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Wedding gown designs are becoming bolder with each coming season, setting trends that were previously considered inappropriate and even unacceptable. Trends are ever-changing; recent designs at the New York fashion week saw a bursting of color in wedding gowns, with hues of gold, silver, blue, and pink splashed on the dresses on the runway. The shades are muted in anticipation of spring, with accents of bright yellow, green, or magenta.
This bodes well for you, the soon-to-be bride who is considering on going all out with a red wedding dress. Though most people consider such a deviance from the matrimonial norm such a drastic step, be assured that Queen Victoria herself went against the convention of her time by going for a white wedding gown instead of the prescribed silver dress. If it weren’t for such a brave attempt, women will at present be wearing silver gowns instead of white.
Maggie Sottero - Amara Royale
One-piece, corset, strapless gown with sweetheart neckline and fit and flare skirt. The empire waist is decorated with Swarovski crystals, bugle beads, twist beads, seed beads, and sequins. The skirt front is cutaway to reveal lace beneath. The gown is available with a cutaway taffeta train to reveal stunning lace that creates the sweep train, or with a plain back taffeta sweep train.
Although red is a color with conflicting meanings, it is still the color of passion. You can get away with a red gown smoothly if you intend to have your wedding either on Valentine’s Day, a day of hearts and roses, or on a winter wedding. Winter weddings are probably the ideal setting for a red wedding gown, in a cozy, spacious lodge with the warmth of candlelight bathing every table, and a nearby fireplace hearth burning. Entering the scene with a beautiful red satin wedding dress with velvet accents and gold trim would be almost anticipated with delight.
With the current east-west fusion which is all the rave nowadays, you’ll have an added incentive for making a statement on your wedding day. Even if you choose to have your wedding on any other season and still wear a red gown, you can have it done with oriental-inspired cuts. It may come as a surprise to you, but in oriental countries, not only is a red wedding dress acceptable, it is the norm. In Chinese culture, red is the symbolic color for weddings, and is linked to warmth and life, and to the fire element, bringing good luck and a fulfilled future for the bride. You can have your dress fitted with a Chinese collar to allude to the chinoiserie influence, or you can go all-out with a Chinese halter dress with a fishtail train. Recent Chinese wedding gowns are usually long and figure-hugging, with very short sleeves and flowing patterns. If you want to go over to the exotic side, Japanese bridal gowns are also common in red. These wrap-around kimonos are great, as long as you build the wedding theme around it.
Private Label By G, Style: Signature 32
Even if you opt for a traditional western wedding in a rich red dress, you can still bring out the intended gasps of admiration (instead of shock) from the congregation by offsetting the color with appropriate color-contrast accents. Red wedding dresses look beautiful with gold or white trims. You can have a bouquet consisting of white, red and pink rose combinations. Your wedding shoes could be dyed with a matching or accent color to the dress. Don’t forget diamonds and pearls; the sparkle and sheen of these gems are all the more eye-catching in contrast to a red wedding dress. If you are aiming for a medieval feel in your gown, wearing a crown of roses would be a perfect accent, as with a golden crown or tiara. With a red wedding gown, you’ll have precious memories to tell for years to come.
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