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prescribed DRESS OF BRIDE color of costume worn has had its significance from the most ancient times until the eighteenth century from earliest saxon times the te bride ot of tho poorer folk came to the wedding wearing a plain white robe this was a gaming arning vi to the public that since she brought nothing to tho the marriage her husband was not responsible for tier her debts at the beginning of the eighteenth century brides began to introduce touches of color into their costumes blue was for constancy and green for youth yellow was never worn as it stood for jealousy while golden also was shuh shunned ned as it meant avarice although the ancient roman and and hebrew brides wore yellow veils and the early christians of southern europe enveloped both man and wife in one large cloth it was waa not until Shake time that veils for brides appeared in england prior to that time the custom had been for tho bride to go to her wedding with her hair hanging banging loose as a sign of 0 freedom immediately however upon entering her new home slie die bound up her hair this was a sign of submission