Wedding dress years. Many wedding dresses in China, India (wedding sari), Pakistan (heavily embroidered shalwar qameez or lehngas) and Vietnam (in the traditional form of the Ao dai) are red, the traditional colour of good luck and auspiciousness. Nowadays, many women choose other colours besides red. In modern mainland Chinese weddings, the bride may opt for Western dresses of any colour, and later don a traditional costume for the official tea ceremony. In modern Taiwanese weddings, the bride generally picks red (following Chinese tradition) or white (more Western) silk for the wedding gown material, but most will wear the red traditional garment
Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark Wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark The wedding dress of Princess Alexandra of Denmark was the first in British royal history to be photographed while being worn. The gown was made by London dressmaker Mrs James of Belgravia. It's now part of the British Royal Collection. In 2011, the dress was part of a display of royal wedding dresses at Kensington Palace. The dress was made of white silk satin (the silk was woven at Spitalfields) trimmed with orange blossoms, myrtle and puffs of tulle and Honiton lace. It had a similarly trimmed silver moiré train, which was carried