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Vintage Wedding Dress - Wedding Dress Styles
– What’s Available
by: Declan Tobin
There are so many styles of wedding gown to choose from, which makes it
difficult when deciding which type of gown is for you. What type of bride
are you? Vintage couture, Romantic plush, or Simple elegance, what ever
you fall under there is a gown out there to suit your style.
Vintage Wedding Dress
Vintage wedding dresses come in many styles from the medieval princess
look, The Charleston swing era, or the Bohemian gypsy girl gown. The
medieval dress is very popular usually designed around the Old English
look in mind with wide bottomed sleeves and a high-banded waist, think
Maid Merion and Princess Gwenevere. There are some very traditional
vintage wedding dresses to choose from with the rich golden earthy colors
with embroidered Basques and detailed designs. You can also take this
style back to the 21st century with clean crisp simple white wedding dress
with a high waist and beautiful chiffon wide bottom sleeves.
Another fashionable era that is being transmitted into the modern wedding
dresses is the sexy Charleston era of the roaring 20s. These styles are
very flattering to the bride with the slighter physique. The Design is
looser at the waist and tighter around the hips showing plenty of skin
around the chest, back and arms. The Hemline is typically Asymmetric with
floating fabrics creating an illusion of long and short. Another beautiful
option for the more daring bride would be a cloche hat, with the hair
pulled back from the face the hat is tight around the head, embroidered
beads around the face and forehead equentuates the eyes, a very pretty
alternative to the traditional veil very Coco Chanel.
For those brides that are thinking more along the lines of Boho, laid back
beauty the gypsy girl styles would be very alluring. Romany Romance
pretty, flirty, and feminine, these wedding gowns ooze free spirit and
gypsy chic. Think floating skirts with chiffon and lace. A more simplistic
slightly beaded gown with chiffon wrapped around the head bandana style
with long a floating tail would be a chic alternative to a veil. This
style is for the more adventurous bride with confidence and style to carry
off the look.
Romantic or fairytale wedding dresses
These are the wedding dresses you dream of as a little girl. Valintino
comes to mind when picturing a fairytale gown, full of romance and
glamour. If you want to be a fairytale bride you will have a wonderful
selection to choose from, no bridal store would be without a romantic,
plush bridal gown.
Plenty of lace corsets and big tulle skirts are a staple of this type of
gown with luxurious fabric and lots of it. Its not a big mystery as to why
these wedding dresses are popular among today’s brides as they are
flattering to every figure, the large floating skirt will hide a multitude
of sins, and the more structured bodice will give a flattering silhouette
to the upper body.
A major staple of today’s design is the large flower. It’s being used more
and more in magazines and on the catwalk. Large flamboyant skirts made
from lots of luxurious fabric being held in various positions by a large
romantic rose. This is a very beautiful design and is being copied to many
designer collections. The Demetrios collection has this style in many of
its designs.
Tight structured corsets and Bodices appear as a major factor in these
designs. Lace covered bodices look well with the simpler skirt, the more
elaborate skirts go well with plainer fabric corsets.
Tiaras and long trailing veils are a favorite of the fairytale bride. Very
traditional and the symbol of the wedding day the veil comes in 1,2 and 3
tiers, depending if you want to wear the veil over the face or trailing
along the back of the head. Some wedding dresses are exquisite enough on
their own you could get away with wearing no veil at all.
Tiaras come in many styles pearl and diamond encrusted, large intricate
designs and smaller simpler head bands the choice is yours.
The Simple Elegant bride
The less fussy, simple and elegant style of gown would draw inspiration
from dresses worn by Jackie O and brings to mind the style and class of
Audrey Hepburn. With classic simplistic designs and clean lines, less is
sometimes more when trying to look amazing.
The simple wedding dress should be designed to draw attention from the
dress itself and allow the beauty of the bride to shine through. The
simple wedding dress should not differ from the beauty of the bride and
take center stage itself, remember the bride should wear the dress not the
other way around.
Classic designs include some wonderful wedding dresses from Vera Wang,
Sharon Hoey and other popular designers. The simple white silk backless
gown always look stunning as worn by Jennifer Aniston on her wedding day.
More structured lines with no straps falling to the ground brings to mind
wonderful visions of Grace Kelly and that old Hollywood glamour. This type
of gown can also be subtly influenced by other styles and eras keeping in
tune with the bride’s personal taste. The key here is to keep it subtle
and you will ooze class and style on the big day.
About The Author
Declan Tobin is a successful freelance writer providing advice on
purchasing a variety of Wedding Dresses which includes Wedding gowns,
Designer wedding gowns, and more! His numerous articles provide a
wonderfully researched resource of interesting and relevant information
for all of your wedding interests.
http://www.no1-in-wedding-dresses.com.
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