I think it depends on what they are trying to say. If they are saying "Who wore it first?" then it opens up the spectrum to any who ever lived. But if they are specifically saying "Who made it a trend?" then I think the answer is obviously Queen Victoria. Prior to Queen Victoria, it wasn't the usual thing to do. Otherwise, after Anne of Brittany or Philippa of England, there would have been a lot of people wearing white. But because we are onlly mentioning those two, clearly it wasn't happening (or at least no documentation has survived to us of it happening). Know what I mean?
Teena ________________________________ From: Patricia Dunham <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 9:32:40 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1st White Wedding Dress Trend: Anne of Brittany or Queen Victoria Apparently Anne wasn't even first; numerous ref's online to, I think, "Princess Philippa, daughter of Henry IV (Bolingbroke), 1406" "She was married on 26 October 1406 to Eric of Pomerania [Scandinavia, Sweden] in Lund Cathedral. Philippa was actually the first documented princess in history to wear a white wedding dress during a royal wedding ceremony: she wore a tunic with a cloak in white silk bordered with grey squirrel and ermine)." chimene On May 9, 2011, at 10:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > My local newspaper ran an article about wedding traditions, > > http://www2.timesdispatch.com/lifestyles/celebrations/2011/may/04/tradition- > tales-ar-1015954/ Scroll down to "The White Wedding Dress." > > So who started the trend of the white wedding dress, Anne of Brittany or > Queen Victoria? The year 1499 is out of my league of knowledge. I know all > about Victoria's wedding dress trend. > > > > Penny Ladnier, owner > > The Costume Gallery Websites > > <http://www.costumegallery.com/> www.costumegallery.com > > 15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history > > FaceBook: > <http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579> > http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Costume-Gallery-Websites/107498415961579 > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
