| Brides have been distinguished through the history | | | | words... when exists.Contrary to European |
| of manhood for wearing special clothing that | | | | women, brides in America began to save their |
| becomes the focus point of the celebration. The | | | | wedding dress around the last 100 years, and a |
| wedding dress has existed for centuries, | | | | couple of years ago the DAR museum in |
| becoming particularly important in Europe during | | | | Washington, DC, featured the exhibition of the |
| the middle Ages and the Victorian Era.Today, | | | | early wedding gown.The informal wedding dress |
| even the informal wedding dress retains the | | | | evolved to a more elaborate wedding gown |
| symbolism associated with the cultural and | | | | during the 19th century, adding later the tradition |
| traditional heritage of the diverse countries around | | | | of wearing a mother's wedding dress in the |
| the world. In the USA, the wedding dress took | | | | ceremony as a sentimental and acceptable option, |
| the name of the wedding gown and its history | | | | but Victorian traditions are more popular today |
| can be traced back at least for 200 years.The | | | | that they were in those times.In the United |
| British settlement in Jamestown was the scenery | | | | States, a bridal gown influenced by European |
| of the first wedding traditions brought from their | | | | styles was usually only seen in ceremonies held |
| homelands as early as the beginning of the | | | | by wealthy people. There is evidence of multicolor |
| American colonization; however, there is no | | | | wedding dresses available in those early days of |
| register explaining or depicting the bride's clothing.A | | | | the American wedding dress history.However, |
| bridal gown has been always attached with | | | | white became the preferred color for both the |
| different symbolism, including the white color, | | | | informal wedding dress and formal wedding gown |
| white for purity, and something old and blue for | | | | after the famous royal wedding of Queen Victoria |
| good luck of the newly married. The Wedding | | | | and Prince Albert in 1840. |
| dress is like an image, it may worth a thousand | | | | |