Dream Wedding Dresses

Dream Wedding Dresses

Monday, November 14, 2011

History of Wedding Dresses: The Beginning

As wedding is a great event to all of us, so there is no doubt that the wedding gown is unique. Along with baptism and burial, marriage is one of the three great public occasions in a person's life. A marriage can fully appreciate the glory of your central role. Maybe it is the most important choice for a girl when she is considering to get married. Throughout history, women have tried to make their wedding dress special to make her the focus and the most beautiful one on her big wedding day. To make this, a great wedding dress is necessary.

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At the top of the scale, royal princesses have always tried to be most princess-like on their wedding days. In medieval times, when royal marriages were of great political importance and used to seal alliances between two countries, it was also necessary for the young bride to look magnificent to uphold the prestige of her country. In this way, she can impress the groom's country with her own nation's apparent wealth. So as to make this, the wedding dress and wedding jewelry is of great importance to them.

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To this end they used as much material as they possibly could. Of course, they used the most costly materials, like velvet, damask silk, satin, fur and fabrics woven with gold and silver thread which can show their wealth and status. In days when all fabrics were hand woven and dyed, it is a great and hard work to make a wedding dress for them. The skirts would be gathered and full. The sleeves would be long enough to sweep the floor and trains would fall behind to a length of several metres. At first, the colors would be rich too. You know at that time only the wealthy could afford expensive red, purple and true black dyes. Additionally, the dress would be sewn with precious gems. They used diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds and pearls so that the bride would glitter and flash in the sunlight. In some cases, the gown would be so thickly encrusted with jewels to make that the fabric beneath was hidden. In the fifteenth century when Margaret of Flanders was married, the bridal gown was so heavy that she could not move in her robes and had to be carried into the church by two gentlemen attendants! I just want to say that to be a bride of the top scale is not an easy thing!!! My dream wedding dress is a causal and light one….It would be okay.
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