So Much More Than Just An Accessory

To most brides, little is known about the true meaning of the veil, but let’s not bored our fine young ladies with long winded story about history and religious. Long story short, the bride’s veil carries an important message that is so much more meaningful than just an accessory (unlike all the craziest hats descended at the Royal Ascot).

The long lace veil represents a symbol of virginity and purity for brides given to their mates. A vow to God is made when the bridegroom uncovers the bridal veil, that he will take her under his protection and since that very moment, a girl becomes a charming, married woman.

As time evolves, this tradition has been replaced with something little more creative, the “Headpieces”. Some brides fall in love with a headpiece even before figuring out how to wear their hair. So finding the right pieces that suits your hairstyle is crucial, below we have selected three distinctive types of headpieces to match with different choices of wedding dress. Ready?

The dream of every bride is to look beautiful on her wedding day, every little details plays an extraordinary role in beautifying her and enhancing her overall beauty. The headpiece is definitely the indispensable item, playing a crucial part in accompanying the wedding dress.

Romantic Wedding Headpieces

We secretly love flowers! They are so sweet and romantic. We got a few headpieces here that you won’t want to miss it!

Floral headband or crowns are perfect for spring, summer or bohemian wedding, they are stunning underneath the warm sunshine by adding a little bit of vitality and liveliness to the wedding. There are endless floral combinations and styles you can choose from, like Tulle bloom, comb or even mix in with some crystals and/or pearls. Below are some breathtaking and ladylike headpieces.

Lila  Nataile J Watts

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Vintage Wedding Headpieces

The Vintage trend across the 60s-80s are always charming! The timeless piece looks equally gorgeous on its own or mixing up with modern designs. The main colours that represents vintage are beige, cream and ivory. Its’ styles are often knitted with specific fabrics like tulle, netting and lace, and occasionally metal decoration with organza.

The birdcage veil is one of the most glamorous choices. The birdcage veil would make you look slightly mysterious. DIY is also a cost effective way to design your own vintage style and creates something unique for yourself, like turning an old piece of jewelry into a timeless piece of art, after all, we all love to personalize every bit of our outfit.

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Victoria Milesime

Johanna Johnson 

Extravagant Wedding Headpieces

What about something unordinary, slightly rebellious and funky? Perhaps an extravagant suits your taste. Wearing an oversized hat and colorful feather looks pretty fun, I am sure that would be a wow factor for your guests.

Jean Ellis 

Esemee Fascinators 

Every one has right to Love— Same-sex marriage

Nowadays, more and more people willing to expression their feeling and love even though they love the same-sex. Maybe some people said same-sex love is violating the law of nature. But I think it is power of love, no one can expect and stop it when love comes to you.

In the world, there are 11 countries admission same-sex marriages, as follow: Denmark, Argentina, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Canada, Spain, Belgium and Netherland. Therefore, some region in USA, Mexican and Brazil has admission same-sex marriage as well. There are other format similar same-sex marriage, civil union, domestic partnership or registered partnership. The civil union right is almost same as marriage but lack the name of marriage. The domestic partnership or registered partnership is only the partnership in the low, compare with marriage lack lot of right. in UK only admission the oversea civil union and registered partnership.

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So what should we celebrate the same-sex marriage. For bridegrooms it is simple, they can choose the same suit with same colour or different colour. The most important is match the partner dress. For brides there more match ways, can be both dress, both suit or one dress and another suit.

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The wedding decoration can use rainbow be the theme, the rainbow wedding cake and witness of wedding and marriage couple with rainbow accessory. Then the dolls on the wedding cake should be change to same-sex. The location just depends on the marriage couple to choose. Most of the wedding is held in the beach or garden somewhere without traditional pressure.

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Getting married is a big event of life; every one has the right to get marry with the person who loves. Sexual is just a different between physiological. Love is a great power to make both attract each other. Therefore respect every one who brave to pursue love.

Makeup Artist : Se-Chung Liu (Joanne)

Today, we want to introduce our makeup artist friend : SE-CHUN LIU (JOANNE).

We do love her works very much. We found why don’t try to let our brides have more chooses to be more creative, fashionable and  elegance.

Let’s show her creative work as Swan Fairy Tale, we do think this one presents the chic swan princess. She uses brightly colour to light up the model’s sweet face. Her project can inspire our brides to be more creative and unique especially her project is more focus on fashion.

Swan Fairy Tale 

Moreover,  let’s show more her projects to you !

Editorial 2010

 

Quentin Jones

Johan Ku (古又文）2010

Se-Chung Liu (Joanne) Website : http://sechunliu.com/

Complementing gloves to represent your wedding dress style.

Due to brides always hope they can be more beautiful in their wedding, and we always try to figure out what detail can represent our brides more unique and gorgeous. Today, how about complements gloves with a your stunning dress? Even yours wedding dress is simplest , gloves can improve your dress into a masterpiece. Likewise, gloves can shape bridal hands when they hold wedding bouquets. Anyway, complementing gloves in any outfit can enhance the extra of femininity, how can you dress your gown without them? There are various bridal gloves and some basic introductions about bridal gloves for your choice.

Above the Elbow or Opera length Wedding Gloves 

The type of glove reaches above your elbows and it is the longest formal one. Opera length wedding gloves also set off the bride’s long and thin arms. And also, it can against the cold in fall or winter season wedding.

Short-Wedding Gloves 

The short-Wedding Gloves extend to just above the elbow. It is  the most ordinary ones and they can have a variety of looks.

Fingerless Wedding Gloves 

It has changeable s length, maybe long or short. It will display your slender fingers with your wedding ring. Normally, finger-less wedding gloves are beautified with beads, pearl or lace. The fingerless gloves maybe is your better choose especially  your wedding ring is already exposed.

Gauntlet-Wedding Gloves

This type of bridal glove extends from about the elbow to the wrist, with fingers left exposed.  It may be opportune to choose a pair of gauntlet wedding gloves because your fingers are exposed during the entire wedding.

Wrist-Wedding Gloves

These bridal gloves are common and just cover your hands. Usually, they are made of lace and satin. They are simple designed but looks beautiful. These wrist length gloves will harmonize any style of wedding dress wonderfully. This style is less formal than longer lengths, and works well with long-sleeved gowns. If your arms are short or thick, a pair of wrist wedding gloves will be a suitable choice.

There are many types of gloves, and brides can arrange them with your dress. Then, there are some tips to choose  gloves.

1. Arrange with your dress fabric. The most simple way is choose the same material as your dress.

2.Based on your style of the overall shape and outfit to select the form of gloves.

3.Considering the design and functional.

4. choose the colours. The gloves colour should the same as your dress(many kind of white) or they can shape your dress. (blue or red or sliver)

How to choose bridegroom dress?

In a wedding, bride dress always focal point. However the bridegroom dress match the bride and wedding theme will more impress. But how to choose a suitable bridegroom dress is a challenge. The bridegroom body shape needs to consider as well.

In the traditional British wedding, the bridegroom dress including shirt, vest, blazer and white tie. Some of bridegroom will add a hat goes with formal dress and stick that dress code is more formal and traditional. Moreover some bridegroom will choose swallow-tailed coat. But tailed coat is more suitable the bridegroom whose shape is tall and strong. If the bridegroom’s body shape belong short or corpulent, tailed coat not suitable them.

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In general wedding, bridegroom and best men wear suit, and it suitable any kind of body shape. Mostly choose the black, navy or grey colour, these are all classic colour. However, different body shape and age appropriate different colour. If bridegroom is thinness or youth, light colour will be better. Opposite, the body is strong or mature had better choose dark colour. Moreover, bridegroom and best men sometimes wear similar suit, the bridegroom should have a little bite different to highlight. Maybe can choose the same colour system suit with best men but have use some metal fiber or have some pattern in the suit let the guests be able to distinguish. If you want to more sprightly, you can choose the spot or check tie or bow tie.

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When the wedding ceremony held in the morning with warm season. The bridegroom can choose the flaxen fabric casual suit. That is more comfortable. And the colour best choice is light grey or creamy white. If it is beach wedding, the tie is not necessary depends on the bridegroom.

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When the wedding ceremony held in cold season, the suit fabric made from wool or cotton could keep warm. In addition dull colour is wise choose, such as navy or black.

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At last is how to choose the shoes. Mostly choose include black, white, creamy and brown. The best way is match the suit colour. But if you want some different may choose the two-tone shoes, just need to notice the main colour match the suit. However, only one situation you don’t need to worry about the shoes that beach wedding. You can choose barefoot or wear slippers because of the sand and water will around you.

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In a wedding the most important is bride and groom, most guest focus on what the bride wear, but if lack the groom the wedding won’t be. So every grooms show your best!

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My little angel-flower girl

Riddle: Angel….angel….angel! Who’s like a “little angel” and dress beautiful as a bride in the wedding ceremony ?

Oh, the answer is flower girl!

The flower girl is like a little angel of love. Little flower girls can not only bring unlimited childlike but also add charm for the wedding. In the wedding day, the bride and bridegroom are the focus . All the guests are have their attentions to them. However, there are also some cute little angels(flower girls) may attract their attentions.

As a result, dress up well is not  just the responsibility for the couple and bridesmaid in the wedding day , thees little angels also need to dress up pretty and lovely as possible as they can. When I was a little girl, I used to be a flower girl. I remember that  I was take pride in the dress up I did. Also I had dreamed that I’m a princess which I read from story books. For my experience, I believe that the flower girls may have the same thinking like me.Want  to look like princess from a fairy tale or like the little bride. Little flower girl modeling can have a variety of changes and styles.

Let’s design and dress up for the most beautiful little angel-flower girl!

Hair style

Nice hair style is essential in order to make lovely flower girls look cuter. A flower girl hairstyle can be doing all the fancy ribbons, garlands, bows, various headgear, and the flaxen hair styling are adopted creative! To design a cute hairstyle for the flower girl will add more colours for the wedding!

Little bride veil modeling

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Hair accessories- Flower Fairy

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Flower girl dresses

It’s important to choose the dresses for flower girls. Because flower girls  play an important role in the wedding ceremony. Also they are  very visible during the wedding day. Let’s see some different types of dresses that you can consider as your choice to your flower girls!

Princess peng skirt

There are some flower girl dresses that are designed to look like princess dresses. These often have a full skirt with lots of frills, lace,beads, flowers, or ribbons.

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Elegant little girls 

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Different colours of  dresses 

Besides typical white dresses, there are also some colour options for flower girl dresses.

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Do you have any ideas to dress up your cute angels in wedding day now? If yes, I believe that you and your little angels will be the most pretty girls in wedding ceremony! Let’s dress up!!!!!

He likes me. He doesn’t likes me….He likes me!

“Thinking back to the silly days of counting flower petals and daydreaming, or making a wish right before blowing all the seeds off the dandelion, you wish your dream might come true. The little seed have wondered far, seeking the unknown, but now, she has finally sown in one man’s heart as their love blossoms. Turning into the most beautiful flower, this is the moment; she is holding the bridal bouquet and throws it into mid air, passing on the seed of love and marriage to another lucky girl.”

Speaking about the bridal bouquet, what could it be? Just flowers? Hmm…it seems a little bit boring to be real flower. Have you ever thought about anything else for the bouquet? Something creative and unique? If you don’t have any idea, these would be inspirational!

CRYSTALS: stunning and fascinating as always!

Compared to flowers, crystals are shiny and glittery. If your wedding is taking place in summer, imagine yourself talking a stroll in a beautiful English garden, surrounded by fully blossomed flowers and blessed with the warm sunlight, carrying a crystal bouquet in your palms, there is no doubt the most pictureristic scene, down to earth yet elegance! Most of these gorgeous bouquets are decorated with pearls, metals and minerals that carry a vintage touch.

 

Do you ever think that button could also be part of bridal bouquet? Probably not! The following bridal bouquets are all fully or partly decorated with zillions of buttons! This looks really interesting, using buttons to create a flower and match it with other fabrics, representing the cute and playful nature of yours. You can also design it with colorful buttons and turns it into any objects, like a flamingo or ladybug to show that deep in your heart, you are still young and innocent.

Beaubuttons

The last bouquet is designed with a vibrant arrangement; it’s made from different shades of colour and ingredients. Most of them are mixed with satin and pearls, some made from paper with vintage graph, and the others are decorated with crystal and lace. I am sure these bouquets would definitely give you some inspirations and help you to find what you want!

Break the Rule!

Are you brave enough to try the all black or red gown on your wedding? Traditionally, the pure white wedding dress represents bride’s purity. But there is no rule says you have to do that. Following the tradition is not always the only good way. This season colour comes to one of the trend. If you have courage, let’s try on the unconventional wedding dress. Also, in addition to more options of colour, you can choose the one which is most suitable to your skin tone. You don’t have to wear the white dress anymore.

 Talking about the designer, Vera Wang might be the bravest one, you can find the gorgeous black wedding gowns in her 2012 collection.

Vera Wang Fall 2012

Moreover, in 2013, she launches the collection of all red gowns in different tones which are so fabulous! If for Eastern culture, red is highly acceptable to be wedding dress because it expresses the atmosphere of happiness.

Vera Wang spring 2013 collection

There are also some designers have their colour wedding gowns this season! Oscar de la Renta has launched red gown in the 2013 collection.

Oscar de la Renta 2013

Romona Keveza Spring 2013

Red and black are too crazy for you to be your wedding dress? If you don’t want to wear white dress but don’t have much courage to wear the bold colour, there are still some other options for you.

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If you are tired of those white wedding dresses and wanna make a breakthrough,

Be bold ! And to get some special dresses to impress your guests!

Designer Wedding Dress: Michael Cinco Bridal Collection 2013 S/S

Michael Cinco is a Filipino fashion designer based in Dubai. His eco-couture collection was featured in the America’s Next Top Model. In the Philippine Fashion Week Holiday 2012, he launched his scent Impalpable Dream, the latest fragrance of the Bench Designer Scents Collection. Also, his wedding dress is amazing to inspire all bridals in the world.

In a classic wedding, the bridal’s gown is one of the most important elements for a fabulous wedding. Michael Cinco’s 2013 S/S wedding collection evaluates fantastic inspiration to all the bridals. The collection displays ice princess image for all elegant bridals in the world.

The first dress fits the waist and set off the sharp of women. Also, displaying the beautiful shoulder of bride.  The design used many curve lines to compose the multi-level dress with some elegant embroideries lace. The dress totally can set off your beautiful body if you are proud of your hips, bum and bust. Definitely, to dress the gown is like make all brides’ dreams come true, elegant, beautiful and perfect as a princess.

This dress is definitely gorgeous for slim bride, and  the multi-level skirts dressed behind the body still show off the bridal as the main princess in the wedding.

The design of the gown points out the fabulous line of women’s back. The laces decorate bridal back as jewelry. And it uses transparent fabric to set off the skin, sexy and refinement.

The dresses also use flesh-coloured fabric with special embroidery. Pure and smooth skirt with unique lace on the top. It makes bridal like a princess in the swan lake.  The design looks like drawing pattern on the bridal body, fit the women’s bust. Compare with complicated design of top, the skirt is more simple and classic with elegant style.

This one has a special modern silhouette by using embroidery on the flesh-coloured fabric and exaggerating design. It is more sexy by design V-line till the waist and overdraw the silhouette of hip. If you want to be a outstanding and mordern bride,  this image is suitable for you.

 

On the top of this gown, the complex embroidery displays the refinement of the bridal as amazing sculpture. It makes me imaging the Venus goodness sculpture in the museum that I ever seen. Yap, you definitely can be a stunning goodness in your wedding when you dress it.

The graceful dress makes us imaging the story of sleeping beauty. The classic cut tern can fit the waist and A-line skirt extending the taller sharp for bridal. And also, the V-neck design set off the beautiful bridals’ bust.

If you have a perfect body shape, why don’t you choose this one to be your wedding gown? You definitely can be more stunning and impressive to your bridegroom and guests. The dress set off your sharp and bust, and also fits your hip and bum. Moreover, it still has long and elegant skirt.

This one is more unique and special gown for our brides. The pattern of embroidery on from neck to the waist, it looks like the designer draws the pattern on the bridal’s body by using white embroidery on the flesh-coloured fabric. Although there are all of the complex pattern on the dress but it is not chaotic. Moreover, the design is more unique, sexy and magnificence.

All the Michael Cinco Bridal Collection 2013 S/S not only presents classic and elegant bridals’ gown, but also inspires more special and unique style with exquisite crafts for all the bridals. In other words, it might makes the brides’ impalpable dream come true.

Website :  http://www.michaelcinco.com/

Fairytale Wedding: The Little Mermaid

As we all know, a perfect wedding is a once in a life time dream of a girl, a journey of becoming a woman. We are all looking for the romantic, passionate and memorable wedding because it will be one of the most important day in our life. Everything must be perfect.

Today’s wedding theme is Fairytale:

Have you ever dreamed of being Ariel from the Little Mermaid story? And looking for your perfect guy? Surely he won’t be Prince Eric and you can’t be a real mermaid, but hey, we got the perfect mermaid bride gowns for you! Take a look at these gorgeous wedding dresses with chapel trains.

Now our little mermaids with the most beautiful body, you needed something special to bring out your characters, like a dropped waist gown with long tail. The two gowns below are perfect for the job, they are elegantly looking, tightly fitted with unique and asymmetric tailoring. The dress on the left is showing something unique about the sweetheart neckline, made from the finest organza fabric. its tail is fully decorated with flounced below the hemline. When you are walk down the aisle , your dress would look like seaweed swaying  in the ocean blue! On the right, the asymmetric neckline would definitely enchant your bridegroom!

Pnina Tornai

Girls, check out this strapless sweetheart organza dress encrusted with sea shell lace appliqués. Don’t you think the long tail is also very fitted with the mermaid style?

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Apart from being romantic, mermaid are also cute, independent and full of characters. The strapless gown below is made from the finest silk encrusted with beaded jewel decoration around the neckline. The stitch panel skirt also present a touch of the Mikado, combining the ladylike and imperial styles into one lovely mermaid dress.

Victor Harper Couture

If you are looking for a dress that is more down to earth and less extravagant, there is also the sweep chain which is slightly shorter than the chapel train. We all love sparkly and shinny things! The strapless silhouette dress is covered with crystals made by Swarovski, a signature tulle bejeweled trumpet in the middle and lots of dainty beaded all around the skirt,. This is definitely an enchanting choice!

 Ines DiSanto

With its long tail and squamous design, This glitter and swooning fitted shape with sweep chain gown is defintely that the best resemblance of a mermaid. The feature is classic sweetheart neckline with a dew waist, scoop and zipper back design and some organza appliqués on the skirt.

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The embroidery style is always a timeliness and romantic choice. This strapless mermaid gown is made with jasmine silk, embroidered with Alencon lace around the bodice and hipline. What a unique and enchanting vintage style wedding dress!

  Victor Harper Couture

If you want to be slightly non-traditional, there are plenty of colorful dresses to choose from.As we all know, the littler mermaid story is full of happiness and contentment . The red dress presents the independent personality of the bride, who is outgoing, energetic and passionate.

On the other hand, blue is the colour of the ocean, it makes you imagine the long white beaches and sunny weather. This blue mermaid dress presents a more sophisticated, peaceful and intelligent appearance.

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As we have said, everything must be perfect, in addition to the wedding dress, the right moment must also be happening in the perfect location. Choosing the ideal venue caused some headaches.

To tie in with the little mermaid story, a long white sandy beach would be the ideal location! It would be amazing to enjoy the memorable moment under the sun with the endless blue ocean behind the scene.

Here are some images of venue based on the ocean concept. Mid day or sunset are often the preferred choices. For mid day, guest could experience the warmth sunshine with the gentle wind that carries the scent of the ocean. To the host, they can take place their wedding in the mid day on the beach.

At dawn, the newly merried couple could celebrate their wedding with an enjoyable and romantic dinner, whilst listening to the blessing of countless sea waves. The key feature of the decoration will be ocean theme colour. Blue represent the ocean, green for the trees and white for the spindrifts.

Simply thinking about all these is already breathtaking. I hope you all love the fairytale wedding.