History Main / UnconventionalWeddingDress

* ''Series/FrontierHouse'': The participants have to dress and live according to 1800s US western pioneering families in rural Montana. The Brooks, who get married partway through the project, plan a period-appropriate gingham dress for Kristen because a white gown would be prohibitively expensive for the setting. [[spoiler: Nate's family "bought" her a white gown anyway.]]

* In the 2002 living history series ''Frontier House'', the participants had to dress and live according to 1800s US western pioneering families in rural Montana. The Brooks, who were getting married partway through the project, had planned a period-appropriate gingham dress for Kristen because a white gown would be prohibitively expensive for the setting. [[spoiler: Nate's family "bought" her a white gown anyway.]]

* When ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Edmund and Maria renewed their vows on their 1st anniversary, she wore a pale green evening gown. Years later, Kendall showed up at Ryan and Greenlee's wedding and pushed her into a fountain, but the ceremony went on anyway, with Greenlee now wearing jeans. . . and a white shirt.

* On ''Series/GeneralHospital'', the wrong wedding dress was delivered to Lucy Coe as she prepared marry Alan Quartermaine. With no time to get the correct one, she walked down the aisle in a ''flaming red'' dress, complete with hat, much to everyone's shock.

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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': In ''Innistrad: Crimson Vow'' [[VampireMonarch Olivia Voldaren]] arranges a political marriage to [[MonsterProgenitor Edgar Markov]] in order to unify the two most powerful vampire bloodlines on Innistrad. Her wedding dress is, er, [[https://media.wizards.com/2021/images/daily/kecQb7w1WA.jpg this]] - a massively [[PimpedOutDress pimped-out]] red and gray thing with an enormous, spiky collar held up by ''the souls of her victims''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'': When Tiana and Naveen get married they're frogs, so they're not wearing clothes at all, though when they kiss they become human again and Tiana magically gains a green and yellow dress based upon a waterlily; it's not a typical wedding dress though it's definitely still a PimpedOutDress. {{Subverted|trope}} when she marries Naveen a second time as a human; this time she's wearing a white 1920's-style dress with a veil.

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* ''VideoGame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope'' has a [[https://i.redd.it/8vrpg34fo2361.png wonderful event]] describing a same-sex marriage ceremony in the [[BombThrowingAnarchists Free Territory]]. [[GayGroomInAWhiteTux Both brides have black dresses]] emblazoned with the symbol of the Black Army, and the dresses have been explicitly modified to allow the brides to sling their rifles over their shoulders comfortably (it's a WartimeWedding in an anarchist commune, so EveryoneIsArmed - even the priest has an SMG stuffed into his robes from doing entrenchment training earlier that morning).

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In India and China, [[LadyInRed red]] is the favored 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''[[note]]UsefulNotes/HongKong is a special case where a western wedding with a white dress is more common (often at a church [[EveryoneIsChristianAtChristmas despite only 10% Hongkongers are Christian]]) due to being westernised. Couples from wealthier backgrounds may even have ''both'' a western and a Chinese wedding ceremonies with both dresses.[[/note]]. 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.

** Ming wore a black wedding dress, and, swear to God, that was the most ''normal'' part of her very unconventional wedding. (Consider the following, when she 'walked' down the aisle, she was also wearing a helmet...because she actually got ''shot out of a cannon''.)

* In one of the ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' books, ''These Happy Golden Years'', due to Laura and Almanzo needing to AltarTheSpeed before Almanzo's sister comes to De Smet and tries to plan an extravagant wedding they can't afford, Laura ends up marrying in her black cashmere dress. Ma's unhappy about this, because as the saying goes: "married in black, you'll wish yourself back."

In India and China, [[LadyInRed red]] is the favored 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.

* In the 2002 living history series ''Frontier House'', the participants had to dress and live according to 1800s US western pioneering families in rural Montana. The Brooks, who were getting married partway through the project, had planned a period-appropriate gingham dress for Kristen because a white gown would be prohibitively expensive for the setting. [[spoiler: Nate's family "bought" her a white gown anyway.]]
* In ''Series/Wildflower2017'', Ivy wears a black gown instead of a traditional white gown on her wedding day with Arnaldo, much to Emilia's chagrin. Arnaldo, who's not aware of Lily/Ivy's [[{{Revenge}} motivation]], doesn't mind what she wears.
* In ''Literature/TheThornBirds'', Meggie marries Luke in the "ashes-of-roses" dress that she wore to Mary Carson's birthday party, rather than the typical white dress, as it's her best and favorite.

Factors can include time and financial restraints, as it may take several months and thousands of dollars to make a dress that can be worn only once. The situation could take place on a WartimeWedding. It can also be where a ThemedWedding may take part where a conventional 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. And it may be where the bride is on a second or third marriage or so.

Factors can include time and financial restraints, as it may take several months and thousands of dollars to make a dress that can be worn only once. The situation could take place on a WartimeWedding. 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. And it may be where the bride is on a second or third marriage or so.

* Bridal-themed events in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' has characters donning white gowns, suits, and the like. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]], [[BlackMagicanGirl however]], goes in a black dress.

* Bridal-themed events in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' has characters donning white gowns, suits, and the like. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]], [[DarkMagicalGirl however]], goes in a black dress.

* Bridal-themed events in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' has characters donning white gowns, suits, and the like. [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]], however, goes in a black dress.

* In one of the ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'' books, ''These Happy Golden Years'', due to Laura and Almanzo needing to AltarTheSpeed before Almanzo's sister comes to De Smet and tries to play an extravagant wedding they can't afford, Laura ends up marrying in her black cashmere dress. Ma's unhappy about this, because as the saying goes: "married in black, you'll wish yourself back."

* When ''Series/AllMyChildren'''s Edmund and Maria renewed their vows on their 1st anniversary, she wore a pale green evening gown.