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Choosing the Perfect Wedding Dress

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It is every woman's dream is to walk down the aisle, clad in the best designer wedding dress with a fresh bouquet of the dandiest flowers, as her prince charming awaits for her at the end of the aisle. We conjure images of what our weddings will be like before we find our first crush or fall in love. When we think about our weddings, there is one thing that we will likely consider to be the most important thing of the big day - the wedding dress.

It is likely that long before our prince charming pop the question, we already know what type of gowns we want to wear on the wedding day. But are those images of the dress that we have treasured for so many years suitable for the types of wedding we have in mind?

Before you even pick your wedding dress, it will be best to finalize your theme. Will it be a garden wedding late in the afternoon or a beach wedding while the sun sets? The time and location will give you a vague idea on what kind of cut is the most appropriate for your wedding.

Flipping through magazines and imaging yourself wearing the dresses on the pages will help you visualize what type of wedding dress is suitable for your big day. However, if you are unsure of what kind of dress is the most flattering and will bring out your assets, you could always seek the help of a professional designer. It might cost you a little more for the consultation, but at least you can be certain about the design you pick.

After you have decided on your design, it time to consider your budget. How much of it should go to your dress? If you think that you have quite a large amount, then by all means, get the best designer you can find. If you are quite tight on the budget, however, it might take more effort to find the perfect designer for you.

Start by asking other recently married couples that you know for recommendations. You might even get discounts from the referral. If you are not satisfied with the recommendations that you get, it would not hurt to search online and start looking for designers in your local community.

Try and visit each one of them and discuss your idea. Sometimes, designers do not charge for consultations so go ahead and consult each one of them if you wish, to find out who you are most comfortable with.

Planning a wedding is not an easy task. However, if you take it step by step, dividing it into smaller chunks of tasks, from the flowers to the venue to the wedding dress, you will find it less overwhelming.

Elegant And Iconic Wedding cheap sexy wedding dresses Dresses

Elegance is in the eye of the beholder, much like beauty. It depends more on attitude and quality than it does on price. A simple definition of elegance is grace of movement, polished expression and refinement of beauty. If youre determining which wedding dress style is right for you, take a look at some of the most memorable iconic wedding dresses of all time to get some inspiration.

Queen Victorias Wedding Dress

Queen Victoria started the trend of white wedding dresses. Prior to that point, wedding dresses were every color and meant to be worn as the woman's best dress rather than just once on her wedding day.

Even now in some cultures, white is overlooked for other traditional colors. Red is the color of choice for Chinese brides. Indian brides choose brightly colored and richly embroidered saris. And Japanese brides will wear a wedding kimono and often change into a western style white wedding dress for the reception.

So what did Queen Victoria's wedding dress look like? It was white satin wedding dresses by mon cheri accented by nosegays of orange blossoms at the bosom and scattered about the full skirt. Her lace veil was designed exclusively for the wedding. The pattern was later destroyed so it couldn't be used again. Nearly 200 people labored for six weeks to produce the lace veil and lace for the trim of her dress. The neckline left her shoulders bare. Sleeves were full, starting off her shoulders and ending above the elbows.

Queen Elizabeth IIs Wedding one shoulder maxi dresses Dress

This beautiful queens dress was richly embroidered ivory silk with a satin train. The ball gown had a scoop neck, full skirt and long sleeves. It was embroidered with 10,000 seed pearls. The 15-foot train was made of delicate lace embroidered in the same pattern as the dress, including flowers, the white rose of York and wheat heads, a symbol of fertility. The queen wore a veil made of white tulle attached to a diamond tiara. Around her neck she wore a double pearl necklace.

It is said that Queen Elizabeth II had two wedding dresses. The first was worn when she married Prince Phillip and the second at her coronation when she wed the people of the United Kingdom. That dress was designed by Norman Hartnell who also designed her wedding dress. While the original design called for white satin and little embroidery, the final design remained white satin but was heavily and richly embroidered with plants or flowers to represent each of the entities that make up the commonwealth. The embroidery was in pastel colors and accented by gold and silver threads with diamonds, amethysts and colored crystals.

Grace Kellys Wedding Dress

She was a real fairy tale princess whose gown has been a timeless inspiration for brides since her wedding day in 1956. The gown was white satin with a high neckline and long sleeves. The bodice and sleeves were antique Valenciennes rose point lace. Twenty-five yards of silk taffeta and ninety-eight yards of tulle were used. Her headpiece fit close to her head with a fingertip length veil in front and longer veil in back. Her wedding dress and veil were designed by Helen of MGM studios and given to her as a wedding gift from the studios. She carried a small bouquet of lilies of the valley over a white Bible.

Princess Dianas Wedding Dress

Princess Diana had one of the most stunning and talked about wedding dresses ever created. Actually, there was more than one dress designed and made to keep the media guessing as to what she would wear on her wedding day. Immediately, brides all over the world wanted the full sleeved, full skirted over the top style of gown for their weddings.

Celine Dions Wedding Dress

This well known Canadian singers wedding gown was a stunning extravagance of white satin embroidered with crystals and pearls. The ball gown had a full skirt, sweetheart neckline and long sleeves and a 20-foot train. Her crowning glory was literally a crown consisting tea length bridesmaid dresses of 2000 Austrian crystals which weighed seven pounds. Attached to the headpiece was a Cathedral length veil. Before and after the wedding she wore a white fur coat to keep her warm.

Melania Trumps Wedding Dress

When you're marrying a Trump the sky's the limit. Melania Trump's wedding dress is rumored to cost nearly $100,000. Designed by Dior, the dress weighed close to 50 pounds and had a 13-foot train, complemented by a 16-foot veil. The veil was artistically arranged in a swirl pattern to match the swirls in her dress. The dress was in the mermaid style, fitted through the hips and flaring out starting about mid-thigh. While the bride had fittings for the dress, she had never walked in the gown until her wedding day and stumbled a bit when she first started down the aisle. Obviously, that dress was not meant for dancing. Melania changed into a simpler and much lighter dress for the wedding reception.

Wedding gowns have changed a lot since the Victorian ages, but theres still so much inspiration we can glean from yesterdays style icons. By blending your personal style and personality with some elements of these unforgettable wedding dresses, youre sure to have en elegant wedding dress that you and your guests will remember forever.

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