Elizabethan Wedding Gowns

When your fiancé came with the idea to have your wedding event celebrated in a castle you thought of organizing this event in a medieval style with your guests attending your wedding dressed accordingly. The period that you choose is the one to belong to the reign of Queen Elizabeth from the Tudor’s monarchy. As much as it is known that Elizabeth I was a virgin, you are fascinated by the things that she had accomplished during her rule, especially that her period was and still is considered to be the golden era of English history. Her reign was also the period that brought to the world the famous playwrights William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe.

Therefore the theme of your wedding requires a careful research in the gallery of the medieval wedding gowns, more attention paid to the Elizabethan wedding gowns. Since these gowns are the ones designed with richness of fabrics and having in their structure the presence of long sleeves, you decide to have the wedding day celebrated in the fall. Wearing a dress of such intricacy in design and many layers of fabrics in its composition, a hot summertime won’t be at all appropriate to the event.

Your groom will have to wear also an outfit related to the period, therefore the choice of a season that is not that warm is to be preferred. Organizing your special event in a castle requires plenty of preparations, and as such a lot of expense. Searching through the web sites you wish to find a gown for which to pay as less as possible, as much as you know that these Elizabethan wedding gowns are generally made out of velvet, brocade or other expensive fabrics.

Browsing online among the web pages of medieval wedding dresses you reach a site that delivers these special gowns at a price range of $275.00 - $500.00, compared to another site which offers these outfits in no less than $1,250.00, which may add a considerable expense to your list of wedding items to be purchased. For instance this one made of silk dupioni; this one has plain bodice and skirt with rich embroidery on the sleeves, bust and underskirt trimmed with gold cording. The layer of the overskirt is rich-ly pleated and the puffs of the sleeves present a metallic silk tissue. The neckline and the wrist edges are bordered with gold lace, this is the reason why this dress costs $1,200.00, a price that you consider to be too expensive.



This gown you plan to have for your wedding doesn’t have to be that high regarding its price, there are the other ones you find, cheaper and having the same medieval aspect of the Elizabethan period. One of them appeals to you the most as well as its price; it is made of brocade fabric printed in silver floral motifs with gold trimming at the neckline and a V-shape of golden neck line resembling to a necklace goes down till the waistline diagonally crossing the bodice.

The sleeves present a double pouf accented in with two lines of gold star trim complementing the royal aspect of the wedding gown. The bodice has vinyl boning in front, in back and on sides. The skirt is made of brocade and could be chosen in the desired color, as well as the dress’s color; the circumference of the hem reaches almost 130”, allowing the bride to move freely among the guests attending her medieval themed wedding.