| Your wedding day is undoubtedly one of the | | | | peacock, which was formerly seen an a royal bird. |
| most important days of your life, but it can also | | | | In the second place we are also seeing a move |
| be one of the most expensive. For the bride | | | | away from the church wedding towards weddings |
| perhaps the most important item on the shopping | | | | held in a wide variety of venues, including the |
| list will be her wedding dress and with an | | | | increasingly popular beach wedding. |
| increasing number of high quality but relatively | | | | As a result not only do brides now have a much |
| cheap wedding dresses on the market today it is | | | | wider choice of color for their wedding dress but, |
| possible to have the dress of your dreams | | | | more importantly, dispensing with the veil and |
| without breaking the bank. | | | | train and the need for a full length dress now |
| For many people a wedding dress should be a | | | | means that brides can choose from a range of |
| traditional full length white gown, symbolizing the | | | | far more simple wedding dresses. For the cost |
| bride's pure heart and innocence, complete with | | | | conscious this is great as informal wedding |
| veil and train first popularized by Queen Victoria | | | | dresses are also considerably cheaper than the full |
| when she broke with the royal custom of | | | | traditional white wedding outfit. |
| marrying in silver and chose a white gown for her | | | | One other important point here is that the move |
| marriage to Prince Albert. This started a craze | | | | away from the full white wedding gown also |
| which has continued until today with a large | | | | means that it is no longer necessary to purchase |
| number of brides choosing a white wedding dress | | | | your dress from a specialist bridal outfitter who, |
| or a dress in a variation of white such as cream, | | | | not surprisingly, will charge a premium simply for |
| eggshell or ivory. | | | | the service that is provided or for the name or |
| Today however we are seeing two major shifts | | | | brand that you are buying. It's a bit like a pair of |
| taking place when it comes to weddings. | | | | running shoes - you can buy two virtually identical |
| In the first place we are seeing a return to | | | | pairs of shoes and pay ten times more for one |
| pre-Victorian days when brides married in simpler | | | | pair than for the other simply because it carries a |
| dresses of just about any color that took their | | | | brand name. |
| fancy, except for black which was associated | | | | There has never been a better time to shop for |
| with mourning and red which was worn only by | | | | your wedding dress and the choice available to |
| "ladies of the night". This also means often | | | | you today in terms of color, style and supplier is |
| dispensing with the veil, which is said to symbolize | | | | vast. It's no longer that difficult to find reasonably |
| virginity, and the train which is very much a | | | | cheap wedding dresses and still end up looking like |
| trapping of royal weddings and emulates the | | | | a million dollars in the dress of your dreams. |