Editor’s Note: Examining clothes through the ages, Dress Codes is a new series investigating how the rules of fashion have influenced different cultural arenas — and your closet. One of the oldest ...

Veils were not originally part of wedding costumes. So how did they become as important to brides as they are now? It’s pretty much as important to the wedding costume as the bride’s shoes, on-fleek ...

The perfect dress is on the wish list of many a bride-to-be, but no bridal ensemble is truly complete until the bride chooses her veil. Veils have been worn by brides at their weddings for centuries.

The finishing touch for any bridal moment? A chic wedding veil. Whatever the length – a playful blusher, a classic waltz or a dramatic cathedral – a wedding veil simply does not go out of fashion.

One of the oldest elements of a bridal ensemble, dating at least as far back as Ancient Greece, veils have largely remained a staple accessory for even the most modern, subversive brides. When singer ...