A woman getting married in a wedding ceremony.

Bridalwear differs across cultures. Usually a bride in a western wedding wears a long white wedding dress, a bridal veil, and carries a bouquet of flowers. A Japanese bride wears a shiromuku (a white kimono with red trim), a wataboushi (a white hood), and may carry accessories tucked into their kimono, such as a folding fan, a hakoseko (a wallet), and a futokorogatana ("chest sword", a small dagger held in a purse).

Examples

Western bride

Japanese bride

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Traditional Japanese bridalwear

• shiromuku (white wedding kimono)
• uchikake (formal kimono)
• tsunokakushi (wedding hat)
• wataboushi (wedding hood)
• folding fan (扇子, "sensu")
• hakoseko (a decorated wallet)
• futokorogatana ("chest sword", a small dagger held in a purse tucked into the collar of the kimono)
• dagger (懐剣, "kaiken")

Western bridalwear

• wedding dress
• bridal veil
• bridal gauntlets
• elbow gloves

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