Vera Wang's Dark Wedding Gowns Will Change Bridal Tradition

I think the dress is beautiful. My eyes would pop out if I were the groom.

No ! I would wear other color than black. Green, pink, brown, blue, etc. etc.

I absolutely would love to waer a non-traditional colour to on my wedding day! I think allowing a woman the ability to choose and making different colours a viable option, will make a woman's wedding thatm uch more special because it's just much more about her preferences and happiness. If we think about it, it's not that odd for a bride ot be dressed in beautiful colours, that's only the norm for the western world. In India, brides wear red and in other nations and belief systems, brides wear a range of colours. I think it'd be a lovely step into the future. I also saw on Say Yes to the Dress a woman who chose a white gown and had it custom made in a shade of scarlet to represent her Indian heritage. :)

She already went dark when she used MINK on a wedding dress! Down with fur. Please support compassionate designers.

In light of the fact that white wedding gowns didn't gain popularity until the late 1800's, I say why not? I think that we should wear what makes us happy, not what is expected of us. White can pick up stains so easily, it's not a color I ever really wear anyway.

in general, i'm a sucker for breakaways from "tradition" in any sense (which really just pigeonholes me in a different way...), so go, vera! the woman still has to sell, so she's going to have to lead the market trend by baby steps. as for me? i'm going to stick to my hot-glue-gun-and-feathers plan

Wedding dresses are, overall, such a huge YAWN from a fashion perspective, that anything is a welcome change. These Wang dresses kinda look like the same-old, same-old to me, except in black. I like the mixed-color ones best.

I married my partner in a long white ($90 on ebay) dress, but we were trying to capture the camp of the traditional "wedding" (since we couldn't do it legally at that time).

From a fashion perspective, I'd get married in almost anything BUT a wedding dress unless I was one of these super models whose personal designers make one on the spot just for them. (Loved Kate Moss's from the Sept. Vogue--and btw, it wasn't white--at least not white-white-white.)

I wish she was around when I was lamenting about which gown to wear for my wedding. I would SO have worn one of her black gowns. I was never much of a traditionalist back then. More power to her and her beautiful gowns, no matter what color they are.

makes me wish I could get married again! gorgeous!

Not sure how many will opt to wear a colored gown, but they are beautiful; however, I think white, cream and ivory will likely be the first choice for many.

I like the idea of a non-traditional wedding dress...especially a black one since most people look amazing in black... I could see myself doing something like this if I had a traditional wedding, but since I had a planned beach elopement, I wanted to have a tiny bit of tradition, and wore a white sun dress, which oddly, I have worn since to work...

I actually wore a silvery blue Jessica McClintock gown for my wedding in 2000, still love the dress. It had gold undertones. I don't know all the history of it, but I do know that brides here in Pittsburgh used to dip their white wedding dresses in tea to make them looked antiqued. But I think that was also an attempt to camouflage the terrible staining of all clothing that happened during the very smoky, sooty steel boom era.

It's a beautiful dress, but I don't think I could have worn anything but white. Although I do see how white dresses don't look good on some skin tones, so at least this provides options.

I got married in 2005 and had a dress with navy blue trim and a navy blue train. I wasn't trying to be daring or different---I just fell in love with the dress! It was only slightly off traditional, since the overall style of the dress was still very traditional. But the dress was very "me" in a way I didn't expect. I wouldn't trade it for anything!

Well. Hmm.

If it had been socially acceptable* in 2004, I might have really gone for this concept -- though not with black. But in green (like this Pinterest pin of mine: http://pinterest.com/pin/119667531/ ). In 2004, we were just starting to see colored bands and sashes and inserts (see also: http://pinterest.com/pin/353478361/ ), but there were still "different" enough that the 'traditional" bride didn't go for them. There are many things about my wedding that I would have done differently (like, not having a wedding as an example), but adding more color and more of my personality would be #2 (if I *had* to have a wedding).

* = socially acceptable in this case doesn't really refer to society as a whole but to what my grandma deems appropriate or not. Ahem.

I wore black to my civil ceremony. I would have loved a gown like this.

White wedding gowns (in Western culture) symbolize baptism rather than virginity.