The wedding tradition continues today in the form of a white wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses, though prior to the Victorian wedding era, a bride was married in any colour, black wedding dress being especially popular in Scandinavia weddings.Later, many people assumed that the white wedding dress was intended to symbolize virginity, though this had not been the original intention. (It was the blue wedding dress that was connected to purity.) The white bridal gown is in fact a symbolic Christening gown. They are a variation of the white wedding dress surplice worn in the Western Catholic wedding tradition by members of the clergy, church choirs and servers and the gowns worn by girls making their first communion would wear a communion dress at their confirmation and this is were flower girl dresses were first seen when women were making religious wedding vows. Jews have gone to great lengths to follow these Western wedding (Judeo-Christian) customs, whilst adhering to the wedding laws of Tzniut. Today, the white wedding dress is normally understood merely as the most traditional dress and popular choice for wedding functions.
