Alex Statham, 21, knew she found the dress as she awed at the mirror. This dress is on sale, fits her theme and makes her feel special.
"It has a beige flower belt and some champagne colored leaf-shaped threading," Statham said. "I picked it because it really embodied my fall theme with the warm colors and, let’s be honest, I looked pretty darn good in it."
Color wedding dresses have recently become a trend in wedding fashion. It is not so unheard of to see pictures of brides in dresses that are colors like blush or red. However, despite the innovativeness, brides are not flocking to this new idea.
According to the owner of Encore Bridal, 39-year-old Jessica Brostron, only a certain type of bride will go for the color wedding dress.
"They’re very nontraditional, older and it’s their second or third marriage," Brostron said. "They’re going to be in Vegas or they’re not getting married in a church." .
Younger brides who opt for a color wedding dress often have a gothic type style, according to Brostron.
This is a drastically different idea from a white wedding dress.
"I think some people wear white dresses on their wedding [day] as a symbol of their faith and the purity they bring to the marriage," Aften Woodard, a 22-year-old bride-to-be, said.
For Woodard, this representation is very important.
"That symbol alone could talk me into never wearing a colored dress," Woodard said.
According to Jennie Ma, the fashion and beauty editor of The Knot Magazine, 99 percent of brides wear white on their wedding day. The idea came from Queen Victoria's wedding in 1840 when she wore an inspiring white dress.
Before this wedding, brides just wore fancy and beautiful dresses.
Encore Bridal has sold three color wedding dresses in the past five years. Brostron does not have a stock of them because not enough customers are interested. If a bride wants to order one, she treats it as a custom order.
Statham is part of that one percent of nontraditional. When she shopped for her wedding dress, she kept an open mind.
"All I knew was that I wanted [my dress] to be unique, but I was open to all sorts of shapes and colors and details," Statham said.
Her openness to color came from the love of vintage looks that certain colors, like blush and ivory, gave.
"I was open to all ideas except for pure white," Statham said. "To me white seemed so sterile."
Brostron and Woodard both do not see brides straying much from the whites or ivories.
"Brides will stick with white and ivory for tradition and [so they can] stand out as the bride," Brostron said.
Statham sees this trend differently though.
"I think our generation as a whole is moving away from the traditional wedding expectations in favor of a more customized, personal event," Statham said. "I think that the wedding dress can play a big part in that."
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