Maine Wedding Guide 2019 Maine Wedding Guide 2019 A s h l e y J a r d i m - “ S h e o f t h e W o o d s ” w i n t e r g u i d e 2 0 1 9 6 1 The Bride Wore Red These brides ditch tradition and make their wedding day a canvas of the unexpected. By Sofia Voltin “W hen I first started looking for a wedding dress, I thought I’d be wearing white,” Courtney Marie Sonia, 28, says. By the time she married Robert Vaughn Gray in Georgetown, Maine, she was wearing a dark teal wedding gown, orig- inally marketed as a bridesmaid dress by Alfred Angelo. “After trying on many white, cream, and ivory dresses, I came to the conclusion that I don’t really look that great in such a pale color! I’d already shirked tra- dition by choosing not to have a diamond engagement ring—I opted for green tourmaline and emerald instead. So I thought maybe I could just keep on going down the non-traditional road.” This Western tradition of the white bridal gown is relatively new. In many cultures around the world, red, yellow, even black are custom- ary. (Red is prominent in India and China, and Spanish brides will of- ten wear black.) While there were occasions of famous historical brides