As you probably have begun to realize, planning a wedding is both
exciting and often more than a little nerve-wracking. Preparing for a
ceremony as special as a wedding is plenty of cause for excitement and
anticipation. However, there is so much to do and, most likely, since
you'll want it to all go perfectly that's plenty of cause for anxiety
and stressed nerves. And when you consider that it isn't the kind of
thing we do on a regular basis, nor something that we norm
ally have any
training for, you need to ease up a little on the quest for perfection
and try to focus on the excitement.
Your wedding dress is likely
to be the most significant component of the wedding ceremony.
Everyone's eyes will be on the bride. Whatever style of wedding you
settle on, you'll find that there's a lot of traditions that relate to
the wedding ceremony - even with some of the more unusual themed
weddings. Still, there is room for you to add your own special touches -
to make your wedding uniquely your own.
If you've never thought
about actually designing your own wedding dress, you should give it some
thought. If you've priced wedding dresses, you'll be aware that even
low-end brands may cost over 5 or 6 hundred dollars. Dresses sold by
bridal shops tend to include a lot of overhead and additional costs
which you can avoid by designing your own wedding dress. If you have a
friend or relative who is well-skilled in sewing, you can save even more
money. One of the greatest benefits of designing your own wedding
dress is that you will end up with a true one of a kind, a wedding dress
no one else owns.
One caution - before you start designing be
certain that you have or can find a person with the needed skills to
actually create your wedding dress from your designs and ideas. This is
not something you can wait until the last minute to do. You'll need to
spend some significant time working with this person - well in advance
of the wedding - so make sure of both the person's skills and
availability.
A good place to start generating ideas for your
wedding dress design is to consider the theme of the wedding and when
and where it'll be held. Is it going to be a summer wedding? A winter
wedding? Will it be outdoors or indoors? Will the reception be indoors
or outdoors? What special characteristics does the location have? This
is particularly important for an outdoor wedding since the answers can
have a significant bearing on the style of wedding dress you design. As
an example, an outdoor wedding in Texas in the month of August requires a
wedding dress design that will not leave you soaked in perspiration.
You should also consider how formal or informal the wedding ceremony
itself will be.
If you don't already have some ideas for a design,
a good place to start may be with bridal magazines, wedding dress
catalogs and even on-line bridal shops. All these can be good sources
for ideas to use in designing your own wedding dress.
While you
are always free to design your wedding dress to reflect your personal
style, most likely you'll want to follow one of the standard shapes
generally used for wedding dresses:
A-line - Empire - Straight - Ball Gown - Mermaid - Strapless.
The
shape of your body is an important factor in choosing a wedding dress
shape that is most appropriate for you. If you have a full figure, or
what is considered a "pear" shape, an A-line style dress may work best
for you. A dress with this style accents the top-half of the body which
is smaller while concealing a larger bottom half.
Not many women
tend to opt for a straight wedding dress, including women with
coke-bottle figures for whom this style of wedding dress was designed.
If
neither of these styles seems to suit you, then a ball gown may be a
good choice. This style of wedding dress has a snugger fit at the waist
with a somewhat exaggerated full skirt.
A strapless style can be
integrated with several shapes. The so-called mermaid style tends to be
somewhat uncomfortable and not particularly popular. If you feel
uncertain about what shape may work best for you, you can always visit a
bridal shop and try on several styles to find the one that appeals most
to you.
Once you have chosen the shape, design and style for your
wedding dress, you are ready to consider the type of material. Silk and
linen are both commonly used in creating wedding dresses. Both can be
fairly costly and linen, in particular, tends to be quite delicate and
require considerable care when putting the wedding dress together. There
are also blended materials which use silk or linen along with other
man-made materials allowing the creation of a fabric which is both
beautiful and substantially easier to work with.
Once you've
decided on the shape and design, and chosen the fabric, it's time to get
together with the individual who will be making the wedding dress for
and begin bringing the wedding dress of your dreams out of your dreams
and into reality.
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