The Red Wedding Dress

Wedding ceremony is considered to be the experience of a lifetime. The bride must be at her most beautiful state during this event. It only happens once and therefore, everything must be perfectly planned down from the smallest details to the most noticeable parts. Choosing the motif or the theme, where the wedding will take place, the bridal car or the bridal jewelry can be very stressful. However, the most crucial part in planning a wedding is choosing the design of the wedding dress. Over the years, the only problem concerning the bridal gown is what its design should be but recently choosing the color is becoming a concern as well.

Many young women nowadays find themselves in the midst of experimenting and trying modern designs of bridal gowns. They find the plain white wedding dress boring and very common. Other brides associate the season in which they are married with the colors of their bridal gowns. In the United States, for example, those are married during the spring commonly use pink, lilac and blue bridal gowns. Wedding ceremonies during summer usually have brides who wear aqua, purple and dark pink dresses while those who are married during the fall wear olive and violet bridal gowns. Winter brides are more likely to wear dark red, dark blue, as well as black and white wedding dresses.

In the present days, red wedding dress has become more and more popular. It has been first used in other cultures such as the Chinese and the Indians. Red in China symbolizes luck and fortune. This red wedding dress in China is usually embroidered with fine designs made up of gold and silver, and may sometimes have other designs such as dragon. Chinese red wedding dresses are often called Qi Pao, Qun Gua, Kwa or Cheongsam. Indians share the same opinion with the Chinese with regards to the red wedding dress. According to them, it brings happiness and luck to the couple. They call it sari, gaghra choli, and shalwar chameez.

However, in more conservative countries, they have not yet fully accepted the thought of having a wedding dress in red. They find the color offensive. Red has been considered as a sinful color and a bad luck by others. For others it may symbolize death, sin and lust. Older wedding guests may get overwhelmed and distracted with a bride dressed in red during the wedding ceremony especially when inside the church.

When deciding what color the bridal gown should be, the personal taste and the decision of the bride should be given more value, the fact that she is the one who is going to wear it. However, other factors should be considered as well such as the guests that will be present during the wedding. If a red wedding dress is to be worn, the wedding guests should be somehow informed. This will provide them with information of what to expect during the wedding ceremony – a bride in a red wedding dress.