Getting married used to be every girls dream. Most girls from a young age would plan their wedding day and imagine walking down the aisle in a beautiful wedding dress to be greeting her knight in shining armour! Marriage may not be as popular as it used to be, but still today most women dream of getting married one day to someone special.

The wedding dress is one of the most important aspects of a wedding for brides. The dress has to be perfect. White and cream has been the traditional colour of wedding dresses for many years, but wedding gowns were not always white.

This old poem tells you how the colour of your dress will influence your future. This was probably believed as superstitions were more believed years ago:

"Married in white, you will have chosen all right. Married in grey , you will go far away. Married in black, you will wish yourself back. Married in red, you’ll wish yourself dead. Married in blue, you will always be true. Married in pearl, you’ll live in a whirl. Married in green, ashamed to be seen, Married in yellow, ashamed of the fellow. Married in brown, you’ll live out of town. Married in pink, your spirits will sink."

There are many superstitions with regards to weddings. You may have heard of the old saying: "Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Something blue". Something old was traditionally an old garter from a happily married woman. This was thought to bring good fortune to the bride. Something new stood for the couple’s bright new future. Something borrowed was traditionally something borrowed from the bride’s family and something blue was a symbol for fidelity and a blue ribbon was tradition. Today brides still follow these rules but not always the same items which were traditionally used.

Also it was thought that if you found a spider in your wedding gown on your wedding day you will be very lucky.

White gowns came about in 1840 when Queen Victoria married her cousin Albert and wore a white lace dress. This wedding set a trend which is still around today. Some weddings have since used dresses of different colours but white or cream has been the most popular.

Another famous wedding which has an impact on waring white wedding dresses was Grace Kelly’s marriage to Prince Monaco. It was a grand event and appeared to be a fairy tale wedding. She wore a white silk and lace dress.

Today the emphasis is on the individuality of the bride. The dress is still the most talked about and important part of any wedding. When Prince William married Kate Middleton the dress was a tightly kept secret until the moment she stepped out in it, and of course it was white.