{"id":34312,"date":"2013-11-27T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/articles\/im-marrying-for-the-second-time-can-i-still-wear-white\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:07:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T16:07:45","slug":"im-marrying-for-the-second-time-can-i-still-wear-white","status":"publish","type":"au-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/articles\/im-marrying-for-the-second-time-can-i-still-wear-white\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m marrying for the second time. Can I still wear white?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I&#8217;m re-marrying next year in far happier circumstances than my first wedding. I&#8217;m really looking forward to wearing a big, fluffy white dress (again), but can I wear white the second time around?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"lead\">Darling, you can wear a green gown with purple polka dots if you so wish!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, traditionally in the West, white was worn by a bride to symbolise her &#8216;purity&#8217;\/virginity but, not withstanding the fact you&#8217;ve been married before, these days, many, many women aren&#8217;t virgins when they walk down the aisle and, if they couldn&#8217;t wear white, well, there&#8217;d be a lot more cream and off-white gowns for sale.<\/p>\n<p>For many people, certainly here in the West, it has been a long time since it was considered necessary that a woman be a virgin on her wedding day, so you&#8217;re in the clear.<\/p>\n<p>White <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/WeddingDress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">wedding dresses<\/a> are a beautiful part of the grand (and modern) Western wedding tradition, just as red saris are a part of the Hindu wedding tradition (where, in fact, a white sari is a sign of widowhood).<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, you most certainly can wear white and there is nothing wrong with wanting to celebrate a joyful occasion in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>I hope your second marriage is absolutely wonderful and that you and your groom dance until dawn (or until all the tulle falls off your dress).<\/p>\n<p>And, be it your wedding or a party frock, wear what you want to wear, how you want to wear it. Don&#8217;t let your age, societal status or someone else&#8217;s opinion determine your rightful place in the universe.<\/p>\n<p>X<\/p>\n<p>Happy wedding planning!<br \/>\nSamantha<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7984,"template":"","au_article_tag":[77,961,359],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/34312"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/au-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au-article\/34312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"au_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/au_article_tag?post=34312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}