Bride of all colors
Born 10 February 1840 Queen Victoria married in the chapel of the Saint James Palace with Alberto Saxony-Coburg and the Prince of Gotha. Dressed in a white dress, the queen broke a tradition and created another one that has lasted until today.
In Ancient Rome, the brides married a white tunic, as the white was the color of the marriage god and the fertility of Himenaeus. The shoes and the mantelline were saffron. From then on, however, the colour of brides' dresses in Europe lacked religious symbolism, becoming a sign of economic and social power. In the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, the wealthiest boyfriends used to choose purple, red or blue fabrics alive to make the costumes, as they were the only ones who could afford these expensive dyes. However, there were exceptions. In 1406, for example, Henry’s daughter of England VI.aren married Erik of Denmark with Philipa blank.
The baroque softened the color of the wedding dresses, as the pastries were fashionable. However, then there was also the bride who had violated the rule: In 1660, Maria Teresa of Austria chose black to marry Louis XIV.arekin, king of France. But in general, in the weddings of real families, bright colors were gaining ground. Catherine from Russia chose the silver dress and in England also married Victoria's predecessors to silver.
Considering the strict morality of the last queen of Hanover, it would appear that she chose white as a sign of her purity. But the reason was frivolous: he wanted to use a lace fabric that he liked especially in the dress and, as white, he decided to make it the same color. In fact, white was not yet the most widely used color to express virginity. The color of the Virgin was blue, and so, even under the suit, the habit of wearing some blue on wedding day has come to this day. In 1854 the Catholic Church accepted the dogma of the Immaculate Conception and the white became a symbol of purity. Victoria had chosen the color of the dress fourteen years earlier and was also Protestant. Therefore, the tradition of blank marriage should be attributed to more mundane reasons, specifically to photography recently born. On the one hand, the official wedding photos spread to the four winds, and many of the brides across the continent wanted to imitate the queen; and the white fabric was cheaper than the silver one. On the other hand, the first black-and-white photographs did not show vivid colors, while the white ones stood out very well.
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