Wedding Dress Colors Meaning . These days, women are not restricted to contemporary traditional white gowns. All kinds of misguided cultural connotations were added the idea of a white wedding gown, from 'rich' (can only wear it once) to 'poor' (couldn't afford dye), to 'virgin' (white is a 'pure' color). Dress to Surprise: Bridesmaid Dresses Colors Meanings (William Kelley) These days, women are not restricted to contemporary traditional white gowns. Big Q, Easy A: Wedding Dress Codes and What They All Really Mean. However, there are so many gorgeous colors for wedding dresses available today. The white wedding dress trend was started by Queen Victoria (and yes, I wrote a post about this WAY back when when I first started this blog) and then it morphed into this whole 'purity' thing. Wedding dress codes seem like a good idea. The meaning of colors in weddings - Enchanting