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For the creative bride, making your own gown demonstrates your skills and ingenuity on a very special occasion. If you've pored through countless bridal magazines and stores and failed to find the dress of your dreams, you may be able to create it. Making your own dress is also a good option for brides with special clothing needs. Your choices in colors, styles, and embellishments also expand when you create a custom bridal gown.
Many brides today wish to set their wedding dresses apart from the traditional variety which still dominate the market. There are a number of options for doing so, limited by little more than the imagination and boldness of the bride. Making your dress special and unique to you and your wedding can be accomplished with either large or small strokes, all of which can help lead to a truly memorable event.
Shopping for a wedding gown can prove to be a costly and stressful experience if you are not prepared. Before you hit the bridal salons, spend some time making a list of everything you will need to bring with you when trying on dresses. Also, adding notes with your preferences and requirements for a dress to the list can prove very helpful.
Getting the bride all dressed up for her hen night party is half the fun of the night. A hen night, as it is called in the United Kingdom and Australia, is the same thing as a bachelorette party. Celebrating the bride's last night of "freedom" typically consists of flashy outfits, silly accessories, partying and drinking with the bridesmaids and close female family members. If your are planning the hen night for your friend, start the night off right by ensuring that the bride is dressed to get all the attention on her special evening.
Dress fashionably dead as you recreate the look of the corpse bride. Tim Burton hit the nail on the head when he designed the dress in "The Corpse Bride" movie by dyeing the dress a shade of grey. Whether you are using a fancy ball gown or dyeing an old wedding dress, remove the color of the dress first. This process, along with the primary dye and accenting, takes some concentration but is easily done in less than a day.
A wedding may be a joyous, blessed event, but it can also be a source of stress to everyone involved, from the bride and groom, to their attendants and families, to the people they have hired, to the invited guests. It is often difficult for guests to figure out the most appropriate attire to wear to a wedding, especially one that's held on a holiday such as New Year's Day.
The term "American wedding" often brings to mind the image of a bride adorned in a white wedding dress. However, the tradition of the bride wearing white dates back only to the 19th century. Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, the bridal industry focused on advertising white wedding gowns. Today, the tradition and symbolism surrounding the white wedding dress compels many brides to wear white.
Games are often played during bridal showers. Because the wedding dress and bridal fashion are highlights of weddings for many women, incorporate some dress up and style games as a part of the bridal shower. Break the women into teams for the games and award prizes to the best entries.
Bridal fashion for Asian women differs greatly from that of Western brides. Brides with culturally rich, Eastern backgrounds often opt for traditional wedding attire. The elders in an Asian family are particularly honored to see the younger generation wearing long-established wedding garments. Dressing in a time-honored way is especially important if the rest of the wedding ceremony and reception follow traditions as well.
If you think about the word "bride," most people will conjure the image of a woman wearing a flowing white gown. While there are many attire possibilities for a lady who is to be married, the white (or ivory, off-white or eggshell, among other variations) wedding dress is the one we most often think of in Western cultures. However, brides did not always wear white.
A bridal trunk show is an event that showcases the dresses of a featured designer. The designer's collection of new or bestselling dresses travels across the country to be featured in local bridal salons. These events allow women to find unique designer dresses that may not otherwise be available. Because of the limited time and high demand, women should be prepared to purchase a dress on the spot.
You've been asked to sing a solo at a friend or family member's wedding. Providing the music is an honor. Your solo can become a memorable part of the ceremony if you plan, rehearse and stay on your toes.
