Ladies—believe it or not, the concept of the bridesmaid’s gown was not invented to inflict painful dowdiness* upon the bride’s friends and female relatives thus making the bride look hotter by comparison.
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Historically, that dress you’ll never wear again was actually selected with the purpose of tricking the eye of evil spirits and jealous ex-lovers (spicy!). Brides’ faithful attendants were instructed to wear a dress similar to that of the bride so that during their group stroll to the church it would be hard for any ill-willed spirits or former boy-toys to spot the bride and curse/kidnap/throw rocks at her. (Ditto for the boys in matching penguin suits, saving the groom from a similar fate.)
Interesting - especially since wearing white to a wedding nowadays will get you some filthy looks from the bride.
-Kay
*Dowdy describes my second bridesmaid dress. It was a "dark silver" (gray) metallic gargage bag.
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