A bride's wedding look will be complete with these ideas such as unique dress details to striking veil alternatives to pretty bridal shoes and accessories.
Every detail of the bride's overall look is important on her wedding day. Here are some fresh ideas to consider for the gown style, veil, bridal shoes and accessories.
Wedding Gown Ideas
- To make a simple wedding gown more dramatic, take a very long and wide white satin or tulle scarf that compliments the gown, and have it cascade around the front of the neck and down the back of the gown.
- For a winter wedding, consider adding a fake white fur collar and/or cuffs to the dress.
- For a early spring or late fall wedding, when the evening will be cooler, have a coordinating lace or brocade jacket designed to wear over the wedding gown.
- As opposed to copying a dress from a magazine completely, considering taking the sleeves from one, the bodice from another, and the skirt from another to see what it creates.
- Have the wedding dress be made of several detachable layers so there is a different dress for the ceremony, a different one for the reception, then a different one for dancing.
- Consider all the types of white for a wedding dress, maybe even mix two different shades for the skirt and bodice — pure white, cream, ivory, bisque, vanilla and so forth.
- For a spring wedding, a dress made of a subtle floral print could work, especially if the colors are muted.
- For a fall wedding, simply add an orange or brown sash to the dress to fit the scenery.
Wedding Veil
- Instead of a veil, consider a headdress. Consult a coffee table book on royalty or fashion from the 1920s to get some ideas.
- If uncomfortable with a jeweled tiara, take a tiara shape and have it wrapped in the same fabric as the gown.
- If not comfortable wearing a veil, try an oversized pearl hair clip or have tiny fake jewels laced throughout the hair.
- Simply scatter fake jewels throughout your hair instead of a veil or tiara.
Bridal Shoes and Accessories
- Instead of gloves wear many rows of pearl bracelets on each wrist.
- Replace the buttons on the back of the gown with jeweled or diamond ones.
- Dress up plain shoes by simply attaching a jeweled brooch to the upper toe of each shoe.
Bridal style is all about original touches from the gown to the shoes to the veil. Any of these ideas will help give the bride a unique wedding look.
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