What Do You Think About Non White Wedding Dresses?

So I’m not engaged or anything but I would like to get married someday. I was just thinking that when I do I don’t want a white dress. I don’t know about everyone else but to me white is supposed to be a symbol of sexual purity, and I’m just not that. Also, it’s so conventional and frankly overdone. I was thinking of having a dress that would still have the style of a modern wedding dress or even a vintage wedding dress but be a different color like blue or turquoise or green or light yellow. Has anyone ever had a non-conventional wedding dress?

I think a bride should wear whatever she wants on her wedding day, whether it’s a little yellow sundress, a pair of jeans and a blouse, or a big white gown. It’s the bride and groom’s wedding, and they should be happy even if they don’t want to follow societal conventions.

BasilKun Wrote:

My half-Indian friend decided on a mixed Indian-and-Western wedding. She wore a beautiful red sari with her hair uncovered, and her husband wore the regular tux. The wedding photos were gorgeous — she looked so elegant! — but she told me later that some female guests were commenting on her choice of dress, saying things like, “But it’s such a waste.”

She was annoyed at them, but she disregarded their opinions and had a blast through the wedding.

So my advice to you is: you can totally do what you want. Just be prepared that there may be an idiot or two in the guest list who has no tact, and voice their opinions about wedding traditions. To deal with them, you can either go the classy route of my friend by ignoring them, or go my route by telling them to GTFO. They seemed to imply that she was “wasting” her only opportunity to wear a white fluffy dress. But it was her wedding, not theirs.

MisMac said:

My Nan got married in 1947 and decided to wear a turquoise dress because she didn’t think she looked good in white. My aunt got married in hot pants in the 70s. My mum was a bit more traditional and opted for ivory. When you get married you should wear something you feel amazing in, no matter what colour it is.

It’s true that the white is supposed to represent virginity. I am not a virgin, and I think I look horrible in white; therefore, my wedding dress will not be white. Stick with whatever you feel is right for you. Don’t let tradition or others’ opinions pressure you into something you don’t feel comfortable with. After all, if you do it “right,” you only get one wedding.

Rose1982 said:

I got engaged recently and have been started to plan things for the wedding… The one thing I’m pretty emphatic about is that I don’t want a white dress. If you look at my closet, there’s no white in it. I look like shit in white. Why would I wear white on the day where I want to look my most beautiful? To please people? For tradition’s sake?

Fuck that. I look best in vibrant colours and I’m thinking emerald green, royal blue or true purple.

And be prepared for opposition. A lot of people I tell this to just smile knowingly and say “Oh, you’ll change your mind.”

Lupenbecca Wrote:

Really, how many brides and grooms are actually sexually pure? You most certainly do not have to follow traditions that were created ions ago by people who were probably not “pure” themselves.

I say wear whatever you like, get married wherever you like, do what YOU want. This is your wedding day, a day you will look back on over the years. You want to look back at it fondly!

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