Have you ever wondered why almost all Brooklyn bridal gowns are in white? If not pure white at least it’s within the shades of white like ivory, cream, ecru and eggshell. You can rarely find bridal with different colors. Even if there is, most brides still choose white Brooklyn bridal gown.
One of the popular women who first wear white bridal gown is Mary Queen of Scots in her wedding with Francois II of France. At that time, white was still not a common choice of color for the gown. It was only by the Queen’s choice that she wore white bridal gown. It was actually thought to be inauspicious because white was the official mourning color in France in her time.
The white bridal gown was influenced by Queen Victoria when she married Albert of Saxe-Coburg in 1840. The choice of white color was made because of the white laces that she owned at that time. When the picture of her with the bridal gown was published, white gowns became an immediate choice of most brides from then on in honor of the Queen. Before the influence of Queen Victoria’s white bridal gown, brides can wear any color for her wedding dress except black as color for mourning and red as related to prostitution. After the Victorian influence on white gown, that was the time when people already associate white bridal gown with purity or virginity. But it was not the original intent of why white was the official color for most brides. The white Brooklyn bridal gowns that you now see became a tradition rather than a symbol.