Looking for a Wedding Dress of a Different Color?

Let's face it – not everybody looks good in white. Yet, many of us still feel obligated to wear it on our wedding day. If white's not your favorite, or makes you look washed out, consider using a different color for your wedding dress. Once upon a time, there weren't too many other options. Now, however, makers of wedding dresses are catching on to the fact that you can wear a color other than white on your special day.

Even if you're interested in sticking to a fairly traditional style wedding, colored wedding dresses are still an option. Dresses made in tinted fabrics, such as soft pastels, are close to the traditional white without being as unflattering on many skin tones. A soft whisper of color might be what it takes to enhance your natural beauty without washing you out. Pink wedding dresses, lavender wedding dresses, baby blue ones, and even light yellow wedding dresses have been becoming more and more popular.

Of course, if you'd like to do something nontraditional, the choices are endless. Plenty of cultures around the world have wedding dresses that don't come in white. For instance, in China, red is considered a lucky color to be married in. Likewise, Indian weddings often feature auspicious red dresses, or gowns of green, symbolizing fertility. The white wedding wasn't even traditional until the 19th century. Mary Queen of Scots was the first to wear white for her wedding, but it didn't catch on for several centuries. Different colors in wedding dresses, in the latest fashion when possible, were popular until the mid 1800s. After Queen Victoria wore white, it became the only option. Up until this time, the bride could wear any color except black (associated with mourning) and red (associated with prostitutes).

If you're thinking about incorporating color in your wedding, but are concerned about fitting in, consider matching colors to the season. Spring brides marry in pastels, while women getting married in summer choose deeper blues, purples, and pinks. Autumn marriages can feature golds, yellows, oranges, and even browns, while winter is well suited to dark reds, blues, and greens, as well as traditional white gowns with black trims.

Finding a differently colored wedding dress can be something of a trick, depending on the stores available to you. However, mail order or shopping online can give you access to styles and options that you can't get locally. Also don't rule out the possibility of having your wedding dress custom made. Many tailors and seamstresses are much less expensive than is commonly thought – you could have the perfectly fitted gown of your dreams for the same cost as a mass manufactured dress. When it all comes down to it, getting the right wedding dress for you – no matter what color or style you need – is all about thinking outside the box.

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