Vampire Bride

I've often seen vampires portrayed in the fantasy setting in 2 ways: goth-like, or extremely pale. (Never mind the sexy, mysterious ppl of the night in modern settings). More often than not, you tend to see that young new bride of some ancient male vampire dressed in white & looking really pale. Either that or she's taken on an evil Gothic look totally unlike her former human self. It's also not unusual for said male vampire to be polygamous if he likes more than one beautiful female human to be his bride.