However, wearing a white wedding dress hasn't always been popular ... and ditching the fur-trimmed velvet robes that were usually worn by royal brides. Even Victoria's 12 bridesmaids wore white.

What has come to be viewed as the "traditional" white wedding dress is of recent invention ... Satin brings bad luck, and velvet threatens the wearer with poverty. Unpatterned fabric is deemed ...

Take, for instance, the white wedding dress. Though white is now seen as ... with no jewels, crown, or velvet robes trimmed with ermine,” the Post says.) After Queen Victoria's white dress ...

Off-White. Ivory. Cream. Champagne: Wedding dress shopping might feel like a ... grosgrain while Romona styled their look with a velvet ribbon. For the boho bride, try a softly ruffled cap ...

Brides on every continent know that it's all about the wedding dress ... Jews.com A traditional bride in Tajikistan wears a simple white dress over a pair of trousers. Over the course of the ...

Katharine Hepburn’s wedding dress and other items from her estate ... is fashioned from crushed white velvet with antiqued gold embroidery and is expected to sell for up to $3,500.