The dress that Russian women wear on their marriages consists of an apron like pinafore. Underneath this pinafore, there's a blouse. The blouse is ready specially and it has a great deal of embroidery on it. Usually, the embroidery consists of birds, flowers and fruits. In Russia, birds resemble the goodness or fairness of someone. Conservative Russian women prefer to possess a fullsleeve blouse. Probably, it can be due to the old custom that bride and bridegroom should really not touch one another with naked hands before marriage.