Why does the bride wear white?
In Colonial times a bride often wore her “Sunday best” to her wedding. It was not until the 1840’s, when Queen Victoria was married in a white wedding gown that “white gowns” became the rage. White is also a symbol of affluence, purity and joy. Today, brides can choose many shades of white, from bright white to champagne. Why carry flowers? Historically, flowers & herbs have played a significant role in the attraction of “good” and/or the warding off “evil”. Greeks used ivy for the sign of lasting love. Today, wedding flowers convey a message of fertility and enduring love and romance. Why something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue? To insure a happy and lasting marriage, a bride should carry something old from someone who has been married for a long time and something new, to carry into her new life. Something borrowed, “borrowed happiness”, something blue, “the color blue has been associated with purity and modesty”. A penny in your shoe, place a penny in you
