Wedding Gowns

Traditional Spanish Wedding Gowns

When one says Spain my mind instantly wanders to the land of the artists that this country has given throughout many years of art history, starting with famous painters, such as El Greco, Francisco Ribalta, Zurbaran, Velasquez, Picasso, Miro, Dali next to the famous architects, such as Antonio Gaudi, the one who is most renowned for reinventing the shapes of a place of worship, as it is his unfinished Sagrada Familia cathedral. It is the passion and the sensitivity that are combined inside the world of Spanish artistic creations that have emerged in past ages and still emerge nowadays with the contemporary art which finds partisans in every corner of the modern world.




The artistic creativity that accompanies the passionate yet sensitive spirit of the Spanish people is also seen in the ever innovative styles that the world of fashion brings to the industry of bridal couture. The tendency of Spanish fashion designers is to represent in their creations features that belong to their tradition, to their cultural assets, succeeding to promote their national identity all over the world. It is hard to find something to compare to the innovative style of a Spanish fashion designer, and this is due to the fact that the artisans of beauty have understood in their Spanish heart the essence of their cultural identity.

Many styles in fashion designing are the ones to reflect features of a nation’s tradition; in fact this is what makes a certain couture house have its own label and makes it be worldwide famous. It is another thank you note we have to write towards the generosity of tradition, since it is the one to help introducing new ideas, new ways of creating the novelty that is incorporated by a fashion designer print. Thus the bridal fashion industry has progressed, inserting new models to belong to traditional Spanish wedding gowns displaying at the same time details of new trends delivered by the ever changing fashion industry.



It is said that the Spanish fashion relates most of the times with the traditional Flamenco style of a dress, and this feature can be seen in many visions of the Spanish fashion creators, they are the ones to insert these elements, details that speak about a woman’s innermost feelings, her deepest desires while dancing the traditional Flamenco dance. The quality of the fabrics is also a feature that defines the new designs which so elaborately combine the traditional Spanish wedding gown style with the new textures appeared on the market. Not to mention that color is a frequent detail that the modern Spanish wedding gown includes in its aspect.



In the past, colorful black and grey dresses were mostly seen worn in the daily clothing and for the special occasions, such as weddings, the gown was richly decorated with silver and golden embroideries. The complexity of such designs conferred the wedding gowns at that time an intricacy and richness that only the use of various ornaments and jewels could confer.



The tendency to keep the aspect of richness conveyed by the presence of numerous frills in the aspect of a Flamenco skirt that flows down to the hem in cascading ruffles is a characteristic which combined with the elegant styles of wedding dresses imprints a specific mark in the creation of Spanish bridal fashion designers.Keeping the mediteranean spirit in your wedding theme can be easily done by choosing a nice cake from the huge variety of Mediterranean Wedding Cakes.