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In every traditional wedding, it is the bride that is the center of attraction. More often than not, the duty of the bridegroom is to show up with ring in hand and in some countries, foot the bill for the wedding ceremony. Everything else, every particular detail is left for the bride to decide.
Whether women agree with me or not, the planning of a wedding is something a bride looks forward to. As a species, it is a celebration of our continuity as a race. The details for planning a wedding are very specific. Brides get to choose from the theme and color, the menu, the floral setting for the tables, the church, the reception, the dresses for the bridesmaid and entourage and the most important item of all: the wedding dress.
The history of the wedding dress has many roots. The color white symbolized the purity of the bride before her wedding day, and traditionally meant that the bride was untouched for her husband. The veil represented the mystery of the features of the bride on her wedding day. There was a time when marriages were arranged in order to consolidate power, wealth or land between two families and it was only during the wedding itself that the bridegroom was able to see the bride. Through the centuries things have changed and now the veil which used to be thick and concealing is now thin and revealing. The whole process of the bridegroom lifting the veil and seeing the bride is a throwback of the old ways when the bridegroom saw his bride for the first time.
The train and dress of the bride have significant meanings as well. The bridal train was meant to be long and flowing and initially used to cover up the tracks of the bride and the bridegroom, especially during the middle centuries when kidnappings of brides were frequent for ransom purposes. Even the best man had a role in those days as if there was an attack during the wedding procession of a rival tribe, it was the duty of the best man to guard the couple an aid them in escaping such an incident.
If you are in the Bridgend area, there are lots of wedding dress shops for a bride to shop around. These wedding dress shops in Bridgend still have the homey feel of wedding dress shops. The bride and her entourage which may consist of her mom and the maid of honor to say the least can spend an afternoon talking to the owner of the wedding dress shop who may be the wedding dress maker herself to talk about the wedding design the bride needs. These wedding shops in Bridgend make the bride and her family feels like their own family.
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Source by Steven Magill
