15 Side-by-Side Photos of Newlyweds From All Over the World 100 Years Ago and Now

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The concept of marriage appeared more than 4,000 years ago. Over time, different cultures developed their own wedding traditions, many of which are even followed today. So, we became curious about what wedding attire from different countries looked like 100 years ago. And we compared it to the outfits that modern brides and grooms from these countries tend to wear now.

Bulgaria

© Archives State Agency / Wikimedia Commons, © SSokolov / Shutterstock.com

Spain

© Xavier / Wikimedia Commons

Ireland

© Elusive Muse / Flickr, © Patryk Kosmider / Shutterstock.com

Mexico

© SMU Central University Libraries / Wikimedia Commons, © PeopleImages.com - Yuri A / Shutterstock.com

Italy

© Randomwikimaster / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY-SA 4.0

Slovenia

© Arhiv Andreje Pogačnik Jarc / Wikimedia Commons, © Matej Kastelic / Shutterstock.com

Lithuania

© Konstantinas Krupovičius / Wikimedia Commons, © CC0 1.0, © Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com

New Zealand

© Photographer - Sidney George Vaile (1870–1955) / Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections NBA0001 / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY 4.0, © LiCheng Shih / Flickr, © CC BY 2.0

Canada

© Unidentified wedding, Northern Ontario / Archives of Ontario / Wikimedia Commons, © Andrey Nastasenko / Shutterstock.com

Hungary

© Aladár Székely / National Széchényi Library / Wikimedia Commons, © Amir Pirasteh / Shutterstock.com

Finland

© Väinö Kannisto / Helsinki City Museum / Wikimedia Commons, © CC BY 4.0

Greece

© Leonidas Papazoglou / Wikimedia Commons, © OlegBlokhin / Shutterstock.com

Turkey

© Wikimedia Commons

France

© Inconnu / Wikimedia Commons, © Kent Wang / Flickr, © CC BY-SA 2.0

Serbia

© Đura Roknić / National Museum of Zrenjanin / Wikimedia Commons, © Stefan Milivojevic / Shutterstock.com

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what about where im from??? the USA

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I have so many friends from Turkey and I asked if this is true or not. All of them told that it is not true for Turkey and they added it is not preferred to wear a dress like this which is on the photo for weddins.

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