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Who was the first famous woman who wore a special wedding dress when she got married?
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#69681. Asked by loominitsa. (Aug 14 06 12:40 PM)
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What-A-Mess
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Are not all wedding dresses "special"?
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gdec1
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Queen Victoria
In modern tradition, the color of western-culture wedding dresses is white. Used in this sense, 'white' or 'wedding white' includes creamy shades such as eggshell, ecru and ivory. The popularity of this color can be traced back to 1840 and the marriage of Queen Victoria to Albert of Saxe-Coburg. The Queen chose to wear a white gown for the event. The official wedding portrait photograph was widely published and many brides opted for a similar dress in honor of that choice. The tradition continues today. Prior to the Victorian era a bride was married in any colour except black (the colour of mourning) or red (which was connected with prostitutes). The white dress came to symbolize purity of heart and the innocence of childhood. Later attribution suggested that the colour white symbolized virginity which is false. However it was originally the colour blue that was connected to purity.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_dress
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zbeckabee
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http://www.geocities.com/e2davies/brides.html
Catherine of Braganza at her wedding to Charles II of Britain in 1662, when her pink farthingale was castigated as dowdy, and her hairstyle as peculiar.
Mrs. Joseph Nollekens was much admired in 1772 in her saque gown of brocaded white silk embroidered with delicate pink flowers.
The "traditional" wedding garb as we know it today first appeared in the late eighteenth century. With the introduction of machine made fabrics and cheap muslins imported from India, and styles inspired by the classical world, by 1800 the white dress with a veil was definitely the one to wear. As usual with fashion, it began in London, spread to other cities and towns and eventually to country areas. Princess Charlotte gave it royal approval at her marriage to Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg in 1816. In 1840 Queen Victoria chose white silk and Honiton lace for her own wedding, and made it the virtual rule. The Queen was the first royal bride to have bridesmaids to carry her train too, which also set a fashion.
http://www.geocities.com/e2davies/brides.html
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Lilady
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How about Grace Kelly? She was famous, just don't know if she was the first.
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Allergic2Life
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Eve - she picked a fresh fig leaf.
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