I think that one wears one only after marriage, except for if one is leading the service . . .
My understanding is that this is connected to the custom of only wearing a tallit after one is married. If you don't follow that one, there's no point in doing the same with a kittel.
I'm not sure what sort of egalitarian consciousness one can bring to the garment at all- if grooms wear them to teh wedding, ought a truly egalitarian bride?
Depends on what you mean by "egalitarian." If the term means that women do everything men do, I'd say yes. If it only means that women are (or can be) obligated to the mitzvot from which they have traditionally been exempt, then it's not necessarily the case. (The kittel is not a mitzvah.)
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My understanding is that this is connected to the custom of only wearing a tallit after one is married. If you don't follow that one, there's no point in doing the same with a kittel.
I'm not sure what sort of egalitarian consciousness one can bring to the garment at all- if grooms wear them to teh wedding, ought a truly egalitarian bride?
Depends on what you mean by "egalitarian." If the term means that women do everything men do, I'd say yes. If it only means that women are (or can be) obligated to the mitzvot from which they have traditionally been exempt, then it's not necessarily the case. (The kittel is not a mitzvah.)