Satin Wedding Gown

Posted in: Fashion designers' styles | April 26th 2010 | no comments

The white wedding gown appeared now 2000 years ago when brides from Antic Egypt were wearing lots of levels of drapes from simple materials. White was the celebrating color in Greece that’s why the bride-to-be was choosing a white wedding gown as joy symbol. At Roman weddings, the brides were wearing white simple gowns from easy materials bringing in this way a tribute to Hymen, the fertility and wedding God that was absolutely crazy about white. A very interesting thing it’s specific for those past times. The brides were covering their faces with colored voiles as obedience and devotement symbol for their future husband. In XV-XVI centuries, the first official documents appear and remind us of Anne of Britannia white bridal dress at her wedding with King Louis XII. In 1612, Queen Elisabeth had worn an argent bridal dress with pearl embroidery, argent grain and precious crystals. In XIIII century, the wedding gown starts to be created using a complicated design, expensive materials, desired colors being argent and red. In 1840, Victoria of United Kingdoms worn at her wedding a white satin wedding gown ribonned with orange flowers, delicate lace, this model of satin wedding gown becoming an icon for the next generations.

As you can see from this short wedding gown’s history, the material it’s the basic in creating a bridal dress. It assures the gown’s form and also its ampleness, its finical and distinction, its profusion and also its elegant note so indispensable for a bridal dress which accomplishes all the qualities. Let’s discover together the most important materials so adored by couture designers for nuptial area:
-batiste: an easy translucent material;
-charmeuse: an easy shiny soft material;
-chiffon: a delicate firm and translucent material;
-crepe: an easy silky and soft material with ruckle surface;
-damask: it’s quite the same with the brocade but more easiest;
-satin: it’s like a hybrid between silk and polyester;
-Mikado silk: a brand of silk quite heavy then normal silk;
-satin combined with silk: a velvet material with shiny surface and mat reverse;
Shantung: it’s a stripped material like silk;
-tulle: a silky curly material;
-velvet: a silky bulk material.

Talking about satin wedding gown, you better know the perfect material for bridal dress it’s satin with a combination of 35% silk and 65% rayon. Its easily slipping, needs serious clothing, has a wave draping and a luscious glossy texture. This combination allows almost any kind of panels and embroidery.

The material used in creating the bridal dress has the greatest role in its beauty. It’s a certain thing that some materials are desired for their particularity or characteristic. Some materials are molding very well on body, others are desired for their easily way of slipping. In what regards wedding gowns, silk and satin are the most adored materials. Also, silk grains are seamed in lots of wedding gowns because it’s offering them a special bright.