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| the three, only marriage allows great honor for | | | | of the last decade were superseded by the |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