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* In ''ComicStrip/OnTheFastrack'', Dethany, in keeping with her PerkyGoth style, wore a black wedding gown.
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* On ''Series/{{Psych}}'', Marlowe was introduced as TheVamp but quickly became a [[{{Adorkable}} lovingly unconventional]] LoveInterest to [[UptightLovesWild the normally uptight Carlton]]. On their wedding day, she wears a vibrant red dress with her special infinity necklace, and Carlton wears a white suit and tie with a matching red boutonniere.
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* ''[[Literature/{{Temeraire}} Empire of Ivory]]'': While not the ''least'' conventional aspect of the [[MarriedAtSea shipboard wedding]] between CPT Tom Riley, Royal Navy and CPT Catherine Harcourt, Aerial Corps; the fact that the bride did not trouble herself to find a dress at all but showed up to the ceremony in trousers left unfastened to accommodate her [[ShotgunWedding baby-well-past-a-bump]], a bottle green military greatcoat, and (it is heavily implied) combat boots would not go unremarked ''now'', let alone on the way back to RegencyEngland.
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** Samantha ''tried'' to do this by considering a wedding gown that looked more like a labcoat, saying it was just like her to do so. Even the 'design your own wedding gown' website rebelled against the idea though, and Samantha went with something more traditional (designed by a reader who won a contest to do so).
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* In UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland's second and third weddings, she wore black for the ceremony itself, symbolizing that she came to the marriage as a widow and not a virgin, and only changed into something cheerier once she was officially married to someone new. (Oddly enough, this is inverted for her first marriage: eyebrows were raised when she wore white to her first marriage to the future Francis II of France, as white was France's traditional color of ''mourning''.)
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* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/214973/where-is-my-love Where Is My Love?]]'': When Rarity is meeting Derpy to arrange the latter's wedding dress, she freaks out at first when Derpy says she doesn't want to wear white, until Derpy explains that it wouldn't be proper, since she has had a foal already (and is expecting a second) and thus doesn't qualify for VirginInAWhiteDress. While the fic itself doesn't say the final color, a piece of associated fanart shows her in blue.
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* When ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'' marries Hamlet, she's wearing a plain, unremarkable light gray gown. This is [[JustifiedTrope intentional]], as she and Hamlet had to disguise themselves as peasants to [[SecretRelationship get married]]. Neither of them seem to care in the slightest.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' allows players to dress for their wedding however they like. While the game offers a wedding dress to female players (which, if paying for the wedding, can be dyed in any color), it is possible to marry naked, in full armor or in a GoofySuit.
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* Doubling with {{Themed Wedding}}s, in Europe it is actually quite popular to marry in a middle-age themed dress at a castle. Those dresses are often red, blue, green or brown.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': In " A Bicyclops Made For Two", Leela wears a purple wedding dress, to match her [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] for her wedding to Alcazar.
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* In ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'', Blanche's wedding dress when she married her late husband George was a bright red number that only went to her knees.
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* ''ComicBook/XMen'': When Cyclops and Jean Grey got married, Jean's dress was white, but it was [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/03/86/0c03862da9547ac0a9df53ef50117065.jpg mermaid-style]] rather than a poofy ballgown, with a white scarf instead of a veil.
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* In the Literature/LordPeterWimsey book ''Busman's Honeymoon'', Harriet wears gold lamé rather than white when she marries Lord Peter.
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When it comes to weddings, everyone will expect for the arrival of the bride all dressed in white. Whether in a straight, a lesbian, or [[GayGroomInAWhiteTux a gay marriage]], the image of a bride's white dress is so prevalent, and media will also often incorporate it with such.
But she's wearing something else other than white, not ''even'' off-white, and not ''even'' a hint of pastel. She's even wearing the same color as her bridesmaids. Everyone stares at her for her choice for the occasion. Both the bride and groom don't care; it's their mutual love, commitment, and trust that matters, not the outward appearances and judging eyes.
Factors can include time and financial restraints, as it may take several months and thousands of dollars to make depending on the embellishment for a dress that can be worn only once. It can also be where a ThemedWedding may take part where a dress may be impractical for the theme. It may also be the bride's choice to break tradition, and to wear any style and color they want, even black.
Of course, the tradition of the white wedding dress is [[NewerThanTheyThink a relatively new tradition]], with brides during the [[RegencyEngland early 19th century]] starting to wear white dresses, with white being a symbol of ConspicuousConsumption as white dresses were expensive and difficult to clean, and UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria [[TropeCodifier popularized and solidified it]] after marrying Prince Albert in 1840 as a symbol of [[VirginInAWhiteDress purity]] and [[SimpleYetOpulent elegance in simplicity]].
Prior to 1840, brides would have worn their best dress in whatever of color, save for black, and they would have worn them again for several occasions. The most popular and ideal color was blue due to being [[TrueBlueFemininity a feminine color]], and this is where the "something blue" part came from OldNewBorrowedAndBlue.
In India and China, [[LadyInRed red]] is an ideal bridal color as it symbolizes love. The unconventional part for an Indian bride or a Chinese bride would be to wear the Western white, as white for those cultures are reserved for ''mourning''. Brides with a PatrioticFervor would wear a dress based on their national clothing. And the more modern thinking bride would wear either very short skirts or even ''pants'', or anything that would be inappropriate even for outdoor weddings.
Contrast VirginInAWhiteDress and FairytaleWeddingDress.
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* ''Film/AboutTime'': Mary wears red on her wedding day. While nobody comments on it in the film, WordOfGod [[http://www.mtv.com/news/1716643/about-time-rachel-mcadams/ is that]] he had a feeling she would go for something unusual.
* In ''Film/BeetleJuice'', when Beetlejuice and Lydia are planning to get married, Lydia's dress is red because of the association with {{Hell}}.
* ''Film/TheVow'': In the film, Paige's wedding dress is short and pink.
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* In ''Literature/{{Jackdaws}}'', Flick and Paul both wear military uniforms when they get married due to it being a WartimeWedding.
* In the first book of ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad The Malloreon]]'', Garion quickly resolves the crisis in Arendia between Mandorallen and a rival knight who is the heir to the land of a recently deceased noble, and was about to offer the nobleman's widow to his friends, which pissed Mandorallen off. Mandorallen had been pining for the said widow, Nerina, for so long, but [[CourtlyLove they mutually kept their romance platonic]] even long after her husband died. Garion ordered his friend Mandorallen to quit pining and just marry Nerina anyway. After a quick negotiation about the dowry and other wedding formalities, Mandorallen married Nerina while he was still on his armor and she was wearing widow's black and a tablecloth for a veil.
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* In an episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', in an attempt to marry off Marilyn, Lily dresses her up in an all-black wedding dress.
* ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'' will occasionally feature brides who want unconventional wedding dresses, which will invariably put them at odds with their more traditional family members or entourage. Usually they'll get the style they want or compromise with the dissenters to find something in the middle.
** In one episode, bride-to-be Christalyne fought against her Indian family's wishes, as she wanted an ivory or champagne gown when in India white is reserved for widows.
** Former Music/{{Prince}} bassist Nik West, who wanted something futuristic, ended up with a beaded white catsuit with a detachable skirt.
* The German show ''Zwischen Tüll und Tränen'' features multiple bridal stores, among others a store for the goth scene with mainly black dresses and suits and one for Dirndls (a [[{{Oktoberfest}} South German]] folk dress) in all colors.
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* Referenced in ''Trains'' magazine; an article about the disastrous Penn-Central merger (which in 1970 became the biggest bankruptcy until Enron) was titled "The Bride Wore Black".
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* In 2004, Wrestling/{{Lita}} is forced to marry Wrestling/{{Kane}}. To show her spite for him for the occasion, she wore black.
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* In ''Theatre/{{Jenufa}}'', Jenufa wears a simple dark-colored dress for her wedding, because she is mourning her illegitimate son who died a couple of months earlier. His very existence is kept a carefully-guarded secret, so when one of the guests expresses surprise at Jenufa's choice of clothes, her stepmother claims that in high society, every lady marries in a plain dress.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' allows players to dress for their wedding however they like. While the game offers a wedding dress to female players (which, if paying for the wedding, can be dyed in any color), it is possible to marry naked, in full armor or in a GoofySuit.
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* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Brides in the franchise, such as Avatar Roku's bride Ta Min in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and Ursa in ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'', wore white-and-red wedding dresses with more traditionally Asian-inspired designs, so there is precedent for it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "A Tattler's Tale", Lucy plays at getting married to her vampire bust Edwin and dyes the dress black because she's a {{Goth}}.
* In the episode "Niagarra Brawl" from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', the girls have to wear wedding dresses as part of a challenge. Most of them wear conventional wedding dresses, but Sierra's gown consists of a midriff-exposing top and a knee-length skirt.
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* Doubling with {{Themed Wedding}}s, in Europe it is actually quite popular to marry in a middle-age themed dress at a castle. Those dresses are often red, blue, green or brown.
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When it comes to weddings, everyone will expect for the arrival of the bride all dressed in white. Whether in a straight, a lesbian, or [[GayGroomInAWhiteTux a gay marriage]], the image of a bride's white dress is so prevalent, and media will also often incorporate it with such.
But she's wearing something else other than white, not ''even'' off-white, and not ''even'' a hint of pastel. She's even wearing the same color as her bridesmaids. Everyone stares at her for her choice for the occasion. Both the bride and groom don't care; it's their mutual love, commitment, and trust that matters, not the outward appearances and judging eyes.
Factors can include time and financial restraints, as it may take several months and thousands of dollars to make depending on the embellishment for a dress that can be worn only once. It can also be where a ThemedWedding may take part where a dress may be impractical for the theme. It may also be the bride's choice to break tradition, and to wear any style and color they want, even black.
Of course, the tradition of the white wedding dress is [[NewerThanTheyThink a relatively new tradition]], with brides during the [[RegencyEngland early 19th century]] starting to wear white dresses, with white being a symbol of ConspicuousConsumption as white dresses were expensive and difficult to clean, and UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria [[TropeCodifier popularized and solidified it]] after marrying Prince Albert in 1840 as a symbol of [[VirginInAWhiteDress purity]] and [[SimpleYetOpulent elegance in simplicity]].
Prior to 1840, brides would have worn their best dress in whatever of color, save for black, and they would have worn them again for several occasions. The most popular and ideal color was blue due to being [[TrueBlueFemininity a feminine color]], and this is where the "something blue" part came from OldNewBorrowedAndBlue.
In India and China, [[LadyInRed red]] is an ideal bridal color as it symbolizes love. The unconventional part for an Indian bride or a Chinese bride would be to wear the Western white, as white for those cultures are reserved for ''mourning''. Brides with a PatrioticFervor would wear a dress based on their national clothing. And the more modern thinking bride would wear either very short skirts or even ''pants'', or anything that would be inappropriate even for outdoor weddings.
Contrast VirginInAWhiteDress and FairytaleWeddingDress.
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[[folder: Film]]
* ''Film/AboutTime'': Mary wears red on her wedding day. While nobody comments on it in the film, WordOfGod [[http://www.mtv.com/news/1716643/about-time-rachel-mcadams/ is that]] he had a feeling she would go for something unusual.
* In ''Film/BeetleJuice'', when Beetlejuice and Lydia are planning to get married, Lydia's dress is red because of the association with {{Hell}}.
* ''Film/TheVow'': In the film, Paige's wedding dress is short and pink.
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[[folder: Literature]]
* In ''Literature/{{Jackdaws}}'', Flick and Paul both wear military uniforms when they get married due to it being a WartimeWedding.
* In the first book of ''[[Literature/TheBelgariad The Malloreon]]'', Garion quickly resolves the crisis in Arendia between Mandorallen and a rival knight who is the heir to the land of a recently deceased noble, and was about to offer the nobleman's widow to his friends, which pissed Mandorallen off. Mandorallen had been pining for the said widow, Nerina, for so long, but [[CourtlyLove they mutually kept their romance platonic]] even long after her husband died. Garion ordered his friend Mandorallen to quit pining and just marry Nerina anyway. After a quick negotiation about the dowry and other wedding formalities, Mandorallen married Nerina while he was still on his armor and she was wearing widow's black and a tablecloth for a veil.
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* In an episode of ''Series/TheMunsters'', in an attempt to marry off Marilyn, Lily dresses her up in an all-black wedding dress.
* ''Series/SayYesToTheDress'' will occasionally feature brides who want unconventional wedding dresses, which will invariably put them at odds with their more traditional family members or entourage. Usually they'll get the style they want or compromise with the dissenters to find something in the middle.
** In one episode, bride-to-be Christalyne fought against her Indian family's wishes, as she wanted an ivory or champagne gown when in India white is reserved for widows.
** Former Music/{{Prince}} bassist Nik West, who wanted something futuristic, ended up with a beaded white catsuit with a detachable skirt.
* The German show ''Zwischen Tüll und Tränen'' features multiple bridal stores, among others a store for the goth scene with mainly black dresses and suits and one for Dirndls (a [[{{Oktoberfest}} South German]] folk dress) in all colors.
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[[folder: Magazines]]
* Referenced in ''Trains'' magazine; an article about the disastrous Penn-Central merger (which in 1970 became the biggest bankruptcy until Enron) was titled "The Bride Wore Black".
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[[folder: Professional Wrestling]]
* In 2004, Wrestling/{{Lita}} is forced to marry Wrestling/{{Kane}}. To show her spite for him for the occasion, she wore black.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/{{Jenufa}}'', Jenufa wears a simple dark-colored dress for her wedding, because she is mourning her illegitimate son who died a couple of months earlier. His very existence is kept a carefully-guarded secret, so when one of the guests expresses surprise at Jenufa's choice of clothes, her stepmother claims that in high society, every lady marries in a plain dress.
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[[folder: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' allows players to dress for their wedding however they like. While the game offers a wedding dress to female players (which, if paying for the wedding, can be dyed in any color), it is possible to marry naked, in full armor or in a GoofySuit.
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[[folder: Western Animation]]
* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** Brides in the franchise, such as Avatar Roku's bride Ta Min in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and Ursa in ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'', wore white-and-red wedding dresses with more traditionally Asian-inspired designs, so there is precedent for it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' episode "A Tattler's Tale", Lucy plays at getting married to her vampire bust Edwin and dyes the dress black because she's a {{Goth}}.
* In the episode "Niagarra Brawl" from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'', the girls have to wear wedding dresses as part of a challenge. Most of them wear conventional wedding dresses, but Sierra's gown consists of a midriff-exposing top and a knee-length skirt.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Real Life]]
* Doubling with {{Themed Wedding}}s, in Europe it is actually quite popular to marry in a middle-age themed dress at a castle. Those dresses are often red, blue, green or brown.
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