A wedding dress is sometimes referred to as a wedding gown. A wedding dress refers to the dress or clothing that is worn by a bride at her wedding ceremony. Wedding dresses will vary in style and colour according to the personal wishes of the bride and their religion.

In western culture, the wedding dress is normally white or cream. When a bride wears a white or cream wedding dress, the wedding can be referred to as a ‘white wedding’. The white wedding dress can be traced back to the marriage of Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840 when Queen Victoria chose to wear white. After the official wedding photos were released, many brides followed her lead and wore a white wedding dress and this tradition has carried on through the years.

In China, red is often the wedding dress colour as red is a the tradtional colour of good luck.

In northern India, many women have red wedding dresses too as this sumbolizes auspiciousness. Green is also a common wedding dress colour as this symbolizes fertility.

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