Bolivian Bridal Dresses 2014 Wedding Gowns 43

Bolivian Bridal Dresses 2014 Wedding Gowns.  

By Farzana Aamir 

Although women were required to wear veils in many churches through at least the 19th century, the resurgence of the wedding veil as a symbol of the bride, and its use even when not required by the bride's religion, coincided with societal emphasis on women being modest and well-behaved.[3]

Etiquette books then began to turn the practice into a tradition and the white gown soon became a popular symbol of status that also carried "a connotation of innocence and sexual purity."[2] The story put out about the wedding veil was that decorous brides were naturally too timid to show their faces in public until they were married.