In a traditional wedding, the bride changes her clothes several times. She wears a white wedding kimono (shiromuku), the most formal of all wedding attire, for the wedding ceremony. The all-white ensemble, sometimes with touches of red, symbolises good fortune and a new beginning. On her head she wears a hood or other head covering, traditionally meant to cover the horns of jealousy.
For the wedding reception, she exchanges the shiromuku for a colorful uchikake and wears metal or fabric flowers (kanzashi) in her hair. Later during the reception, she may …