38 Incredible Wedding Dresses From Many Different Periods in Time

#1 1840

It was Queen Victoria, pictured here, who started the "brides wear white" tradition.

#2. 1850.

This bride poses on her wedding day.

#3. 1878.

Flowers are a typical part of Victorian wedding dresses!

#4. 1900.

Dorothea Baird, an actress, on her wedding day.

#5. 1905.

Eleanor Roosevelt on her wedding day.

#6. 1910

The Ernstein newlyweds

#7. 1912.

Miss Ruby Ray's bridal attire feature a long train and a feather headdress and veil.

#8. 1915.

Miss D'Arcy poseing in her fur-trimmed wedding dress.

#9. 1918.

Miss Annie Hodge, cuts straight to the point with her husband's sword.

#10. 1920.

Canadian-American film actress Mary Pickford is pure radiance in her wedding dress.

#11. 1922.

A young African-American couple sit for their wedding portrait.

#12. 1922.

Princess Mary's wedding dress was designed by William Wallace Terry, London's leading court dressmaker.

#13. 1924.

A newlywed couple's wedding portrait, featuring a parrot.

#14. 1925.

Mademoiselle Loewenstein in a white wedding dress with a very long veil.

#15. 1926.

A wedding dress from the Solosign fashion house.

#16. 1927.

The new Mrs Hampton in a wedding dress with an embroidered headdress and long lace train.

#17. 1928.

"Before the dress was given to the National Historical Association in 1987, it was altered and worn by four other young women in the family."

#18. 1929.

A bride in the late 1920s. Check out that embroidery!

#19. 1930.

Mr and Mrs Lewis Johnson cutting their wedding cake together. She wore a simple wedding dress with gloves.

#20. 1931.

The cross she is wearing on her chest is made of diamonds.

#21. 1933.

Actress Ann Todd models her own wedding gown, which was designed and made by Helene Galin. It includes a long train edged with lace that belonged to her great-great-grandmother.

#22. 1937.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor at the Chateau de Conde in France after their wedding.

#23. 1938.

A wedding gown made of forty-eight yards of satin and twenty yards of tulle, modeled at London's Grosvenor House.

#24. 1942.

Official wedding portrait of Gov. William Scranton's bride, Mary L. Chamberlin.

#25. 1944.

Actress Elyse Knox had a wedding gown fashioned with the fabric from the bullet-riddled parachute that saved her fiance's life when he was shot down over China.

#26. 1945.

Hazel Scott on her way to wed Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

#27. 1946.

Actress Martha Vickers's portrait in her wedding gown. The lace is stunning!

#28. 1947.

Dancer Josephine Baker married orchestra leader Jo Bouillon in a simple suit.

#29. 1950.

A bride posing in her dress with a bouquet in hand.

#30. 1951.

A flowing wedding dress with lace sleeves designed by Mercia.

#31. 1952.

A satin wedding dress with a long veil, also by Mercia.

#32. 1955.

A model posing in a typical 1950s wedding dress.

#33. 1957.

A model posing in a wedding dress and veil in the late 50s.

#34. 1960.

British actress Jackie Collins in her wedding dress.

#35. 1962.

A young Colin Powell with his bride, Alma.

#36. 1964.

A gown from French designer Yves Saint Laurent's spring collection in 1964. Made of white damask cotton, the dress is accessorized with white elbow gloves and a long tress trimmed with flowers.

#37. 1966.

A white silk wedding dress from the winter collection of French designer Hubert de Givenchy. It features a matching cape, a white mink tail hat, and white gloves.

#38. 1969.

A very daring wedding dress that was well ahead of its time (and still is). It was made of white rose petals and had a large tulle veil in the shape of a cape.