Wedding dress facts for kids

A women wear a Western wedding dress

A wedding dress or wedding gown is the clothing worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony. The color, style and ceremonial importance of the gown can depend on the religion and culture of the bride.

History

The origin of wedding dress is from the Roman Empire period. When the Christian religion spread to Europe, wedding ceremony was held the church and a bride wore a wedding dress. In the Middle Ages, all most wedding dresses were black with white veil because of religion. It changed white dress and veil in the 1840s. This style of dress spread to Asia when Europen culture came there.

Types of dress

Slender line is a dress which is tight along a person's body. The Mermaid line is similar to slender line. It looks like a mermaid. A line looks like an "A" from the waist to foot. Like these, today there are so many kinds of wedding dress.

Decoration

The veil is the most popular decoration. It is used for covering the face or head of women. There are special grobes. People use various length grove suiting their dress. A woman usually carries a small bunch of flowers, called a bouquet.

Images for kids

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  Princess wedding dress.

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  Wedding dress from 1891

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  -line Wedding Dresses

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  Japanese formal wedding dress still used today.

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  Apache bride

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  Helena Fourment, second wife of Peter Paul Rubens, painted by Rubens in her wedding dress, 1630.

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  Sophia Magdalena of Denmark's wedding dress, 1766. The Royal Armoury in Sweden.

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  Marriage of Napoleon I and Marie Louise. France, 1810.

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  Jewish Yemenite bride in Israel, 1950's

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  Wedding of Tewfik Pasha and Emina Ilhamy, Cairo, Egypt, January 1873

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  Chinese couple wearing traditional wedding hanfu

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  Reenactment of the royal wedding ceremony of King Gojong and Queen Myeongseong

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  Indian Hindu bride in red Sari

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  West Bengali bride

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  Indian Christian bride in white Sari

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  Bangladeshi bride in formal matrimonial Sari

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  Bride at a Nikah ceremony wearing typical South Asian red head covering and jewellery

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  A Nepali bride in wedding dress

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  Nepali bride of Kathmandu, 1941

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  Wedding dresses and other Asian couture in London

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  Khmer (Cambodian) couple dressed in traditional wedding outfits

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  Vietnamese couple in traditional dress

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  Couple dress in traditional Thai outfits

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  Couple dressed in traditional Burmese outfits

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  A bride in 1968, wearing a dress reflecting the styles of the time

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  Taiwanese couple dressed Western-style for keepsake photos in the park, 1989

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  Patricia Nixon Cox with her father Richard Nixon, 1971

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  American bride marrying a Scotsman wearing a kilt, 1996

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  New Orleans bride wearing a strapless, sleeveless gown, 2006

See also

In Spanish: Vestido de novia para niños