Wedding Planning Advice, Wedding Planning Tips
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The white wedding gown only rose to popularity with the 1840 marriage of a young Queen Victoria. She chose a delicate white silk wedding dress, whereas previous royal weddings had featured jewels and furs and richly-colored gowns. Her choice, which wasn’t terribly unusual – just fashionable, inspired many imitators.
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Every woman wants to look her best on her wedding day. No matter what is her shape or size, she simply wants to look attractive and be the center of attraction. And what makes her cast that spell on the onlookers is her wedding dress. Available in various styles and shapes, these bridal dresses make the bride stand out amongst rest of the crowd.
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Have you considered looking somewhere other than the bridal salon when shopping for wedding dresses? No, we don’t mean looking for a secondhand wedding dress or sewing it yourself, though both of those options are A-OK in our book. We just think that more brides-to-be should look in unexpected places when shopping for wedding dresses. [...]
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What should you be doing ten to twelve months before the wedding? Here’s a quick breakdown of the tasks and to-dos that brides and grooms must tackle in the early stages of planning a wedding:
Choose the style and formality level of your wedding.
Determine how many wedding attendants you’ll have and who they’ll be.
Select your ceremony [...]
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Brides who have already started shopping for their wedding dresses have probably noticed a trend in wedding fashion: a distinct lack of sleeves. This is especially irritating to brides planning winter weddings, as these gals will not only have to go from limo to venue, but also dance the night away in a space that [...]
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Looking for something a little different? Bored of all the white wedding dresses out there? In that case, silver might be just what you’re looking for! Silver wedding dresses are chic and elegant and rather subtle in that they’re not bright canary yellow or striking red. For that reason, silver wedding dresses are a great [...]
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Who wouldn’t want to look like Grace Kelly on their wedding day? Almost no one, if the TeamWED gals’ opinions are any indication. Grace Kelly was an absolutely stunning bride, and this wedding gown from Justin Alexander Couture was obviously inspired by the one she wore at her wedding to Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. [...]
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Brides planning destination weddings have it easy when it comes to buying their wedding dresses. Why’s that? Destination wedding gowns tend to be lighter and less elaborate than traditional wedding dresses, if only because destination weddings usually take place in warm locales like Mexico and the Bahamas. Lighter dresses means less dress, which means less [...]
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Wedding dresses can sparkle, sure, but that sparkle is usually provided by sequins or silk. That means that when the light isn’t just right, a striking wedding dress can suddenly seem flat and dull. For TeamWED’s first Wedding Dresses That Wow post, we wanted to show our readers a wedding dress that can really sparkle, [...]
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Brides who fall want high-end wedding gowns at low-end prices can shop at sample sales. What’s a sample sale? At the end of the fashion season, designers and bridal salons need to get rid of the wedding gowns that hung on the racks, i.e., the wedding gowns customers examine and try on before ordering one [...]
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While a lineup of bridesmaids wearing identical bridesmaids dresses is a very common sight at weddings, some brides are throwing tradition to the wind and choosing different dresses for different bridesmaids or even letting the bridesmaids choose their own dresses. We’ve been bridesmaids in all kinds of weddings and have been asked to wear everything [...]
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We’ve all seen those wedding dress buying guide articles that suggest brides shop by body type. But buying wedding dresses is less a science and more of an art form — sometimes your dream wedding dress that looked so good in the shop window fits terribly and a wedding dress you’d never have considered until [...]
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Your wedding is often one of the most important days of your life and it is vital that you get everything right before the big day. Your wedding dress should be one of those red letter items that make you feel and look your best. Wedding dresses must highlight your best features and should make you and you alone shine on your big day.
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