Wedding Myths

The following traditions that we have all been living with were actually all made up and popularized by the consumer industry but we still love them don't we?
The following were all derived from the book “Wedding planning and management” by Maggie Daniels & Carrie Loveless

Diamond Engagement ring started in 1477 but popularized in 1965 with the De Beer’s group advertisements, “diamond is forever” and the engagement ring is 2 months of the man’s salary.

The male wedding band was added in due to unpopularity of making a male engagement ring, also invented. There came about in the 1920’s when department stores started to threaten the smaller jeweler. 1940’s is when it really took off for male wedding bands to be worn as a sign of commitment from afar for the soldiers.

White wedding gown was also made up typically it followed Chinese tradition to be red or brightly colored. Change was due to Queen Victoria’s marriage in 1840. She was the first largely public figure to wear an all white gown, called flamboyant but then all other ladies followed suit soon after. The color had nothing to do with virtue, it was all about excess being able to wear a dress that was so over the top you would never wear it again.