r/weddingshaming • u/AmazingSheepie • Jun 29 '25

Dressed like a Bride She said it was the lighting (it wasn’t)

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u/meowsydaisy Jun 30 '25

Pippa Middleton also wore white to Catherine's wedding, and hers looked even more bridal than what Catherine wore to Meghan's wedding. I wonder if there's some old tradition where the maid of honor also wears white?

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u/Nuttypeg Jun 30 '25

I think there’s an old… and I’m writing this without checking for some reason… original point of bridesmaids to look like the bride, to confuse either evil spirits or bad men in power who somewhere had a right to or wanted to steal the bride… for bad reasons.

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u/giraflor Jun 30 '25

Yes, I’ve heard that as well.

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u/Simonoz1 Jun 30 '25

I mean Prima nocta was mostly a myth as far as the evidence goes.

There was a marriage tax to be paid to the lord but that was in cash.

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u/Tortured_Poet_1313 Jun 30 '25

Yeah, I think Pippa got to wear white since she was a part of the wedding party.