Is a colored wedding dress really that bad?
My gown is pink with white lace over top. The bottom is pink. It looks amazing on my skin tone and hair color and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’m a pale blonde and look like washed out death in white. Pink gives me this amazing glow. It is true that many people mistakenly assume a white gown symbolizes virginity. In fact, as someone who has actually waited to have sex, a lot of people have given me flack for wanting a non-white dress (I am wearing the veil, though). I say I’ll look great and I couldn’t be happier. If anyone wants to give you a hard time saying it’s “ghastly” wearing a colored dress, tell them that unless they were a virgin walking down the aisle wearing their white dress, then what was their point? A non-virgin in a white dress does not make her a virgin. There is no rule that says that bridal gowns must be white, although traditionally white is a bridal color in the Western world. In Asian cultures, wedding dresses are RED.
It makes me laugh when people get scandalised by this, it is really only deeply religious people that think white is a symbol of virginity, it’s so far from the truth. For a start it is none of the guests business as to whether a bride or groom is a virgin, and to speculate based on the colour of a dress is just wrong! In India the brides wear red, and I bet more Indian brides are virgins that in the UK/USA. If you have saved yourself then well done, but there is no need to advertise that fact, and it does not make you a better person than someone who did not wait, we all have to make the best choice for us personally. I honestly think that white will always be popular, but I think it is wonderful that people no longer feel they have to stick to stuffy old traditions.
