How to Pick a Perfect Veil

Bridal veil

Although a veil is no longer a must at modern weddings, a well-chosen veil can add glamour to bridal ensemble. The veil used to symbolize a bride's purity. Now, its function is purely aesthetic. It can give you an aura of alluring mystique if you choose a veil that matches your dress, your jewelry, and your wedding venue.

Things You'll Need

• chosen bridal attire
• jewelry to be worn at the wedding

Instructions

Have It Complement Your Dress

1. Buy your bridal attire before looking for a veil. Note that you can use a veil even if you choose a short dress for a less formal wedding.

2. Decide the length of your veil based on the choice of the dress. If it's a classic gown with a train, a chapel-length veil falling beyond the train may be the most elegant match. Chapel length can also work with a more modern design that's short in the front and floor length in the back. But if the dress is knee-length all around, go for an elbow-length or a fingertip-length veil.

3. Try a white pill box hat with an attached blusher or French net as another option for matching a knee-length dress. The little hat and short veil will work particularly well if your bridal attire is a suit.

4. Bring your wedding dress when veil shopping. When you decide to try on a veil, put them both on and see how they look together.

5. Make sure the designs of the veil and the dress don't clash. As a rule, the fancier the dress is, the simpler the veil should be, and vice versa. A lace-trimmed veil only works with a dress without lace. A veil with sparkles should go with a dress with no embellishments of rhinestones or pearls.

Incorporate It with Your Wedding Jewelry

1. Determine what pieces of jewelry you will wear on your wedding day. Choose the necklace and earrings before searching for a veil.

2. Pick a headpiece that has the same kinds of jewels as the necklace or earrings if you want a shiny adornment in your hair. Let the bridal accessories be all pearls, all diamonds, or all crystals for a put-together look.

3. Select a floral headpiece if you like flowers. This option works with all kinds of jewels, but not with large-sized earrings. Also be aware that a wreath only looks springy on a young or youthful-looking bride. More mature brides should opt for one flower in their hair or attached to the pill box hat (if wearing one) instead.

4. Try on the headpiece with each veil if they are not attached. It's advisable to choose a headpiece and a veil that can be attached and detached, so you can take off the veil after the ceremony and keep the headpiece on for the reception.

Make It Fit the Occasion

1. Book your wedding venue before shopping for the bridal veil.

2. Consider all the conditions of the wedding venue when deciding the length of your veil. For instance, chapel length is not exclusively used for church weddings. It can bring a breeze of extra romance to a garden wedding if you are only going to walk on the cement ground of the garden, but forget about it if you have to step on mud.

3. Think about the ambiance of your wedding venue and what veil style will fit in. Picture a lace-trimmed (if there's no lace on the dress) chapel length in a historical cathedral, a satin-trimmed elbow length in a hip nightclub, or a French net in a sunny park. A scalloped edge can look romantic anywhere.

References

• Wedding Accessories: Veil Tips & Trends
• The Veil