As for the wedding dress, my mother wore her mother's dress and her grandmother's veil. The dress and veil had been passed down to each woman in the family. The passing on of the dress and veil symbolizes long and happy marriages for our family, because every woman who married wearing the dress refused these joyful and timeless marriages. In addition to the dress, my parents chose to use pieces of the traditional wedding vows but modernized them to change some of the words to reflect more equal partners instead of the patriarchal words that the original words spoke to. My parents had chosen to change the words because they were both fresh out of college and ready to begin their careers side by side. Additionally, Dunak would approve and encourage the tradition of the wedding dress and veil, but she might not agree with changing the vows to make them less male-dominated. In conclusion, my parents' Halloween wedding contradicted Dunak's white wedding ideals for many reasons. My parents' wedding ritual challenges some of the bigger aspects, such as the Halloween-themed reception, as well as a costume party. Their marriage continues to refute Dunak's conclusions about the traditional white wedding due to my mother's musical choices, vow choices, and drastic mode of transportation. Although some aspects of their marriage fit Dunak's image of a white wedding, overall they did not fit the image of a white wedding..