The tradition of a white wedding dress is commonly credited to Queen Victoria's choice to wear a white court dress at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840. She selected a white dress, which was considered an unusual choice at a time when colors were more usual, made from heavy silk satin. The young queen decreed that no one else should wear white at her wedding—trend-setting, again—and had the pattern for her dress destroyed so that no one could copy it afterward. Wearing white was quickly adopted by wealthy, fashionable brides.
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