The only time I have heard that brides in Medieval times wore red (in a
vague broad brush way) was a Dear Abby letter that said the fashion designer
Edith Head had told the person who wrote the letter to Abby. There was
something about in Classical Roman times the bride wore orange/red veils
that
I wonder if the origin of this one lies with the word 'scarlet' rather than
'red'? Or, alternately, with kermes and cochineal, rather than madder?
Generally speaking, cross-culture and cross-era, a bride is going to wear
her fanciest dress, so it seems quite reasonable that luxury fabrics or
I have read that Rom wear red skirts only on their wedding day. Scarlet was
an expensive fabric, not necessarily red. That causes a lot of confusion.
My studies show they wore their best outfit, no matter the color.
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*Maistresse Aspasia *
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At 07:36 PM 11/12/2012, you wrote:
I just read the comment that medieval brides wore red in a book
that does not attribute any source for the statement but has a
bibliography and index. The book makes me itchy because it is such
a hybrid of fact and fiction.
Anyway, my question is this: is
