An Ivory Wedding Dress Is A Beautifully Feminine Choice!

You have dreamed about your wedding day and all its splendor since you were a child, beautiful flowing gowns, flowers and a cake to die for have all been a part of your musings. Now it is time to choose the dress and you are in a quandary, traditional white or an ivory wedding gown?

Tradition

Many people believe that the pure white wedding dress is a symbol of the wife's purity. However, history paints a much different picture. In fact, the traditional color of a wedding dress was determined by culture, religion and socio economic status. Blue was actually the color that denoted purity, not white. It seems your either a white gown bride or an ivory one. Myself I definately look better in ivory than a pure white. My skin just looks washed out in it, an off-white or ivory is much more flattering.

In the early days in Europe, brides of wealthy stature normally wore richly colored dresses to denote their status, and the lower class would attempt to mimic them as best they could. It would not be until the 1840 wedding of Queen Victoria that white wedding dresses would become popular.

Therefore, if anyone attempts to tell you that an ivory wedding gown, or dress of any color for that matter is not traditional you can educate him or her on the true history of the wedding traditions!

Ivory versus White

White nevertheless has become the traditional wedding attire for most western weddings. The downside is many fair complexions simply wash out with stark white material. This has brought about the ivory wedding gown and many other variations of white such as eggshell and ecru.

For the fair haired, fair-skinned bride an ivory dress is just what the doctor ordered. The ivory dress will have just enough color, while still being traditionally accurate, to compliment your skin tone. White dresses look the best on darker skin tones.

Best of all you can find the same styles in an ivory wedding gown that you can in white or any other color. There is tea length; mermaid style, classic yards of silk and lace as well as many other styles are all as readily available in an ivory as they are in white.

Ivory Wedding Dress Options

As stated above most of the time your ivory wedding gown will be available in the same styles as other colors. For instance, the elegant Duchess satin can be ordered in white/silver or Ivory/ silver. This is a gorgeous gown with halter style bodice, intricate embroidery along hem and bodice and available in three dramatic lengths.

Perhaps gathered ruffles are more your style, check out the sleek taffeta with cascading ruffles all around the skirt. This ivory wedding dress with silver accents, sleeveless bodice and beautiful train will make you feel like the bell of the ball. Cinderella never had it so good!

New Tradition

Today brides are choosing to express their own individuality on their big day. Brightly colored dresses, exotic locations and dancing down the aisle are all a part of the changing trends.

That does not mean white is totally passé just that traditions are changing a bit. So if you want to look stunning on your wedding day, while adding just a hint of color go with an ivory wedding dress.