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The marriage of Queen Victoria to her cousin Albert of Saxe- Coburg in 1840 has had more influence on weddings than any other. Queen Victoria put the wheels in motion by marrying in white. Queen Victoria chose white not because it symbolized purity, but because she wanted to show her people that she would run the country in an economical way. White was a much less expensive color to make than the colors typically popular for wedding dresses at the time (red, black, and purple). Plus, it gave her the option of using some lace that she already owned, rather than having something specially made.
So basically, the white dress was originally a political move.
Really? That's news to me. You agree?
BTW, the dress is by Yemi Osunkoya of Kosibah. Too beautiful. Thank God he's my friend, for when the time comes...:-)
12 comments:
Really?....thanks for the enlightenment...thought it signified purity...hence women put a splash of colour on their gowns IF pregnant or use cream coloured gowns...the indians use red, which i secretly admire a lot but some see it to be 'demonic' because red symbolizes 'evil'...it would be nice to know how some of our 9ja culture originated sef.
Thanks for educating us. When d 'time comes' please let us know o. We don't want post wedding information and pics o. We want to be there live, so that the doubting thomases will believe. Seeing is believing.
definitely it's not a must to wear white but i don't see myself wearing any color except white/cream...white is good cuz it's the only color that goes with everything.
heeeyyy!!! Linda please let's hook up please! I want Kosibah to make my dress but I'm assuming the kind "kish" he would ask for would be...
That wedding gown is probably the best I have seen so far. I went on Bella naija several times just to look at it. She looks gorgeous.
I heart the dress in the Photo.....too fyne!
On a serious note,...If u lost your virginity, please stand up. U can't have a white wedding if you are not a virgin. Linda, are u a virgin? Plz, don't lie. The answer is no. Your wedding shall be in your fav colourt as long as it is not white.
Linda, b4 u get angry and start throwing things, I'm joking :)
Oh! my!...it's so b-e-a-u-f-u-l! gosh! i feel like crying...the model looks ravishing in it...*sigh with pleasure*.
This explanation is more logical. Totally agree with it.
Love lovee love that dress...my perfect dress!!!
Really, never heard of this! Thanks for educating us
The extravagant wedding cake also originated from queen vic's wedding, her cake was about 5feet high.
nice one. at least we got a GK 101 today
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