What color is your wedding dress? If the answer is “green,” then you are on the cutting edge when it comes to combining your love of style with caring for the environment at the same time. Of course green most likely doesn’t refer to the actual hue of the dress, but rather your choice of fabric and how eco-friendly it is.
A New Trend
These days there is a growing recognition of the impact that people’s actions take on the environment. Therefore, some couples who are exchanging vows are committing not just to care for each other, but also to care for the future of the planet, too. And since traditional weddings can leave a large carbon footprint, these environmentally-aware brides and grooms are going out of their way to minimize the effects of their event by selecting more conscientious choices. In this vein, some brides are opting for wedding dresses made of socially responsible materials and workmanship. Of course selecting a green wedding may be only a baby step in the grand scheme of things, but when this comes in conjunction with other responsible choices, such as serving organic food and sending recycled invitations, such little sacrifices can have more significance.
Why Green
Proponents of the green movement remind brides and grooms who are weighing the pros and cons of going this route how important it is to think of the bigger picture when planning to start a new life together. This is a way that couples can make the vows they exchange all the more meaningful in the context of caring about the greater world and can make them feel like they are doing something good for others even as they celebrate their own happiness.
But if sentiment alone is not enough to sway you towards exchanging your vision of standing at the altar wearing a taffeta beaded gown for one of you in hemp, you may not have seen the latest crop of eco-friendly dresses for sale, many of which are giving more traditional dresses some good competition.
An Array Of Choices
In the past, brides who went down the green path had to sacrifice style. In fact, the image of eco-friendly clothing may conjure up images for you of formless clothes and earth shoes. But the fact is that today there is a wide array of eco-friendly wedding dresses that convey a true sense of elegance and style. There is also a great deal of diversity, so a bride can choose responsibly and still achieve exactly the look that she intends, from earth goddess to sophisticate to princess.
