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Written by Annalise Kaylor
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Buying A Wedding Gown For Less
Wedding dresses come in all shapes and sizes. But they also come in all price ranges, sometimes edging upward of $10,000. With the average cost of a wedding in the United States running into the five figures, brides are looking for ways to save. And believe it or not, finding the dress of the bride's dreams while working on a budget is easier than it may seem.
Buying The Floor Sample
Most bridal stores and bridal boutiques offer discounts if the bride is willing to purchase the floor sample. Since the sample is the dress that other potential buyers have tried on, it may show some wear and tear. However, if the bride has someone who can sew in her family, or is crafty with a sewing machine herself, fixing any minor issues of wear may be relatively easy to save hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars.
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Written by Annalise Kaylor
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Dyeing The Crinoline Worn Under A Wedding Dress
One of the easiest and most inexpensive ways to add a touch of color to a wedding dress is by dyeing the crinoline that a bride wears underneath it. Throughout the wedding ceremony, the crinoline is almost never seen, which means that when it is time to do a garter toss or when the skirt moves around during the first dance, the wedding guests will see the colored crinoline and be surprised.
Fabrics To Use and Fabrics To Avoid
When deciding whether or not to dye a crinoline, the first stop should be the fabric care label on the crinoline itself. This label provides the essential information for deciding whether or not the crinoline is made of a fabric suitable for dyeing. The best fabrics for dyeing are those that are 100% washable, such as cotton, linen, rayon, and silk, as well as synthetic fibers like acetate and nylon.
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Essential Bridal Accents for a Complete Wedding Look
Choosing the right wedding accessories will help accentuate the wedding dress and make the bride look complete. But choosing the right wedding accessories is crucial to finding the balance between undone and overdone.
When looking at common wedding day accessories like shoes, jewelry, veils, and handbags, it is important to keep the overall look of the bride in mind. Does the bride usually wear a lot of jewelry? If not, a simple necklace will likely be more comfortable than something over-the-top. Keeping in mind the style of the bride, the theme of the wedding, and the formality of the wedding will help make wedding accessory shopping a success.
Wedding Veils, Headpieces, and Wedding Hair Accessories
Though wedding veils are a common wedding accessory, they are no longer the standard for every bride. Veils now come in all shapes, sizes, and lengths. While the traditional veil typically measure three and a half yards long, veils can be as short as six inches, such as a bird cage veil, or as long as 10 yards, such as a chapel length veil.
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Editor's Choice Understanding Different Bridal Gown Shapes
For many brides, choosing a wedding dress is the most exciting part of planning a wedding. Some will make finding their dream wedding dress a top priority, rushing to the store before the date is even set. For others, the process of choosing a wedding gown is overwhelming right from the start.
Learning some commonly used terms in bridal fashion can make wedding dress shopping easier for every bride. Not only will it provide a means of clearer communication between the bride and the wedding dress consultant, it can help describe the overall look and feel of the wedding to other vendors.
About Wedding Dress Styles
The names of the various styles of wedding dresses typically describe the overall shape of the skirt, not the dress itself. To distinguish where the bodice of the gown ends and the skirt begins, most, but not all, wedding dresses will have a seam.
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