change.....

Does every little girl dream of their wedding day?  I assume that most, if not all, little girls dream of what their wedding day would be like, and that would include what kind of dress they would be wearing walking down the aisle holding their father's hand.  I myself, as a little girl, always dreamed of walking down the aisle wearing some form of a fabulous dress.  A ball gown indeed was what I had dreamed of, but who knew I wouldn't grow tall enough to pull off a ball gown?!~ But as I got older and began to explore my personal style and started to realize what my dreams were in life, my belief of what a wedding dress should look like changed.  In high school, as my heart drew closer to coming to the decision of becoming a bridal designer, I thought to myself "why are wedding dresses white."  I had nothing against it, just curious.  So I did a little research.  

The western tradition of wearing white on your wedding day started in the Victorian era, and the trend was started by Queen Victoria.  Traditionally, before Queen Victoria decided to wear white to her wedding, most brides wore the brightest color or what they thought to be their most expensive dress.  Pretty much what we would think today, in our time, to be our best out-fits to make that one and only first great impression, that is what they wore.  There was no real "special" dress to wear for that day per se.  Just something better than what they had in their closet that can be worn again later on.  

So after doing much research I decided to make a wedding dress for my fashion show in high school.  But in color.  Of course I had to add a white one but I decided to opt for a green as well with a hand painted hem (hideous if you ask me now, but my mother still keeps it for memory's sake).  And now, as a designer, my thoughts of bringing old tradition back constantly roams my head, and of course in the most stylish of ways.  I can't help but wonder, what if a modern bride today wore something that can be worn again?  Say.. to a cocktail party or dinner party or just a girl's night out.  

The idea of using color on a wedding dress can be daunting, I can't say i'm the biggest fan of that tradition yet as I love the soft creamy white that a bride wears on her special day.  But the idea of bringing back the tradition of wearing it again even after the wedding day, just makes sense in my head.  

Just like how tradition has changed over the many centuries, my thoughts of what I had wanted as my wedding dress and the kind of wedding dresses I wanted to design has changed.  Not only from a designer's point of view, but also from a point of view as a girl who is looking for that perfect dress.