As every wedding day approaches, the groom will unceremoniously rent his tux, and the bride will make one of the definitive choices of her life in buying her dress. While so many factors might play into her decision, the color white remains for most brides a nonnegotiable.
There is hardly a trace left of a time when choosing a white dress was unheard of. Today the customary white is most often credited to Queen Victoria. However, it was actually Princess Philippa of England (1394–1430) who first wore white to her wedding many centuries earlier in 1406.
