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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ellie Koleen Photography We’re way past the stringent rules about what a bride can and can’t wear on their wedding day. So while ...

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.

“There was a big taboo against wearing a veil if you had been married once before,” she said. Second brides were also excluded from wearing white, carrying a bouquet or wearing a floor-length gown.

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 ...