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It was not until the 1850s and 1860s that the trends that Queen Victoria had initiated became widespread for brides. The high profile marriages of other British royal brides, such as Victoria’s daughter, Victoria the Princess Royal, and her daughter in law, Alexandra of Denmark, who both followed the traditions set by Victoria, helped to further conventionalise white wedding dresses. Other international royal brides, especially ones such as the Empress Eugenie, who were marrying into less stable monarchies, also followed Victoria’s lead to lend substance and respectability to their marriages.
Princess Alexandra and Edward VII on their wedding day
The biggest factor, however, in popularising the white dress, was changing socio-economic circumstances. The 19th century saw the rise of a large middle class with expendable income for the first time in modern history. This middle class strove to emulate the customs of the upper class, and had the means to do so. And what family more epitomises the enviable aristocracy than the British royal family? Between Queen Victoria in 1840, Empress Eugenie in 1853, Princess Victoria in 1857, and Alexandra in 1863 the die was cast. White was the thing for brides to wear. If they could afford it.
Alexandra of Denmark's 1863 wedding dress (with lace removed)
Despite the rising middle class, many still couldn’t afford a dress only for their wedding day, and so ‘best’ dresses of any colour were worn by brides until the advent of very cheap and effective bleaches made white dresses for any occasion very common at the turn of the century.
Only in the 20th century would would all the meanings that we associate with white wedding dresses (virginity, for example), be retrospectively, and mostly incorrectly, applied to Victorian brides.
For an interesting visual tour of royal brides from the 19th century to today (and to see how many of them wore white!), check out this album.And finally, for something both related and random, check out Victoria’s darling wedding shoes:

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