Many folk signs and superstitions are associated with the bride's wedding dress. In fact, a wedding dress is a symbol of the bride. It's not for nothing that girls choose their outfit so carefully so that on this almost the most important day in their life they look perfect.
Signs about a wedding dress: don't get hung up
I want to say right away: despite the fact that a lot of signs and superstitions are associated with a wedding dress, you don't need to get hung up on them. After all, there was a time when our ancestors just went to the registry office or the village council in everyday clothes, and then lived happily ever after for more than a dozen years.
If you think about something bad all the time, then it will certainly happen, so you don't need to wind yourself up on the eve of the wedding in the expectation that at some point something unexpected and unpleasant will surely happen. Better to just relax and enjoy the upcoming holiday.
However, there are signs and sometimes they really work. For especially suspicious brides, there are many rules for choosing a wedding dress.
What should be the perfect wedding dress
There is an old belief that a thing taken from someone close to the bride should be added to the bride's wedding attire. Previously, the bride's mother gave the girl an embroidered handkerchief. The headscarf was embroidered with symbols that protected the bride from unkind looks. It is advisable to ask for some trinket from relatives or friends, but in no case should you borrow a veil and gloves. It is necessary at the end of the wedding to return the borrowed little thing. It is advisable to borrow this thing from a friend who is happily married.
The wedding dress must be brand new. After the wedding, no one can lend it to anyone. There is a sign according to which someone else's wedding dress can attract other people's problems into family life. A happy wedding dress can be an outfit that stores the energy of the family and is inherited from generation to generation. The wedding dress of a great-grandmother, who has been happily married for more than fifty years, can become a reliable amulet. True, it is difficult to find a family in Russia where a great-grandmother's wedding dress is kept, which can be worn, so you need to buy an outfit for the upcoming celebration in a store. It's better to get a simpler wedding dress than rent a fancy outfit.
True, when buying a wedding dress in a store, it is impossible to say with complete certainty that no one has worn it before. I personally know such a case when my friend's mother worked as a salesman in a store of luxury wedding dresses and for her daughter took a very beautiful outfit for one day, which was then returned back to the salon and was bought.
The ideal option is a custom-made wedding dress. In this case, you can be completely sure that no one has worn the outfit before, and it does not carry negative energy.
There is also a sign according to which a wedding dress cannot be sewn by the future bride herself or trust this business to close people and relatives.
The wedding dress should be long as it means a long and happy family life.
An old English omen associated with the attire of the bride
According to tradition, the bride must wear four things on her wedding day. One thing must be new, the second old, the third blue and the fourth borrowed from a friend. A new thing is a symbol of a new family, where love, peace and harmony will reign; the old thing means the bride's bond with the home, parents and family in which she grew up. The color blue symbolizes modesty and loyalty, and a borrowed thing means the bride's connection with friends, on whose help and support she can always count on in difficult moments in life.
How to buy a wedding dress correctly
It is best to go to a wedding salon with a company of loved ones. When trying on a dress, only those people should help in whose good attitude you can be 100% sure.
You do not need to photograph yourself in different outfits in order to compare later. Treat your wedding dress with due respect.
In the store, you need to try to ensure that the future bride in a wedding dress is seen by as few strangers as possible.
The bride-to-be does not have to pay for the purchase herself. The wedding dress must be kept in the parental home before the celebration.
No one except the bride herself should try on a purchased dress. Also, you cannot put on the entire wedding outfit in full and look in the mirror. For example, you can try on with one glove.
What color should the wedding dress be
Traditionally, a wedding dress should be white. White color symbolizes purity and light, which will illuminate the future family life of the newlyweds. However, modern designers offer wedding dresses of various colors, and brides increasingly want to wear something unusual for their weddings.
A yellow wedding dress can attract quarrels and tears to a family, a red one - scandals and numerous quarrels. However, individual elements of red in a wedding dress or bridal bouquet portend good luck in marriage, the power of love and unquenchable passion.
Gold attracts money to the family and symbolizes a life of abundance. However, you shouldn't marry in an all-gold dress. We are talking here about the individual finishing elements.
The pink dress symbolizes deep, pure love, but the white wedding dress is still perfect.
How to wear a wedding dress correctly
Folk omens and superstitions say that you cannot dress for a wedding yourself or with the help of your mother. It is best to ask your friends for help. They are the ones who should help the bride on this day.
You need to pin a pin on the hem of the wedding dress, head down. The pin will divert the eyes of envious people and neutralize negative energy.
The bride's wedding dress must be worn over the head.
How to properly wear a wedding dress during a celebration
On the wedding day, when the groom has already arrived at the bride's house, the young can no longer be separated until the moment they are declared husband and wife. Also, guests should not be allowed to pass between them.
If the bride's dress has a very fluffy skirt that interferes with walking, the groom in no case should help his chosen one to carry the hem. This should be done by the bridesmaid.
During the wedding ceremony, girlfriends should not adjust the bride's attire. According to the existing sign, in this case, they will interfere and spoil the family life of the spouses.
Popular folk omens about the bride's wedding dress
On the wedding day, the dress was torn - the relationship with the mother-in-law may not work out.
If a button flew off the bride's wedding dress, then frequent quarrels and discord in the family are possible. It is necessary to sew a flying button with two stitches to ward off troubles from the newlyweds. By the way, according to folk tradition, there should be an even number of buttons on the bride's wedding dress.
You cannot show yourself to the groom in a wedding dress before the wedding. It is believed that in this case, the wedding may not take place.
Wedding dress as a talisman
The wedding dress is best kept. It will be able to serve well in the future. With it, you can remove the evil eye and damage from the child.
