Wedding dresses during the medieval period were quite different to the ones we wear today. First of all the color was the main element to be chosen for a wedding dress since the colors carried symbols that depicted the character of the bride or her social status. Thus blue was the color of purity instead of white, the white we have today for our weddings. This doesn’t mean that the dress was mainly blue, it was suffice to be other color so long as it had some blue in it.
As the color was the thing that could tell about the bride’s status in society, we have to add that white was a color to use for wedding dress, but the brides to wear were the peasants’ brides; this fact also symbolized that it was a cheap medieval wedding dress and that the bride didn’t bring anything on her wedding.
On the other hand, the color green was to be preferred as it meant youth, while yellow and gold were somehow excluded as they symbolized jealousy.
White dresses became popular in Brittany in the 17th century; the gown was made of two layers, an overdress and an under dress. The wedding dress pattern was however the one with longs sleeves and some gowns came also with caps and hoods on top of these. If the wedding couples choose a medieval theme for their wedding it is better that the period of time for this to be selected in late fall or in winter.
The style of the dresses differ through that that the sleeves are either detached from the dress or connected to the gown by extra material that make them look like sided wings.
Medieval weddings as theme for a wedding are very romantic and because of the richness of the fabrics and their elaborate designs the medieval wedding dresses can be very expensive. Considering that this gown a woman wears only for one night it is recommended to be hired or if one desires to keep it as a memory or to customize it for other thematic parties there are places where one can purchase cheap medieval wedding dresses at a reasonable price.