Growing up, us girls dream of putting on the pretty white dress and walking down the aisle with our fathers to marry the man of our dreams. What a pretty picture that paints, huh? Prettier maybe now that the white wedding dress isn’t the only dress in town. That’s right, white wedding dresses have been joined by a seemingly plethora of colors including pale pink, ice blue, black, nude, peach, butter yellow, gray and even red. The colored wedding dress trend has become increasingly more popular. Just this year Reese Witherspoon donned a frothy light pink gown for her big day and Vera Wang released a number of black and nude toned dresses in her Spring 2012 line. Interestingly enough, some are surprised, delighted, and also disappointed by these trendy wedding dress colors. Which leaves me to wonder if the colored wedding dress trend is truly a do or a definite don’t.

Pastel Colored Wedding Dresses by Maria Lucia Hohan via The Cherry Blossom Girl

Nude | Light Pink by Samuelle Couture via Every Last Detail

Champagne | Butter Yellow via Wedding Chicks

Light Purple via Simply Bloom

Champagne Ruffles via Style Me Pretty | Light Pink Ruffles by Watters

Blue and White Striped Cotton Gown by Ian Stuart via Southern Weddings

Light Pink via Benj Haisch Photography

Red Silk Gown via Style Me Pretty

Red by Oscar de la Renta via Style Me Pretty: Massachusetts

Black | Nude by Vera Wang via Harper’s BAZAAR

Black | Nude by Vera Wang via Harper’s BAZAAR

Personally, I rather like these new colored wedding dresses. Though I am more of a fan of the pastel colors then the dark and the bold. Don’t get me wrong, I love the brilliant pop of red .. in the right wedding, at the right place, on the right girl. The red wedding dresses featured above were all of those things. In the wrong situation though, I’m afraid the brilliant color would look too much like prom. But the pastel colors .. those I love. I remember gasping at the pretty ice blues and pale pinks that came down the catwalk at this year’s Alfred Angelo show. I loved them! Just as much as I love all the pastel colored dresses above. Especially that blue and white striped stunner!! :)

What do you think of the colored wedding dress trend? Do you prefer the pastels like me? Or are you all for the bold and the bright? Do you think the colors are encroaching on something that is timeless and sacred? Should the white wedding dress be left alone? Do the colors look too much like prom? Are they a do or don’t? Answer all in the comments below!

Happy Friday!

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