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A wedding dress or bridal gown is the dress worn by the bride during a wedding ceremony.
A white wedding dress
A blue wedding dress from 1840
Detail from The Marriage by Nicolo da Bologna, 1350s.
Helena Fourment, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens, painted by Rubens in her wedding dress, 1630.
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840 in the Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace. She wore a white wedding dress made from heavy silk sat
Wedding dress
…ceremony. In Western culture, the wedding dress is most commonly white, a tradition popularised by elites in the Victorian era after Queen Victoria wore a white dress at her wedding to Prince Albert. In Eastern cultures, such as Chinese and Indian cultures, brides will often wear red to their weddings to symbolize…
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their return from the marriage service at St James's Palace, London, 10 February 1840. Engraved by S Reynolds after F Lock.
Queen Victoria's White Satin Wedding Shoes (Northampton Shoe Collection, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery www.northampton.gov.uk/museums)
Carbon print of the Honiton lace veil and wreath decorated with orange blossoms worn by Queen Victoria on her wedding day.
Another carbon print of the veil showing more lace detail on one edge and a clear view of orange blossoms wreath. Photos taken c.1889–91, from Queen Victoria's Private Negatives, Vol. II c. 1850.