| There are only three principal public | | | | dresses but most suited themselves for the |
| occasions in a person's life: baptismal, | | | | uniform. Those who were not commissioned in |
| burial and marriage. Among the three, only | | | | the army wore the same costumes.1950sThe |
| marriage allows great honor for the | | | | padded shoulders of the last decade were |
| principals. Throughout the tradition, | | | | superseded by the narrow shoulders in the |
| marriages had been considered as the special | | | | 1950s. However, many brides wanted their |
| day for a lady who is about to pledge her | | | | dresses adopt the intermediate style. The |
| matrimonial vows towards the chosen | | | | bridal trains were fashioned after the trains |
| one.Marriage is Her Big Day more than that of | | | | of the Elizabethan era. But another fashion |
| the groom. This is why marriages have always | | | | arrived- The New Look outfit. Simply put, the |
| been made special and bridal dresses created | | | | New Look outfit is tailored after the |
| as such to fit the festive occasion. This | | | | ballerina dresses in terms of length. The |
| practice of making the bride look magnificent | | | | dress typically has a jacket bodice with |
| in her bridal dress runs down throughout the | | | | tight sleeves.1960sThere were not so much |
| history, with widespread influence dating | | | | changes in the bridal fashion in the 1960s. |
| back to medieval times.Bridal dresses were | | | | Ladies still preferred wearing the circular |
| not always white, in opposition for what have | | | | dresses, short veils and tight sleeves only |
| been usually perceived by most people. Bridal | | | | differing on the veils with more bouffant |
| dresses before the Victorian era would | | | | approach. Most women wore coronets and a |
| normally adapt the color of what is trendy | | | | single rose with the veil gathered together |
| and what is available. Shades of lively | | | | from the flower. In contrast with the |
| colors were normally used and pastel colors | | | | extravagant and flowing bridal dresses, |
| were also popular. But by mid-1800s, white | | | | bouquets in the 1960s were made simpler. More |
| bridal dresses became the norm when Queen | | | | often than not, tiny flowers in tight posies |
| Victoria chose a white bridal dress for her | | | | are used.1970sAfter two decades of tights |
| wedding day. The same dress was worn over a | | | | sleeves, Tudor sleeves were introduced in the |
| black silk dress fifty years later. She also | | | | seventies. The high-waisted line of the 1960s |
| was responsible for setting the fashion of | | | | gradually moved lower to a princess line. |
| having her bridesmaids carry the | | | | Trains diminished too and the cuts of the |
| train.1920sIn his decade, revolutionary | | | | dresses were made far simpler.1980sBy this |
| changes were done with fashion. Up well to | | | | era, the waistlines had returned to their |
| 1920s, bridal dresses were created in | | | | normal position. The dresses were much fuller |
| accordance with what's the norm. The hemlines | | | | now and the big bouquets returned back to |
| rose from shoe to above the knee and became | | | | fashion. This period was marked with more |
| more curtailed. But later, many considered | | | | extravagant sleeves, suited after the bridal |
| the length of the bridal dress inappropriate | | | | dress of the Princess of Wales.1990sWide |
| for church services, thus the replacement of | | | | skirts remained popular with the start of the |
| full-length gowns. In this decade too was the | | | | 1990s. However, different fashion icons |
| dropped waist and shapeless bodice dresses | | | | popularized varieties of skirts. But among |
| reach its height of popularity.1930sThe | | | | the most popular are the super low waists |
| depression in thirties followed the roaring | | | | with skirts flared down.New CenturyWith the |
| of the twenties. Women changed from the | | | | coming of the new century, the norms with |
| boyish look to the more profound expression | | | | wedding have changed too. Themed costumes |
| of a woman's body. Normally, the bridal | | | | were much more practiced today and so are the |
| dresses in this era hugged the body of the | | | | themed bridal dresses.There is no doubt that |
| bride. To emphasize the shape of the body, | | | | bridal dresses remain to be the eternal |
| bridal dresses were given boat-shaped | | | | testimony of a wedding. And the efforts of |
| collars.1940sFashion in the 1940s almost died | | | | making the dresses extravagant and special |
| down, and the same was true for the white | | | | are both to the benefit of the bride's |
| bridal dresses. Clothes rations started in | | | | contentment and the ever-changing fashion |
| 1941 and continued up to the end of the World | | | | trends.Robert Thatcher is a freelance |
| War I. A number of brides struggled for silk | | | | publisher based in Cupertino, California. |