Bridal Wedding Dress: July 2012

Tuesday, 31 July 2012

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Best Bridal Wedding Dress Biography

Wedding is one of the most important occasions for any girl, and she wants to make it the most outstanding one. And wedding dress is a thing that helps make her wedding a special event. But as happens with all brides, they do not know what is hot and what is not; should they go for traditional or modern dress.
Usually brides settle on traditional heavy work wedding dress because on a very few occasions girls garb themselves in such beautiful and colorful dresses. But brides remember that profiles must be feminine. These days brides love pastel shades and whites for wedding dresses. Many designers combine the look of the modern world and the traditional wedding dress designs. The result is some cool designs which look very Pakistani but show some western influence. These designers select colors like red, rust, maroon in the winters and pink, cream, and gold in the hotter weather in wedding dress. Today brides prefer a contemporary look, a balance of modern with the tradition in their wedding dresses. Yet, there are brides who don’t mind being more colorful or going for the mix and match look. Fashion is creating and destroying at the same time, according to fashion designers so lots of colors keep going and coming in wedding dresses.

Brides pay a lot of attention to their wedding dress especially the color for that makes the most difference.

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Ellis Bridal Wedding Dress

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Ellis Bridal Wedding Dress Biography

Ellis Bridals produce some of the best wedding dresses available.
Established 100 years ago, the company continues to offer excellent quality,
beautiful fabrics, and stunning designs for the Bride of today.

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Bridal Gowns Wedding Dresses

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A-line? Silk Mikado? A bustle? What does it all mean?
There are many terms when it comes to describing a wedding gown. We hope this glossary will help you in learning about the countless terms surrounding wedding gowns.
If you ever have any questions, please Ask Us and we will be glad to help.

Necklines
Bateau or Sabrina - Follows collarbone from shoulder to shoulder
Halter - Straps go around to back of neck
Off-the-Shoulder - Gown sits just below shoulder line and is held up by bodice
Portrait - Wide scoop that sits just on shoulder bone
Scoop - Wide "U" shape
Spaghetti Straps - Thin straps that go over shoulders
Square - Self explanatory
Strapless - No straps, gown is kept up by bodice
Sweetheart - Heart shaped
T-Shirt or Jewel - Round like a T-shirt
V-Neck – Shaped like a "V"
Fabrics
Batiste - Semi-transparent fabric
Brocade - Heavy material with a pattern
Chiffon - Lightweight, flowing sheer fabric
Crepe - Lightweight porous-like fabric
Damask - Medium weight patterned fabric
Duchess Satin - Hybrid of silk and polyester
Dupioni - Thick coarse looking silk
Gazar - Criss cross weaved fabric,linen-like
Illusion - Semi-transparent fabric similar to organza
Organdy - Stiffer transparent fabric
Organza - Sheer fabric similar to tulle but more tightly woven
Polyester - Man made fabric often blended with silks or made to mimic a certain type of fabric
Rayon - Similar to polyester but more elastic
Satin - Smooth textured fabric very common in wedding gowns. Comes in Silk or Polyester
Shantung - Rough textured fabric with lines and "nubs". Comes in Silk or Polyester
Silk - A soft and fine fabric that comes in a variety of finishes such as shantung or satin
Silk Mikado - A type of blended silk that is heavier than regular silk
Taffeta - Crisp, rustling fabric
Tulle - Stiff netting similar to organza but stiffer and coarser

Silhouettes
2 Piece - Separate skirt and top. This may apply to any of the silhoutees below
A-line - Fitted bodice with slight flare starting at the waist or higher and going to the floor
Ball Gown - Traditional full skirt and fitted bodice
Mermaid - Sheath gown to the knees and then a flare out
Trumpet- Very similar to a mermaid silhouette, but the gown starts to flare out higher on the leg
Sheath - Column or tube shaped gown following the contours of the body
Waistlines
Basque - Waistline dips below natural waist forming a "V" in the center
Dropped - Waistline dips below natural waistline and sits more on hips
Empire - High waistline just under bust
Princess Cut- Many gowns especially a-lines have no defined waist
Natural- Waistline sits between the empire and dropped waistlines.

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David s Bridal Wedding Dresses

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David s Bridal Wedding Dresses Biography
Just for the record. I HATE David's Bridal! Well...not the actual dresses and such, but David's Bridal in Tallahassee, FL are a bunch of snobby B words. I've had 2 experiences with them and they both sucked.

The first one, I went with my sister and my friend to try on dresses. I'm a 20 in wedding gowns. I knew this, the consultant knew this. I told her I didn't want to try anything on that wasn't in my size because I couldn't get a good idea of how it would look/fit if it didn't zip up. I was very nice and she seemed to be understanding. I knew there were a lot of size 20 sample gowns because we had just gone through the store looking at them. I stand in the little fitting room for about 15 solid minutes in my skivvies waiting for her. What does she bring me first to try on? A size 14. I humored her and put it on. Of course it didn't fit. I tell her again that I need a dress in a size 20 and to please not bring me anymore 14s to try on. 20 minutes later!!!.....she brings me another dress. This one wasn't a 14, but a size 12. I just look at her and my cheeks start getting hot. I've been hanging out in my drawers for 40 minutes and have accomplished absolutely nothing. My sister intervenes at this time and runs to the floor of dresses. Her and my friend come back with their arms FULL of gowns...all in a flippin size 20. Was this consultant just doing this to piss me off?? Grr...I kind of hate that girl. So she disappears once again. My sister and my friend help me try on all these dresses and I go out to the little podiums and gaze in the mirror. After about 30 or so minutes the consultant comes back and asks me if I minded if she went to the bathroom for a few minutes. I just look at her like "Seriously?? You've been gone this whole time and haven't helped at all. Why would I care if you went to the bathroom?!?!" My sister, lol...bless her heart, tells the girl that will be fine. So anyway...I found the dress I love and that flatters my figure well. I want to order it! I'm so excited!! I start searching for the consultant to tell her I want to place an order....and I can't find her. By this point I'm just pissed. I have had absolutely no help from David's Bridal in finding or purchasing a gown. I give up. I change back into my street clothes and start looking for a manager. Trying once again to order the dress. I waited and waited and no one came by. So we left...I got the style number of the dress and vowed that I would NOT be purchasing it from David's Bridal (although it was a David's Bridal dress). I searched and searched the internet for my dress either new or used and finally found one at a great price and in amazing shape. The bride before me had already gotten the bustles put in so it saved me a step! :)

Fast forward to last week.

I take my beautiful dress to David's Bridal to have it cleaned and pressed. I spoke with the alterations department on the phone and told them it was a David's Bridal dress but I did not buy it from David's Bridal. They seemed to be ok with that and said to bring it in, and it would cost $45. I drove all the way to Tallahassee last Monday (like an hour away) and get escorted to the alterations department to drop of my dress. Everything was going smoothly and I decided right then that I would give them another chance and order some shoes from them. The alterations lady takes my dress out of the bag and starts freaking out because it has been altered (the bustles). David's Bridal isn't allowed to do that kind of bustles and she starts drilling me wanting to know which shop did it and blah blah. I told her that I wasn't asking them to alter it, I just needed it cleaned and pressed. She continues to drill me and says she has to call her manager and show her what another David's Bridal did. (Apparently the bustle was permanent and they're not allowed to do permanents.) I told her several times that it wasn't altered at DB and I didn't need them to do a single thing to my dress but clean and press it! The store manager comes in and guess who it is. The B of a consultant that I dealt with last time! She's the STORE MANAGER now!?!?! I threw my hands up, said "I'm done. Just give me back my damn dress and I will have it cleaned somewhere else." The manager wants to know what store did the bustles because she has to report it. I told her DB did not do the alterations!!! How many times do I have to say this?? All I wanted was my dress cleaned. Then I had to argue with her to give me my damn dress back! UGHHH!!! HATE HATE HATE DB in Tallahassee!

Anyway, I found a dry cleaner closer to town that does wedding dresses. I'm supposed to pick it up Monday. I was nervous about taking it to a regular dry cleaner because I didn't want them to mess up my dress. Before I even dropped it off I got their policy in writing that states if my dress is damaged, then they will pay for it. That made me feel better.

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Monday, 30 July 2012

Bridal Wedding Dresses

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Bridal Wedding Dresses Biography

Dress code is one of the key elements to enhance your looks; when we shift our focus on girls they are more conscious and trend selective, especially when they are selecting their own bridal outfit. Due to Pakistani wedding culture, Pakistani brides are more conscious for their wedding dresses, because they know they are going to be the spotlight personality, so they are choosy for selecting their Pakistani bridal outfits.
In current era, Pakistani fashion designers do highlight Pakistani bridal fashion and Pakistani Barat dresses in Pakistan and its neighboring countries, with this regard people are well aware about their wedding outfits. Pakistani fashion designers have huge line of latest Pakistani bridal dresses according to the season and taste of Pakistani brides which Includes Pakistani bridal Lehnga’s, Pakistani bridal gowns, Barat dresses for Pakistani brides, designers made Pakistani bridal wears and Pakistani bridal dresses.

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Bridal Wedding Dress Biography

Most brides choose to wear a white wedding dress as a symbol of innocence, purity and traditionally of virginity. But this was not always the case. Before the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe- Coburg in1840, the bride's preference was usually a silver coloured dress. Queen Victoria started the new trend of a pure white dress which continues to the present day in many European countries, the USA and many other countries.

It is true however that every culture interprets the wedding dress color with a particular meaning. In Western cultures, it is white which is considered to be the color to symbolize purity, whereas in Islamic countries it is black. In Japan, the predominant color is red.

It is thought to be bad luck if the bride makes her own dress, or if the groom sees her in her wedding dress before arriving at the ceremony. According to superstition it is also a bad omen to wear a used or borrowed dress.

The bride should not wear the fuly-completed dress before the wedding day. Some leave a final adjustment to the dress uncompleted until the last moment to allow for this.

Bridal Veil History and Meaning

The veil symbolizes the virginity, modesty and the innocence of the bride, hence its color, although in some places blue is used as the symbol of the Virgin Mary.

In some Asian and Middle Eastern cultures, the veil was used to completely hide the face of the bride from the groom who had never seen it. Only after the marriage ceremony was the groom allowed to raise the veil to see the face of his new wife for the first time. In Islamic religions the woman must cover her head with a black veil as a sign of respect to the phophet, Muhammad. According to other traditions, for example Roman customs , the veil protected the bride from evil spirits, to whom it was though she was vulnerable.

The white bridal veil became popular in England in the 16th century just after the Mediaeval period of history had ended. It was at this time, during the reign of that Elizabeth I that the veil became associated with modesty and chastity.

Today, many brides still wear a veil, and when the priest says the line about "you can kiss the bride", the groom lifts the brides veil and places is behind the bride's head. In the East today the veil is often still used to cover the face of the bride who the groom has never seen. The veil is removed once the marriage ceremony is complete

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