We thought we knew everything about why and how brides wear a white dress. A custom undoubtedly linked to a certain imperative of purity and virginity that dates back several centuries, etc., etc. In reality, it's not exactly that.

According to a Time article, this tradition was introduced by Queen Victoria. Before her, the red wedding dress was de rigueur. And because the traditional red roses symbolize love, their color was therefore considered the most romantic for the big day. To take a closer look, some paintings and other works exhibited at the museum of the corner, we could obviously have suspected ...

Result? Those who opted for a white wedding dress despite the crimson trend were likely to get into trouble. Even Queen Mary of Scotland , who married in 1558, was blamed for wearing an immaculate dress, white being at the time associated with burials and mourning. She was accused of "casting a bad spell" on her husband, who, unlucky enough, died only a few years after the wedding. Oops.

As a result, it was not until Queen Victoria's wedding with Prince Albert of Saxony in 1840 that white became an acceptable and accepted color of wedding dress. Since that royal union, he has indeed become, at least in Angle, the color of innocence, a symbol of pure heart and all those other things that no longer really apply to the contemporary reality of marriage.

Now, now, you know how to shine at the table of the next wedding to which you will be invited this summer.

Source: marieclaire.co.uk