The imagery of kimono bears good wishes for its wearer

To wear a kimono is to be draped in symbolism. (And you thought it was just pretty.)

In a traditional marriage ceremony, the bride first wears a white kimono. Unlike the West's meaning of purity, Jan Fuller, the proprietor of Wind Whisper West in Wabasha, said this kimono represents a blank canvas as the bride sets aside her own family traditions to adopt her husband's.

Here's the meaning of other images:

Red-crested Siberian cranes, which mate for life, represent fidelity and fertility — and also 1,000 years of good luck.

Turtles represent 10,000 years of good luck.

A pine tree with its paired needles represents togetherness and faithfulness.

Cherry blossoms, luminous yet fleeting, symbolize the bride's beauty, but also life's transience.

Bamboo represents the ability to bend and adapt.

Chrysanthemums — the perfect flower — represent virtue, while peonies stand for nobility, wealth and honor.

The red lining in a kimono wards off evil spirits.