Shopping For The Perfect Wedding Dress

Throughout the centuries fashion style of wedding dress have been changed, but a bride always wants her really special, look better in her special day.  With so many great features associated with this body type, e.g. average to big breasts, broad shoulders, nip-and-tuck waistline, fuller hips and thick legs; choose a dress that will highlight some of the finer points.

Brides were therefore expected to dress in a manner that cast their families in the most favorable light and befitted their social status, for they were not representing only themselves during the ceremony.

In modern Taiwanese weddings, the bride generally picks red (following Chinese tradition) or white (more Western) silk for the wedding gown material, but most will wear the red traditional garment for their formal wedding banquets.

Traditionally, the father of the bride is responsible for the wedding banquet hosted on the bride's side and the alcohol (specifically called "xi-jiu," confusingly the same as what the wedding banquet itself is called) consumed during both banquets.

While the wedding itself is often based on the couple's choices, the wedding banquets are a symbolic gesture of "thanks" and appreciation, to those that have raised the bride and groom (such as grandparents and uncles) and those who will continue to be there to help the bride and groom in the future.