Wedding Gowns - Wedding Gowns

I always loved champagne, especially peach and strawberry champagne. And believe me, champagne is the only drink that quite affects my logic and loose a bit my control. That’s the reason for why I keep under control my “lust” for champagne and at each wedding I was present, I could only drink just a cup of delicious sparkling champagne. Not only its taste delights my senses, but also I love its smell and its color. I consider the champagne as being a delicious, delicate and luxurious drink. Luxurious because usually we drink champagne when we have something to celebrate or when we are extremely happy. Maybe, nowadays, it’s a luxury to be happy. I don’t know, I’d better stop in spreading my ideas about happiness because this will be an endless discussion.

I’d better turn back with few lines when I said that I also like the champagne color and I sincerely don’t know what color is the champagne. Maybe nude, dusty pink, beige, pale peach? The shades are various; maybe it depends also about what type of champagne we are talking about. All in all, it’s about a delicate, feminine, sensitive and totally diaphanous color. A woman wearing a champagne dress can be very contrasting. What can you believe about her? Champagne color perfectly copies your body’s curves; it doesn’t adjust anything, but lets your body to rest in its naturalness and freshness. A champagne dress is like an uncensored story about your body, it’s like your second skin, a vaporous skin.



I saw that lots of actress such as Demi Moore (first photo), Angelina Jolie (second photo), Drew Barrymore (third photo), but also many other women adore the idea of wearing such a confident dress. Yes, of course. Probably you’d say…what perfect women you chose to give as example for wearing champagne dress! But, as you can see in both pictures, these women are not skinny, they are hot and they have generous curves and that’s a compliment for the dress, and vice versa, the dress will be a compliment for their voluptuous body. So, don’t worry if you consider yourself as being a generous girl! You’ll look just great wearing a champagne dress! Visiting some stores, I also noticed that are lots of models of champagne color bridesmaid dresses. This color is very in trend, chic and also desired. Champagne color is already a “must have” for every wardrobe. Of course, there are some simple rules regarding “how to wear champagne color bridesmaid dresses?”



-First of all, as I said before, champagne is a very natural, delicate and feminine color. You’ll look extremely diaphanous wearing such a natural array. In what regards the other details, you must opt for simplicity and pure color line. Don’t try to make hard contrast because you’ll ruin the dress naturalness.

-Yes, the champagne color is pale. If you want to highlight a bit more your look while wearing a champagne dress, opt for the same trick Angelina opted: nude eyes make-up and perfect red lips and already you’re a diva!

Well, this is not anymore a secret that we are now in wedding season. Lots of brides-to-be prefer to plan their wedding in summer time because they can apply more ideas for their party than in other season. Outdoor weddings are already very in trend and lots of couples opt to plan their wedding in backyard, in their house court, in mountain, in vineyard and even on the beach. Of course, there are some couples who prefer to celebrate their marriage in spring, autumn and even in winter time. But in this article I'd like to talk about weddings planned in summer time and especially, I'd like to talk about wedding summer arrays.

Few days ago, I was walking in the center of my city and I clearly noticed how many couples said "Yes" in front of God. Of course, my fashion eyes noticed also the beautiful outfits of the guests. But most of all, I liked the bridesmaids dresses. All of them were looking truly gorgeous, sparkling and full of joy. Now, more than ever, all the bridesmaids seemed to be very fresh, sexy, playful and joyful. In other years, I saw at the weddings I participated that bridesmaids are into the idea of wearing sober dresses like navy, brown, chocolate, claret, Grey and even black dresses. Well, it seems that this year there are other trends in fashion wedding world. Neither the bride is not anymore such into the idea of wearing white dress. I saw lot of brides wearing Ivory or floral dresses (I saw a bride wearing a dress painted with purple flowers and I have a crush since then).



Talking about bridesmaid dresses for summer weddings, the "palette" is truly ample because since now I hadn't seen bridesmaids wearing the same model of dress (let me explain what's the idea: a bride has five bridesmaid-they had dresses which seems between them, but all those bridesmaids hadn't the same model of dress with other five bridesmaids of other bride-what complicated, no?). What's new this year? Well, Empire dress, A-line, V-line, square, heart and round neck still are in trend, but there are also some novelties like animal print (in many other colors than brown, black, black and beige), floral prints, painted dresses, Greece Roman dresses (which are very hot and elegant), dresses with long sleeves, lace gowns (extremely romantic and delicate), satin gowns with crystals, and my list with new trends can continue. But as always, most important is to feel comfortable in your outfit, the fabric must be of high quality and also you must be careful when taking your sizes (if you want an unique gown made by your dressmaker). With just a single visit on stores, you'll find lots of bridesmaid dresses for summer weddings, but very important is to feel that dress must be yours because all about it is also about you.

When a woman is announced that she'll be a bridesmaid, she feels honored, privileged, trustful and responsibly. Asking to your best friend to be the bridesmaid, is a beautiful huge step in strengthen once again your friendship. To be a bridesmaid is a great statute even that it requires lots of tasks to accomplish. But that are friends for, no? A wedding can be wonderful only if the bride has responsibly auxiliaries. As the bride has an immensely dream in wearing the most beautiful gown in her wedding day, as well the bridesmaids dream on wearing something totally precious to highlight their statute.

The wedding array is always the first problem in wedding planning, which requires lot of attention, information, time and money. The bride must be a diva, a queen, a surreal woman while the bridesmaids must contrast with her look. The bridesmaids dresses must be like the final touch of the entire decor, like the final sparkling detail of the love story, that's the reason for why the bridesmaids must collaborate with the bride when choosing the outfits. Usually, the bride has the right of imposing to her bridesmaids what dresses to wear, but this is not anymore a rule. But still, the bridesmaids dresses must form an uniform look.

What I noticed with few days ago while visiting some stores was that women tend to invest in long sleeve bridesmaid dress. Personally, few times I saw women wearing long sleeve dresses at a wedding. Yes, I saw them wearing this type of gowns at wedding planned in winter time, I saw women who are not very proud of their arms (I'm talking about the plus size ladies) and what to hide them into sleeves, as well I saw women wearing sleeveless gowns but covering their arms into beautiful boleros. But now, there are lots of women who'd like to wear long sleeve bridesmaid dresses. Designers also noticed this thing and started to create more and more models of long sleeve dresses. Personally, I start to agree with this idea because a long sleeve dress offers you some advantages like:



-you can wear a long sleeve dress like in the first image at a wedding, but also at other events because the model isn't very elaborated, but also allows you to accessorize it with some jewelries;
-the long sleeve gowns, especially those in V-line offer to every woman a plus of elegance, femininity and mystery and this can only be great;
-wearing a long sleeve bridesmaid dress, your arms will be covered, and you can reveal your beautiful legs. Cover your arms and wear some high heels and that's the first step in being a diva!

Nowadays, weddings become more and more modern. Couples tend to opt for fancy ideas which highlight this special and unique moment in their life and also, they adore the idea of offering to all their guests a fabulous night and finally unforgettable ideas. A great idea which runs in every bride-to-be plan is the wedding location. Where will we celebrate our marriage? If in ancient times, the kings were celebrating their marriage in castles, now couples have many more options: restaurant, castles (if you'd like the idea of a vintage or feudal wedding), backyard, court, vineyard, mountain, beach and so on. But I'd still like to devolve the idea of planning a beach wedding because we are now in wedding season and all of us are carving for a little holiday, to run some days from our home, from our job and rest some days on the beach. If we also have a reason to celebrate, it all gets even better!

A beach wedding is not only a formidable idea and totally modern, but also is less expensive because everything must wear that cozy comfortable carriage. We don't need sophisticated menu (fruits, salads, fish are perfect meals), we also don't need a luxurious restaurant which costs a lot to be rent (we come to the seaside to watch the sea, to loose into its waves and have fun playing in the sand, dancing till the sun rise up).

Let's also talk about outfit. Here's the part where the bride and all the other guests encounter some problems. Yes, the wedding is a fine event where elegance is required, but still do we need to be elegant if the wedding is planned on the beach? And my answer is no. A casual outfit is all you need because a beach wedding means fun and dance.



The groom can supply his tux with a pair of white pants and a comfortable shirt, the bride can wear a vaporous maxi (or midi) dress with floral print, flounces or plaits (an interesting model and white is not a standard anymore), and the bridesmaids will be those little spots of color in the entire story. There are lot of beach bridesmaid dresses and all of them look gorgeous. Before buying the bridesmaids outfit, you must set some things: if you have more than two bridesmaids, you must choose the length of their dresses and the model, the cut (even that they'll wear the same color, at least the length and the design to differ a bit), what color they'll wear (to contrast with the bridal gown), what material and so on.

Once you set all these things, you're ready to invest your money in some beautiful beach bridesmaid dresses which can be worn with many other occasions. This is what I call a worthy investment. As for the other details such as hair-do, make-up, jewelries, accessories or shoes, it's ideal to opt for simplicity.

What's your opinion about beach weddings? Are you into cozy look, barefooted walks and disheveled hair or you prefer fancy expensive dresses assorted to luxurious locations?

Weddings are such beautiful and important events in our life which give you the opportunity of admitting the power of love, of celebrating the love close to your dearest ones, of making the hugest step in your life. Beside excitement, thrilling and impatience, the brides-to-be are must cope with many other things for seeing their dream become true. Wedding planning is a difficult "process" and requires lot of attention, correct organization, time, money and also lot of help. Brides-to-be have many tasks to accomplish in order to have a formidable wedding and usually they ask for help. Their parents, their relatives, their sponsors, their future husband (of course), their friends and sometimes an event planner are helping the bride-to-be in organizing the unique moment in her life. And if I already talked about friends, we all know who are the bride's friends. You'll see them in her wedding day helping her with all she needs. I am talking about bridesmaids, the women who know the bride from head to toe, the women who dared to create a strong relationship, the women who believe in love and celebrate it.

In this article, I'd like to devolve a bit a very womanish question: "Who should pay for bridesmaid dresses and alterations?". I heard this question lot of time and actually I read it on some wedding forums, and finally I'd like to offer you a simple answer because the solve comes in finding the best solutions. "Who should pay for bridesmaid dresses and alterations?" have just two possible solutions. It all depends of how many bridesmaids will have the bride and here are some explanations:

-if the bride will have a single or two bridesmaids, she can pay their dresses and the alterations. Usually, when the bride pays the bridesmaids arrays, she imposes to them a certain color, design, pattern and so on. Because the wedding is the most important day in life of every woman, the bride must be a diva and she have the right of imposing to her friends a contrasting array. If the bride will wear a white or an Ivory gown, the bridesmaids dresses can be red or purple or green and so on. As well, the bride can collaborate with her bridesmaids and can buy a beautiful material and go all three to a dressmaker and there you will set the model and the dress line of every bridesmaids. This solution is also costless.



-if the bride has four, five or even six bridesmaids, I think already the price of wedding planning will rise up like the sun in the morning (in the first second it's between trees and in other second is right in your face). In this case, only if the sponsors insists and also will help with some money, the bride can pay the bridesmaids dresses and alterations. In other situation, the girls will buy their own dresses like another proof of friendship and support.



Do you have in mind other solution for this wedding planning problem?