Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Informal Wedding Dress
Informal wedding gowns are becoming more and more popular in todays' world. People are a lot busier than they used to be, and on their wedding day, they are much more focused on just having a great time. Informal wedding gowns are a great way to make your fashion statement, as well as completely impress your friends, family and other wedding guests in a big way. After all, it is "your" day, so why not be happy and be yourself while you enjoy it?
Although informal wedding gowns are an ideal solution to a bride to be who may be on a bit of a budget, they are also an excellent choice for the woman who would prefer to walk down the isle and be original. Not everyone is into the traditional wedding dresses with long trains and all the glitter and as many accessories as you can load onto your gown. A casual wedding dress can give you a lot more freedom of movement, less worry and still make you look remarkably breathtaking.
Informal wedding gowns can be long, short, tight, loose, white or even any other color in the rainbow. Not only that, but it can also be casual enough to wear to other gatherings you may need to go to at a later time. So as you can see, there are many advantages to surprising your guests with a less formal wedding gown. You would be surprised at how many ways you can accentuate your garment, and look as beautiful or even more than you would in a traditional wedding dress.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Dresses For Weddings
Dresses For Weddings
When you are getting married it is important to remember every detail in planning your wedding. It is important to take into consideration what season your wedding date is set for and choose the perfect wedding dress for that season.Fall wedding dresses
The fall season can be a very tricky month; it can be warm during the day, and freezing cold at night. It is important that you choose the right dress. Wedding experts have recommended that wearing a strapless wedding dress will allow you to be comfortable during the day, however if you get chilly toward the end of the day, you can wear a shawl, wrap or even a stole to stay warm. These accessories will accent the look of your gown.
It is also recommended that the gown should be off white or cream color with bronze or gold beading. Jeweled accents are perfect for fall wedding dresses.
Summer wedding dresses
Summertime is the most chosen season for weddings. There are many different options for wedding dresses for the summer season. It is important that you decide well before you choose a dress where the wedding will be held. It is equally important that you choose a dress appropriate for the location. You do not want to wear a full-length wedding gown if you are getting married on the beach or in some other casual setting. Summer wedding gowns should be made out of lightweight materials like silk, chiffon or crepe. The lightweight material will allow you to stay comfortable in the summer heat and during the festivities.
Winter wedding dresses
Winter is perhaps the most difficult season to choose a wedding dress for. Although the traditional long white wedding gown is recommended for winter weddings, many people choose to go with other colors that reflect the season. Green blue and even red colors are all wonderful choices for a winter wedding.
Long sleeves are also recommended for a winter wedding. However you can choose a gown that has lace and embroidery for sleeves. It creates a very elegant look.
White Wedding Dresses
White Wedding Dresses
Many brides in the United States think of white wedding dresses as "traditional," but the white wedding dress is actually a fairly recent custom. When Queen Victoria was married in 1840, she chose a white wedding dress and immediately started a fashion. While most working-class brides continued to get married in a best dress, regardless of color, well-to-do brides in Britain and America followed the Queen and got married in white.
As other brides followed suit, people began to think of the white color as a symbol of purity, and within one short century the white wedding dress became a must.
But as times have continued to change, more and more brides are beginning to buck Victoria's example and let their true colors show.
Some brides brighten up the traditional white dress with deftly placed colored accents. These can serve to draw the eye to the bride's best features, match color accents in the groom's outfit, or just add a fun splash of color.
Modern brides looking for something a little bolder are making wedding dresses in champagne and gold increasingly popular. Either color is elegant enough for a formal wedding, and the brides look every bit as striking as their sisters in white.
Adding a little color to your wedding dress doesn't just add flexibility to your choices - it can also be a beautiful way to honor your heritage.
Traditional African bridal wear comes in all kinds of colors. Some colors and patterns are used to honor the area the bride and groom come from, or some have personal or family significance to the bride and groom. A modern couple that chooses traditional brightly colored cloth to enhance standard Western wedding outfits can make for a stunning pair.
White Wedding Dresses
Monday, September 7, 2009
Wedding Dress Designers
5 Hot New Wedding Dress Designers You Need to Know
The Island Fashionista - Tamara Catz
Peering from the panoramic window of her ocean-side studio on the island of Maui, it's easy for Tamara Catz to understand that a sweaty, satin-and-tulle-encased bride isn't a great look for a beach wedding. Instead, she envisions the kind of dress that can "make a girl want to walk barefoot in the sand with the man of her dreams - flowy, feminine, simple." Catz, 36, modeled her line of romantic, bohemian-style wedding dresses after her breezy sensibility.
The Buenos Aires native spent seven years creating contemporary resort wear before she felt the artistic urge to foray into the world of bridal wear in 2007. "A wedding dress is probably the most special garment a woman will ever put on, so I knew that my bridal designs could be a little more dreamy and unique than those for my every day clothes," says the 36-year-old. The Hawaiian-inspired designs feature relaxed feminine shapes, simple cuts, and organic accents like shells. Rather than overpowering the bride, Catz's simple silhouettes and light, flowing fabrics "make a women feel like herself," something she believes, "the traditional Cinderella-like wedding dress doesn't always do." Naturally, they're most at home as alternative-style gowns for beach weddings, and many are even versatile enough to wear after the wedding. The best part for that special day, though, is that a Catz design can feel just as refreshing as sand between their toes.
The Custom Duo - Miosa Bride
"Miosa" combines two names: Michael and Sanea Sommerfield. Miosa Bride combines two visions: that of a husband and a wife to craft couture of the highest quality in a surprising location. Based in Sacramento, California, Sanea, 42, brings her business expertise and insight into the female psyche, while Michael, 46, draws from experience gained sewing outdoor wear at his father's store and running a Sacramento tailor shop. "Sewing is like breathing to him," Sanea gushes. "I am still amazed most of the time at his understanding and knowledge."
The decision to stay in Sacramento despite a zip code that lacks an obvious couture culture was in part an effort to bring high style to the capital city, but it was also a personal one. "We had four children and did not want to move the family," Sanea explains. "Family comes first, so we had to build a business that could function here." Their exquisite fabrics and design techniques have earned them a local following, and now that the kids are grown, the duo plans to begin branding nationally this year.
The consultation phase is an integral component in the process of creating their gowns. The team takes detailed measurements to draft an initial pattern that accurately mimics the bride's body with respect to her level of comfort. They then gather information about her and her wedding so they can weave her personality into the dress, whether soft fabrics for a romantic or a daring silhouette for a sophisticate. Pieces of the gown are then individually cut and sewn in-house, often using 100 percent silk fabrics imported from Europe. The result is a couture gown inspired by the natural aesthetic of the woman wearing it.
Wedding Dress Designers
In the world of wedding fashion, your name is your trademark. From couture one-of-a-kind dresses to breezy ready-to-wear styles, these five up-and-coming designers represent the next class of high-style designer names to remember. Move over Ms. Wang...The Island Fashionista - Tamara Catz
Peering from the panoramic window of her ocean-side studio on the island of Maui, it's easy for Tamara Catz to understand that a sweaty, satin-and-tulle-encased bride isn't a great look for a beach wedding. Instead, she envisions the kind of dress that can "make a girl want to walk barefoot in the sand with the man of her dreams - flowy, feminine, simple." Catz, 36, modeled her line of romantic, bohemian-style wedding dresses after her breezy sensibility.
The Buenos Aires native spent seven years creating contemporary resort wear before she felt the artistic urge to foray into the world of bridal wear in 2007. "A wedding dress is probably the most special garment a woman will ever put on, so I knew that my bridal designs could be a little more dreamy and unique than those for my every day clothes," says the 36-year-old. The Hawaiian-inspired designs feature relaxed feminine shapes, simple cuts, and organic accents like shells. Rather than overpowering the bride, Catz's simple silhouettes and light, flowing fabrics "make a women feel like herself," something she believes, "the traditional Cinderella-like wedding dress doesn't always do." Naturally, they're most at home as alternative-style gowns for beach weddings, and many are even versatile enough to wear after the wedding. The best part for that special day, though, is that a Catz design can feel just as refreshing as sand between their toes.
The Custom Duo - Miosa Bride
"Miosa" combines two names: Michael and Sanea Sommerfield. Miosa Bride combines two visions: that of a husband and a wife to craft couture of the highest quality in a surprising location. Based in Sacramento, California, Sanea, 42, brings her business expertise and insight into the female psyche, while Michael, 46, draws from experience gained sewing outdoor wear at his father's store and running a Sacramento tailor shop. "Sewing is like breathing to him," Sanea gushes. "I am still amazed most of the time at his understanding and knowledge."
The decision to stay in Sacramento despite a zip code that lacks an obvious couture culture was in part an effort to bring high style to the capital city, but it was also a personal one. "We had four children and did not want to move the family," Sanea explains. "Family comes first, so we had to build a business that could function here." Their exquisite fabrics and design techniques have earned them a local following, and now that the kids are grown, the duo plans to begin branding nationally this year.
The consultation phase is an integral component in the process of creating their gowns. The team takes detailed measurements to draft an initial pattern that accurately mimics the bride's body with respect to her level of comfort. They then gather information about her and her wedding so they can weave her personality into the dress, whether soft fabrics for a romantic or a daring silhouette for a sophisticate. Pieces of the gown are then individually cut and sewn in-house, often using 100 percent silk fabrics imported from Europe. The result is a couture gown inspired by the natural aesthetic of the woman wearing it.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Lace Wedding Dresses
Lace Wedding Dresses
Brides want to look their best during this important occasion and it’s really overwhelming considering the choices available.Idealistic and comfortable materials are used in different ways to craft numerous designs of wedding bridal veils and wedding dresses. Wedding gowns designed by using chiffon have proved very popular with the bride heading towards one of the exotic venues abroad or on one of the beautiful romantic beaches around the world. The soft flow of the fabric adds magic to a wonderful and romantic picture, with the bride dressed in a wedding gown designed by using chiffon and standing center stage.
Lace is really in fashion at present. The French Leavers Laces are the most trendy and well-accepted laces. This lace variety is imported from France and adds glamour to lace coats, boleros and corseted bodices and adds flair to the fishtail trains, and these laces add glamour and sophisticated look to the wedding gown.
Tulle, which is embroidered, is also very popular and flexible. This lace gives you the elegant look with, shiny sophistication with a slight touch of romantic and dreamy look. This lace comes almost plain, but is often appliquéd with flowers and highlighted with beads, pearls and sequins. These laces are mostly designed in the Far East and therefore, they slightly cost lesser than the French laces. They have there own characteristics and certainly make unique and distinctive wedding gowns.
The Lace wedding dresses are either loved for their feel and romanticism or hated, for their ability to be transported into doily esque frocks. Some brides don’t like the ‘all too laced’ look. Some dresses have a deep V-neck and the laced wedding dress designs fall in a mermaid line and give the bride an hourglass shape.
There are many classic styled wedding dresses and western styled wedding gowns, which are available in affordable prices. For example a beautiful laced wedding gown is an ideal dress for summer or spring. A well-designed and fitted lace bodice can be finely cut to compliment the figure, like a fairy tale dress.
Looking out for something romantic, then go in for a beautiful, romantically designed western wedding gown, which can be excellently cut to enhance the beautiful and elegant female figure. A well designed and cut dress combines unique tapestry and exclusive lace on the bodice and a full eight point skirt, Alencon sleeves which are re-embroidered, hand beaded and sequined neckline with lace and 6" fringe on the skirt and bodice.
So, go head and look flirty and feminine with lace that is one of the biggest trends of the season and showing it off in your wedding dress can create a naughty and sensational feel on the ‘D’ day. The use of lace accentuates any dress, wedding or not.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Beach Wedding Dress
Beach Wedding Dress
Beach Wedding Dress: Deciding on the Perfect Dress
You've finally decided on your dream beach wedding. Looking for a beach wedding dress will be one of the fun parts of your wedding planning. There are so many incredible choices out there, and there truly is something for everyone.
When trying to find a dress, take into consideration what your wedding will be like. Just because it's on the beach doesn't mean it has to be very informal, though many are. You can dress it up or down. However you envision your destination wedding is how you should plan for it. If you wish to be more formal, decorate with cream and beige and use more formal flower arrangements. That will also allow you to have a bit more formal gown.
Many brides will choose to have a casual wedding dress for the beach. If this is what you would like, don't feel tied down to traditional wedding dresses. Look for summer dresses at your favorite department store. After all, these are the designs you like to wear and that look good on you. Be sure to also go less formal with your shoes as well. Many brides wear nice flip flops or even barefoot.
You can also check into bridesmaid dresses. You will find many that are in white, cream or any other color you might like for the beach. They'll also be much cheaper than traditional dresses.
You may want to wear a sarong dress or a traditional Hawaiian wedding dress. Either of these would be beautiful at the beach and would be great informal choices.
Most wedding dress designers now have lines to cater specifically to destination wedding brides. These lines are usually less formal than their other lines and offer some great choices. Many of them are less expensive, as well.
Look for halter, strapless, empire waist and a-line dresses. These will be great to catch the breezes and the rays. If your wedding will be in the evening, you may want a light wrap for your shoulders.
Remember since you are at the beach, you will get sand and water on your dress. You can go with a dress that doesn't have a train or is a shorter style to keep it clean. But, if you want a train, choose a fabric that will clean easily after the wedding.
Don't let looking for a beach wedding dress intimidate you. Have fun and be creative. There aren't any set rules you need to follow. You can choose whatever you feel good about and look your best in. After all, this day is about you
Beach Wedding Dress
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