Some people like to wear these items due to superstition, while others do it for the fun of participating in this classic wedding tradition. Wearing these “somethings” is a tradition that’s going strong today. Then, your “something borrowed” (meant to be borrowed from a happily married couple) is thought to help someone else’s good fortune rub off on you and your “something blue” is thought to both ward off bad spirits and promote love, trust, and fidelity. Your “something old” is thought to ward off the Evil Eye and your “something new” is thought to bring optimism for the future. Traditionally, each of these items is thought to bring a different type of luck to the bride who wears them.

This tradition dates all the way back to an Old English rhyme, which encouraged brides to wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue for good luck. Wearing “something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue” on your wedding day is a modern bridal tradition with some very old origins.

Blue sapphire wedding band