonofhibbs4425 Thank you for the compliment! Made my day 🥰

@@jocelynecupcake It will be so pretty! 🌼🥺🌼

Depends on the culture. I am assamese hindu. We wear white sarees.... Edit: A lot of people are confused as to why we wear "widow's" colour. The sarees are not completely white. They have gold thread patterns on them.

Yup we odias wear yellow ( with red accents ) , a color associated with lord jagannath's clothes ( peetambar )

Red, white and other colours*

Not all Indians, just Hindus.

​@@bonbonbonitaWell, India is a Sanatan(what you call hindu) Civilisation.

Lilac would be a great color!

If it's a good color for the person wearing it. Some people just don't look good in some colors

i'm gonna wear it

@@nr1877 I'm sure you'll look beautiful in it. Congratulations 💜

My dress was lilac & white, and all my accessories were lilac. Spouse wore white & purple. Guests wore whatever they wanted, but most everyone wore some shade of purple or had lots of purple accessories. The pictures are so nice & everyone had fun with it.

Ooh, which country? That sounds beautiful

Why do many people leave 'where I'm from..." comments but not share where that is?

Transylvania? Bulgaria?

That sounds kick ass!

​@@nataliebutlerikr

Black, white and grey seem to be pretty universally accepted as mourning appropriate.

In 1940s movies, you often see women get married in a suit.

Literally said, "ooh, *lovely*," out loud. They both sound great.

Same!!!

I suppose people of the Mediterranean would look good in such garments. Me- I would look like sick. 😞 Those are not my colors at all (neither is optic white btw).

@@thekingsdaughter4233 yes, same... sometimes you can get away with wearing such colours if you don't wear them near your face, keep the chest and shoulders a flattering neutral colour.

'Married in black, you'll wish yourself back' was always amusing to me. Lol Also fun fact: if you think about the red rhyme "married in red, you'll wish yourself dead." and realize Lydia Deets' wedding dress in Beetlejuice is red...

​@Amy_Dunn what if you get married in orange

@@Kyle-nm1kh There isn't one for orange, lol probably because there is no rhyme for orange, they also didn't have a rhyme for purple either. Edit: also for a long time in history Orange was called "Yellow-Red" until the fruit started to become more prevalent. Like how violet and periwinkle are color names taken from the flowers, not the other way around.

@Amy_Dunn I'd want my chick to get married in green to symbolize nature Get married in green, don't make a scene

@@Kyle-nm1kh married in green, ashamed to be seen Edit: not shade, that's the proper rhyme for it in the superstition

Even though it's funeral music. 😂

Both this and Mendelssohn’s Wedding March from Midsummer Night Dream. I believe Diana also popularized Canon in D to be used in weddings.

love it. by the way, the first non-white dress in the video is actually Minang (West Sumatra ethnics of Indonesia) dress

I am curious, what kind of color is „dark“ exactly? 🤔

​​@@karadiberlinothe color was dark

​@@karadiberlinoi'm indonesian but not javanese so i might be mistaken. from what i knew usually it could be black, dark brown, or brown, maybe has white or beige for details. so it will make great contrast with the gold colored part.

Saveages

@gubgub3275 think you spelt that wrong gub gub

@@gubgub3275 bro shut up

I also thought it was silly when ppl judged women who did wear white if they were not virgins or had kids from a previous relationship. People wear whatever colors they want at their wedding for whatever reason.

​@@valsballoonsandbusiness Yep, it's the idea that a man sexually penetrating a woman makes her "not pure" somehow (and yet it doesn't also make the guy not pure....again, *somehow*.) Ridiculous misogynistic bullshit! I'm glad more women are wearing whatever colors they would like to their wedding ✨

it’s kind of a joke to even imply/assume all the adult women who wear white are even virgins today…probably not even back then except when they were marrying off 12 year olds 🤢

​@samaraisnt back in the day they were virgins.

@@us3rG I know. I mean, when I wear a wedding dress, I sure hope I still am "pure," but I don't think I need a dress to signify that much. I believe it's more of a subject between man, wife and God. I'd prefer the rest of the room not really know that kind of information. They don't know my story, all they need to know is that I love my husband and my God.

I have my Grandma's engagement ring (diamond solitaire set in platinum with a 22ct band) from the 1930s. It's as 'traditional' as you can get however it's worthless as it's not brilliant cut but Old European.

​@@lace__w5957European cuts are not worthless. They are actually coming back into style. My vintage 30s diamond ring appraised for several thousand.

Nope. My great-grandmother gave me her engagement ring. She lived to be 100 years old and was born in 1865. You are so wrong.

My mom is a real lady of tradition and got really put-off when I told her I didn't want a diamond ring. "But that's what an engagement ring IS", like, not if I don't want it do be💀

@@nugget9245 Prior to the marketing campaign the tradition was to use the gem associated with the brides birth month. Was your great-grandmother born in April by any chance?

A lot of bad ones since she lost her husband. I watched a documentary on it.

😂 killing the economyies, and destroying ancient art

It predated her in its association to mourning but she popularized it in modern times. Same with the Christmas tree, it originated in Germany and predates her and her family, but they were instrumental in introducing the tradition to the wider public and it continued to spread from there.

Congrats bro, hope someday I can find a wife too

That's a pretty colour 😃

I went to a Christmas wedding held in a medieval castle; the bride wore purple velvet with a faux ermine trim and medieval style flower ringlet veil. She looked fabulous.

​@@kendrickbritto8556 it's over

The color of royalty. It is fitting.

Maybe that is your family, but a lot of people these days wear what they want. Many in the U.S. , England, France, etc. do like white. Not just for purity either. 😮

@kokoro_suisen That is your culture. Let us have ours.

@kokoro_suisen That's fine that a bride could wear black for all I care. But there has been the tradition in white dresses for the west for well over 150 years and I like it for a number of reasons. Also, a man commenting on a woman wearing a white dress seems a bit odd to me.

@@kokoro_suisen The person talking in the video is a man. His choice of vernacular and tone is degrading at least toward white dresses. White dresses came in during Queen Victorias time. She wore a white dress to her wedding and got married in 1840. That was partly what started it all. I am not here to educate people who insist they are right when they know nothing and complain about e erything. Media buffoons.

What is so bad about the purity culture?

That's still a thing... People can wear whatever they want to their wedding (and they really do) anyone that choose to follow a particular fashion or tradition CHOOSE to do so. (I guess people not consenting to a wedding would be the only exception but in that case there are bigger issues to discuss than what they wore)

I think the trend is definitely leaning that way now, it's just that a lot of people grew up envisioning white as the wedding color, in Western countries at least. Now more than ever you see a lot of "nontraditional" gowns. Personally I wore black, like I do every single other day lolol.

​​@@Ares_VTo be fair when you are young you believe into what you are raised with. It takes a while of life experience to sort out the bs.

We had a wedding at all for the family. I wore a white wedding dress because it made his mother happy. You do what works for you.

@@kyliecowan3879 congratulations!! happy married life for you!!! i hope you live a peaceful life!! ;))

We wore off the rack clothing and our guests wore clothes they already had. Hawaiian shirts, khaki slacks, tropical skirts... My grandma wore a nautical themed skirt. I think she was also the only guest with proper shoes on. Including the officiant, there were 9 people, I think. Maybe the best wedding ever ❤

We decided to marry after five years of living together. We had our wedding under a huge oak tree in my favorite park. It was billed as a "family picnic" and everybody brought their favorite picnic dishes. It was hot in the summer and we urged people to wear their favorite, climate-appropriate clothing. In place of a wedding gift, we just asked everyone to come with a dish for everyone to share. It was perfect.....except for the little blip that the pastor turned out to be a multiple murderer. Rev. Arthur Schirmer. Memorable for all the WRONG reasons.....It just doesn't seem appropriate for God's speaker at the ceremony. I'm not sure how formal his relationship with God is. We would have been better off being married by one of the park attendants. The last thing on our minds was "checking out" the PASTOR. Simple and casual is fine....just....watch who you choose to do the ceremony.

@@valkyrie1066 thanks for sharing your story! Hope the Rest of your Life would be Wonderful!!

Indeed, in a normal world. Today rainbow unfortunately means something else.

@@user-ru1kifirst, it's not at all "unfortunate" that rainbow is associated with lgbtq. second, just because it's associated with it doesn't mean it can't change - after all, Queen Victoria wore a dress that was considered a mourning color for her wedding.

@@luciasong2350 Right, it is not unfortunate but absolutely horrible.

​@@user-ru1kiokay troll

@@user-ru1ki that's not really what I meant. i don't really see why you would consider that association negative.

Yeah would love to see the stats that diamond execs are passing around at their meetings these days. They must be terrified lol

My wedding band is mostly sapphires, and I am nearly 50. It’s a little unusual, but I love color.

I asked a gold band with flower engravings, no stone. I work with my hands for a living, I didn’t want to have to always be careful! And I hate the competitive culture with stone size. My husband was so happy he hugged me and said “thank you thank you” 😂

Diamonds are really not that precious of stones if you want to invest in jewelry make sure 14kt or higher just remember kt softer gold ✨️✨️

​@@CG-MP I'm not from a culture with diamond engagement rings; but I heard that the diamond was the wife's insurance (before life insurance was a thing I guess)? If her husband died (or divorced her), she could sell the diamond and use the money for a new start- a small business opportunity, perhaps. 🤷

It's common knowledge in Western culture where the white dresses originated. Sort of like it's probably common knowledge in your culture to not give chrysanthemums for a wedding but there's no taboo about that in the West. Every culture has it's standard practices, amd while it's not necessarily expected to learn all of them, it's usually assumed that when you take on another culture's practices you should learn a bit about them. If an American woman wears a kimono for her wedding, we expect her to prepare the proper accessories and for the belt to be tied properly. If she had her obi tied in the front or something people would definitely comment on it. Probably end up on a fb post about wedding fails. In western culture, white dresses are strongly associated with weddings. Anything can ne classified as "bridal" just by turning it white. Even casual clothes that are obviously not made for weddings can be viewed as wedding clothes just by someone implying it. White business suit instead of dress? "Courthouse wedding". Kpop idol in a white tracksuit? "Casual sporty wedding". White picnic dress? " Low key Beach wedding". White bikini? "Sexy beach wedding photos". Regular clothes with white veil? "Poor/low key but deeply in love wedding". Again, we shouldn't expect everyone in the world to know everything about Western culture, but this is a Western culture and history channel. I try not to go into cultural learning channels and roll my eyes at the idea they might assume a basic level of cultural knowledge or respect from their viewers. I don't see a reason to flaunt my ignorance and show my disrespect, I just try to learn.

Also, in case it didn't come out clearly, I'm not trying to compare Japanese kimonos to Chinese hanfu or anything else, I just used that example because it's just a common choice for Western exoticism and a frequently brought up cultural taboo commited by Westerners. If it was more common for Americans to wear saris I might have said something about improperly wrapping them or misusing henna or bindi. It's a big world but it's full of things to learn, about each other and everything else. You don't have to agree with it to try to understand it.

That’s an original Bob Mackie dress currently on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Google his designs and you won’t be disappointed ❤

Late but that's the Minang (West Sumatran tribe, Indonesia) wedding dress, the men wear the same color palette albeit slightly different headwear

That's amazing. Did you have a traditional-ish ceremony?

@@_magnify yes and no. My first wedding was in a field in rural Iowa with 10 people in June 2020 for reasons you can guess. We had to get married to start applying for my husbands green card. But my family really wanted to see us married in a church eventually plus my grandmas kidneys were failing and I wanted her to see me married. and so in January 2021 we had a winter themed (also tiny) wedding in my childhood church where I wore my pale blue (with pockets!) dress. My husband is on the spectrum and wasn’t comfortable with fancy clothes so he just wore his usual clothes and my grandparents cried happy tears the whole time. It was the best! It probably looked like a weird party from the outside, and everyone still had to wear masks but it was very special to us. I have the flowers saved and dried still. It was traditional as we could make it having only spent about a month planning it hahahaha

And not only in the west! I see brides in the far East wearing their culture's traditional wedding outfits, then ALSO putting on a fancy white western wedding dress!

funny how red is the symbol of the devil, while it is universally recognized as the color of love... humans be making things up and restricting themselves in their own thinking 🫠

In India also wedding dresses are mostly red.

haha totally. 200 years ago a queen decided to decorate a yew tree for Christmas and the rest is history. 😂

Blue, at least in the west, was in considered a female colour. Pink was though of as light red and suitable for boys until at least the 1950s.

@@nataliebutler also very true, I always find it funny when people stuck to the modern view even though it has only been like that since the 50s. Thank you for adding that info that I forgot I knew lol

​@@nataliebutlerpink was considered boyish because of the christ child. It was common to portray baby jesus in pink in the west because it was considered softer shade of red (red and white were popular colors for adult Jesus Christ in art)

@@AngelicOblivion90 I always forget things like this, thank you for adding this

Same! I had a tropical print dress and he wore a Hawaiian shirt.

In the Christian religion we also wear white. Probably because of queen Victoria as in the Bible white is the color of death.

You still get to wear it sometimes? Wow, your Master is so generous. Let me know if you need a sock.

Well, after his death, Queen Victoria wore black for the rest of her life because it is traditional for mourning.

I think she just wanted to stand out and be unique, much like anyone today whose culture traditionally wears white wearing another color. Going against tradition or doing something nobody has seen before can be fun.

Nope. She and her bridesmaids wore white so they would stand out, they even changed the time of the wedding from the standard at the time which was in the evening to the morning so more people could see her. Victoria was actually the one who proposed to her husband, they were like, really in love and had a crazy amount of babies 😭

​@@meeksiecore8284Yes, because she loved making them. She actually despised babies :-/

​@@meeksiecore8284But yes, she absolutely adored him.

Yes! The first one on this video is actually one of Indonesia's ethnics wedding dress.

South America too

This is racist. Every ethnic group have their own beautiful wedding dresses. Not just asians.

Regular people were wearing white before the Victorian era. They had multiple ways to keep it clean.

@@melodyclark1944This is just what I had heard a couple times previously. Also, I doubt they were wearing nice white clothes while doing labor

@@brookepearson Women's underclothes that needed to be washed frequently was white. Men commonly wore white shirts. Babies commonly wore white dresses. People do like to say white is easily dirtied as if chlorine bleach wasn't invented in 1789 and they had ways to naturally bleach whites before that like boiling and lye or ammonia.

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Minang and Palembang brides competes about which one have the heaviest headresses 😂 Welp, i would love to see my future bride to wear the latter.

That is the wedding exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston!