| There are many different traditions | | | | |
| associated with wedding dresses but some of | | | | Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead, |
| the most common and oldest ones are those to | | | | |
| do with the actual colour of the wedding | | | | Married in Green, ashamed to be seen, |
| dresses.You may not be aware but special | | | | |
| wedding dresses were not actually worn until | | | | Married in Blue, you will always be true, |
| Victorian times. Up until this point, the | | | | |
| wedding dresses were simply the best outfit | | | | Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl, |
| that the bride owned.It was Queen Victoria | | | | |
| who launched the tradition of white wedding | | | | Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow, |
| dresses. She decided that she preferred white | | | | |
| to the traditional silver wedding dresses | | | | Married in Brown, you will live in the town, |
| that previous royals had worn.Of course white | | | | |
| wedding dresses symbolise purity and | | | | Married in Pink, you spirit will sink.The |
| virginity but many modern brides prefer to | | | | origins of this guide for wedding dresses are |
| wear other colored wedding dresses.There is | | | | unclear but one of the funniest is associated |
| an old rhyme that provides guidance to | | | | with avoiding green wedding dresses.Green is |
| brides-to-be and is meant to help them decide | | | | meant to be an unlucky colour and should be |
| on the most appropriate colors for wedding | | | | avoided when it comes to wedding dresses |
| dresses:Married in White, you have chosen | | | | however it has deeper implications. Green |
| right, | | | | wedding dresses are linked to grass stains |
| | | | and imply that the wearer has loose |
| Married in Grey, you will go far away, | | | | morals!Lorna Mclaren has an information and |
| | | | resources website at where you can get |
| Married in Black, you will wish yourself | | | | inspiration for your Wedding Day! |
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