# Different Colored Wedding Dresses
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 13, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364 "2011-06-13T22:43:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/21 "2011-06-16T23:44:12Z")
> [@hermette](#):
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> Mine was [red with gold embroidery](http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v359/lalajia/wedding%20pics%20from%20js/?action=view¤t=Dsc_0109.jpg). White would have blended into the scenery too much š
What country were you married in? This is amazingly beautiful.
If I had my druthers, I would have gotten married in [blue](http://www.bestbridalprices.com/love/A11/MidnightBlue.jpg)or[antique gold](http://www.weddingdressgallery.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/gold-wedding-dress1.jpg). I ended up with an ā[ivory white](https://picasaweb.google.com/nashiitashii/AdamNatasha#5618966547100713522)ā instead.
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### Author:  [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/22 "2011-06-17T04:12:36Z")
Amish women still get married in blue dresses, with their usual caps in white. Their aprons are usually white instead of the ordinary black, although sometimes blue. (Men often wear their blue shirts too).
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/23 "2011-06-17T12:14:52Z")
I initially planned to wear a pink dress. I couldnāt find anything I wanted commercially (Iām highly allergic, so I needed cotton or something that wouldnāt itch me), so I thought to have something made. The fabric I looked at and the cost of making it was prohibitive, and the silk gown I ended up with cost less than the pink dress I wanted in the first place.
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/24 "2011-06-17T13:06:50Z")
A family friend whoād grown up in China but was getting married in the USA apparently decided that both white and red had cultural problemsāshe wore gold.
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### Author:  [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/25 "2011-06-18T20:06:32Z")
> [@nashiitashii](#):
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> What country were you married in? This is amazingly beautiful.
Thank you so much, I was hoping someone would ask š
Northern Sweden, up at the [Ice Hotel](http://www.icehotel.com/). It was cool, if you pardon the pun š
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### Author:  [@Chou4555](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chou4555)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2011, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/26 "2011-06-25T12:07:25Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> A family friend whoād grown up in China but was getting married in the USA apparently decided that both white and red had cultural problemsāshe wore gold.
Gold good! Nice!š
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### Author:  [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/27 "2011-06-26T00:46:12Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> It is. Before her (Western) brides married in every colour except black (though black was popular in Scandanavia). Blue was quite popular because of itās association with the Virgin Mary. Most brides didnāt even wear a new dress, just the nicest one they already owned.
In Jane Austenās novels (Regency Era, so pre-Victorian) there are references to brides-to-be buying a new gown for their weddings. However, there was no notion of having a gown _only_ for the wedding ā this was going to be the womanās best gown for the next few years. It may often have been white, but only because white was a trendy color for formal gowns at the time.
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### Author:  [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/28 "2011-06-26T01:53:39Z")
In the _Little House on the Prairie_ books Laura Ingalls was married in black because she and her husband to be wanted to get married quick, before his mother arrived in town. Laura and her own mother had already been working on a black dress, so it was finished hurriedly. She and Almanzo married at the home of the minister, with only two other witnesses, because both felt it would be wrong to have a more formal wedding that deliberately excluded one set of relatives.
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### Author:  [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/29 "2011-06-26T02:25:06Z")
[Indian](http://www.weddinghairstylesideas.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/indian-wedding-hairstyles-pictures-2.jpg) wedding dresses are the prettiest.
If I were to do something crazy like get married, Iād go the [Marie Antoinette route](http://www.weddinginspirasi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/marie-antoinette-wedding-dress-ian-stuart.jpg)ā¦but Iām not a fan of feeling constrained. [Retro](http://www.weddinginspirasi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/short-wedding-dresses.jpg).
I love Ian Stuart, obviously, and he does [country rich](http://newcric.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/wedding-gown-param-collections1.jpg) so well.
And if Vera Wangās model ate about 1,000 burgers, this [green thing](http://www.weddingdresscentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/green-wedding-dress-02.jpg) would be amazing.
I had a yellow knee length dress and the palest blue petticoat picked out for a marriage that didnāt happen. Itās in my closet. Any takers?
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### Author:  [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/30 "2011-06-26T03:11:56Z")
My Mom wore a satiny light blue dress for her second wedding.
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### Author:  [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/31 "2011-06-26T04:01:24Z")
> [@hermette](#):
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> Thank you so much, I was hoping someone would ask š
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> Northern Sweden, up at the [Ice Hotel](http://www.icehotel.com/). It was cool, if you pardon the pun š
Were you by chance featured in the discovery channel show about the Ice Hotel? I just watched it a few months back, fascinating place.
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### Author:  [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/32 "2011-06-27T00:32:53Z")
A friend of mine married in a beautiful, very red gown. Not the most traditional of ceremonies, either- the groom had two groomswomen, and the bride had a bridesman among their attendants. I was one of the groomswomen. I am leaning toward a black and white gown for myself š
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### Author:  [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/33 "2011-06-27T10:59:58Z")
I got married in a deep green dress. I was very keen to avoid a white wedding dress as none of the symbolism that is attached to it is meaningful to me, and so I looked for the colour I looked nicest in and had a dress made from it.
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### Author:  [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/34 "2011-06-27T16:32:09Z")
I wore pink. Mainly because I hate shopping but my mom was all excited about me having a wedding so I bought the first dress I tried on that would fit, and it happened to be pink.
If I had it to do over again Iād stand my ground and wear jeans. Theyād be blue.
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### Author:  [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/35 "2011-06-27T18:40:30Z")
> [@hermette](#):
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> Thank you so much, I was hoping someone would ask š
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> Northern Sweden, up at the [Ice Hotel](http://www.icehotel.com/). It was cool, if you pardon the pun š
Wow. Fabulous location and gorgeous dress.
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### Author:  [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/36 "2011-06-27T19:12:15Z")
I found a dress this weekend that I would have bought for my wedding dress nine years ago if I could have found it then (we were getting married just as chiffon was becoming big for wedding dresses, and I couldnāt find a nice, floaty one like I wanted). I showed it to my husband and said, āThis is the dress I WANTED for our wedding - when you picture me at our wedding, would you mind picturing me in this dress?ā š
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### Author:  [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/37 "2011-06-27T19:16:16Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#):
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> I got married in a deep green dress. I was very keen to avoid a white wedding dress as none of the symbolism that is attached to it is meaningful to me, and so I looked for the colour I looked nicest in and had a dress made from it.
PICS! Please š
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### Author:  [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/38 "2011-06-28T00:18:06Z")
I got married in a Western-style dress that started its life as a fabulous deep teal blue sari with silver embroidery. The sari idea was actually the dressmakerās (Iāve had sari envy for years - I just think so many of them are absolutely beautiful), but I ended up having to debate the color with her because she was, for some bizarre reason, convinced that I wouldnāt feel like a bride if I didnāt wear white. I finally just said "screw it, IāM the bride, dammit, and I donāt care if itās white - I just want it to be _fabulous!"_
I did try on a whole ton of traditional wedding dresses first before going the custom seamstress route, but didnāt find anything that met my criteria, which were a) no stapless, b) no polyester or other synthetic fibers, and c) no huge, white poofy things. Once I realized that I could spend a huge ton of money on something that didnāt fit right and/or didnāt meet one or more of the criteria, and that I wasnāt crazy about anyway, or I could spend a bunch of money and get something made from scratch that I loved, I decided on Plan B.
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### Author:  [@SecondJudith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SecondJudith)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/39 "2011-06-28T14:41:06Z")
That sounds lovely! Iāve always loved teal, but it doesnāt go with my complexion very well. My mother was married in a tea-length frock that looked stunning on her, and Iām highly in favour of the āscrew it, IāM the bride, dammitā approach to wedding dresses! š
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### Author:  [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)
#### Post date: [June 30, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-colored-wedding-dresses/585364/40 "2011-06-30T19:24:46Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#):
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> Were you by chance featured in the discovery channel show about the Ice Hotel? I just watched it a few months back, fascinating place.
No, I think I might have first seen the Hotel on it though! Weddings there are sadly common, itās a bit of a conveyer built industry (I was warned not to do the traditional late-bride thing, or Iād risk losing our slotā¦)
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