at one time white ment you were a virgin, not anymore. Once up on a time a wedding dress was just that, a dress, your fancy dress. Queen Victoria is the one that brought the white wedding dress into vogue.
all a white dress is a symbol of now adays is that your a first time bride. But then again even those being married for the 2nd, 3rd time, or more will wear white. In that one, your supposed to not wear the veils.