Hello my lovely bit Twixters, it's me Kate Lister. I am here with your fair do's warning to protect

you from yourselves and to most importantly protect you from me. We're talking about wedding dresses,

the history thereof, who wore the best ones, who wore really crap ones, and where they came from.

I don't think that's particularly upsetting, but it might be for you, in which case fair do's you

have been warned, and I will probably be swearing quite a lot as well. I've long given up trying

to reign myself in on that front, so we're just going to have to buckle up and go with it.

But I am ready, if you are!

etc etc, that's the wedding march. At least that's supposed to be the wedding march.

Okay, right, weddings. What's the really big deal about everyone's wedding today?

The real star of the show, apart from the bride and groom, obviously, it's the dress! The dress!

Pitch at the scene, you're walking down the aisle, everyone you know is there, they've all turned

to look at you adorantly, they're gasping, they're sighing, there's probably a child squawking

somewhere in the background, but we're not even noticing them because you look like a princess.

It's a big deal, right? For many people, it's the day, the outfits, that they look forward to the

most. Or at least that's what they say, isn't it? The happiest day of your life, allegedly.

But the dress is a huge part of that now. The wedding dress itself is an entire industry and

business, but when did the wedding dress become a thing? It's like a guest all on its own.

Where did this obsession with this one dress come from? And why was it white? What were people

wearing before they were white? How is it different in the west to other parts of the world?

Well today, we're going to get our veils on and we are going to find out.

What do you look for, man? Oh, money of course. You're supposed to rise when an adult speaks to you.

I make perfect copies of whatever my boss needs by just turning it up and pushing it up.

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