History Main / FairytaleWeddingDress

-->'''Bran Stark:''' It was so beautiful that night. Snow falling, just like now. And you were so beautiful. In your white wedding dress.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', the [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ final page of chapter 7]] is the debut appearance of Blinky in her wedding dress, who together with her new husband Clyde, get a [[SplashPanel full two-page spread]] to show off the moment. It's a layered white dress with a veil and flowery hair ornament, all with glowing orbs running through them, made for her by the seamstress spirit Yin.

A fancy wedding dress with an old-fashioned style of skirt, usually full length and bell-shaped, and plenty of trimmings such as pearls, flowers, lace, GiantPoofySleeves, a GiantWaistRibbon, a long train, a large veil, etc. After all, what's a WeddingDay without some CostumePorn? And since Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible, even a SimpleYetOpulent dress can work.

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', the [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ final page of chapter 7]] is the debut appearance of Blinky in her wedding dress, who together with her [[WeddingDay new husband]] Clyde, get a [[SplashPanel full two-page spread]] to show off the moment. It's a layered white dress with a veil and flowery hair ornament, all with glowing orbs running through them, made for her by the seamstress spirit Yin.

* Ariel's dress at the end of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1''.

* And, of course, there are wedding dresses based on Franchise/DisneyPrincess dresses, which can be viewed [[http://www.disneybridal.com/ here]]. The dresses aren't necessarily based on what the girls wear in their movies, but capture their look and feel. Yet some forgo the traditional bell shape (the one for [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1 Ariel]] is obviously mermaid-style, for instance), but still fit this trope otherwise.

* The would-be wedding dress at the beginning of ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', and another one that shows up at the end.

* Series/GameOfThrones features a few, though this [[DarkFantasy ain't no fairytale]].

* Amidala's dress at the end of ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' was just [[UnlimitedWardrobe one of her many fancy outfits]]. This one was influenced by TheEdwardianEra style wedding dress.

The main reason for such dresses (''and perhaps the key to this trope over any other wedding dress'') is the notion that many women like to [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses "feel like a Princess"]] on their wedding day (even if she is [[RoyalBlood already royalty]]), and wearing such a dress is at least one way to carry out that wish. She's probably had this desire ever since she was a small child in her PrincessPhase. Back then she probably had everything planned out, except for who the groom was, [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend maybe]].

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', the [[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-pages-50-51/ final page of chapter 7]] is the debut appearance of Blinky in her wedding dress, who together with her [[WeddingDay new husband]] Clyde, get a [[SplashPanel full two-page spread]] to show off the moment. It's a layered white dress with a veil and [[HairDecorations flowery hair ornament]], all with glowing orbs running through them, made for her by the seamstress spirit Yin.

* The dress at the end of ''Disney/{{Cinderella}}'', even though it's less fancy than her iconic dress (which is irrelevant to the trope, in case anyone wondered).
* Ariel's dress at the end of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.
* The [[GorgeousGarmentGeneration magically created]] dress at the end of ''Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog''.
* Rapunzel's wedding dress in the sequel short ''[[{{Disney/Tangled}} Tangled Ever After]]'', which is actually a white PaletteSwap of her celebration dress (with a train as long as her hair had been).
* Jasmine's wedding dress in ''Disney/AladdinAndTheKingOfThieves''.
* Mulan's wedding dress at the end of ''Disney/MulanII'' combines this with LadyInRed, since in ancient China, the bride's dress was colored red.
* The Franchise/DisneyPrincess franchise gave [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], [[Disney/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], and [[Disney/BeautyandtheBeast Belle]] their own wedding dresses, since we do not actually see them marry at the end of their films.

* And, of course, there are wedding dresses based on Franchise/DisneyPrincess dresses, which can be viewed [[http://www.disneybridal.com/ here]]. The dresses aren't necessarily based on what the girls wear in their movies, but capture their look and feel. Yet some forgo the traditional bell shape (the one for [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] is obviously mermaid-style, for instance), but still fit this trope otherwise.

Now as the name indicates, this dress is likely to show up at [[HappilyEverAfter the end of]] some {{Fairy Tale}}s--or at least modern works of them. (Genuine folk fairy tales tend to skip over the satorial details to lavish attention on the villain's horrific death. Illustrated versions may show it, though.)

* Several in ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

Compare VirginInAWhiteDress, HappyHolidaysDress, ElegantGothicLolita, LittleBlackDress, PinkMeansFeminine.

* KhaosOmega has only deployed this once minus the sleeves. As this is a strapless complete bridal gown designed for Anise Azeat's true form deployed at the end of chapter 4 in 'Amethyst Beginnings' it serves as a reminder for Anise of the fact Soul Bonds essentially mean the two linked parties are already married. (Jet, upon seeing her wearing it, chooses that moment to propose to her, which she accepts, firing off a massive amount of golden light that due to the gown allows the two to become truly married without an actual wedding ceremony).

It can overlap with WomanInWhite if the white dress she wears all the time is her wedding dress (often when widowed).

* One shows up in Music/LindseyStirling's remix of ''ThePhantomOfTheOpera'', when she stands on the stage of an empty theater.
* [[Franchise/EvilliousChronicles Margarita Blankenheim]] wears one throughout Gift From The Princess Who Brought Sleep. [[spoiler: This is rather ironic, as the [[KillEmAll events of the song]] [[YourCheatingHeart were brought on by her husband's cheating.]]

* The Love Angel dresses in ''Manga/WeddingPeach'', as well a most of the actual wedding dresses.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Ticketmaster," Rarity imagines herself marrying Princess Celestia's nephew while wearing one of these (with a rather long train), despite being a unicorn. [[http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg78/evalana/blog/mlpfim_ep0319.png Pic here.]]

* Guinevere's coronation gown in ''Series/{{Merlin}}''. It's unclear whether her coronation doubles as her wedding, but it's still a pimped-out frock and it still involves a ceremony that signifies her marriage to a man.

* Phoebe's wedding dress in ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' fits this, since her romance ideas came from "Literature/{{Cinderella}}."

* In ''{{Medieval}} II: Total War'', the cinematic for the marriage of one of your royal family's daughters shows her entering the cathedral in one of these. The train of the dress is at least ten feet.

* In WesternAnimation/XMen's first cartoon, Comicbook/JeanGrey's wedding dresses (they had to get married twice, it's a long story) fit this.
** Lorna's dress in the [[RelationshipSue unfortunately]] [[DerailingLoveInterests derailed]] would-be wedding.
* One appears in ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}: The Wedding Album''. However while Ellen Lane thinks it looks wonderful, Lois herself absolutely loathes it. It isn't the dress she wears for the actual wedding.
* Brittany's wedding dress malfunction in ''ComicBook/GoldDigger''. As a were-cheetah, she planned to marry in her lovely, spotted, eight-foot-tall furry form. The dressmaker, apparently never having seen Brittany, sized the dress for human proportions instead, somehow overlooking fitting sessions or phone verifications. Her barbarian grandmother literally forged her a proper Barbarian-tribe substitute dress: traditional Valkyrie-ish armor. Just when it looked as though Brittany would actually have to wear that, her arch-mage dad conjured a magical wedding dress out of a dream: perfect in every way. She was, of course, overjoyed.

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