To love the history of women's fashion is to love the history of the wedding dress and be curious about its evolution. What was getting married like before the advent of white weddings? What did brides wear? When was the first documented occurrence of a white wedding dress in Western culture? This book, Six Centuries of Wedding Dress Styles and Traditions , will answer these questions and more. It will take you through the interesting historical accounts of wedding dresses and give you an insight into what brides wore hundreds of years ago. It includes photographs and illustrations of hundreds of years of wedding dress collections. The pages of this coffee table worthy book include these main features: Antique-themed pages for that classic look and timeless feel typical of history. - Colour images and illustrations demonstrating the sometimes spectacular but generally impressive designs worn by brides of ancient times. - A history of the bridal attires for each century, starting from the 1300s to the 1900s. - The influence of centuries of bridal gown styles on the 21st century vintage-inspired bride. This history book of bridal fashion eras is good to have by potential fashion historians, students of fashion history, wedding dress styles enthusiasts, including bridal wear dressmakers and tailors. It comes in a handy size, as three formats – eBooks, paperbacks, and hardcovers, with premium color interior pages. It also includes a few pages for notes, abstracts, poems, or anything fashion history related.