New Wedding Inspiration

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There are so many dresses available in stores and in online boutiques, but when a bride needs to make her choice; she realizes that none of them are perfect. She may like the shape of one dress, fabric of another and embroidery from a third. Or, she may find the dream dress. However, the price of the dress breaks the budget. Let us not also forget that the selection of wedding dresses available in plus-sizes or petite sizes is narrow.

When wedding dress supply is limited in variety, creating your own wedding dress is a great option. Most brides always have a picture in their mind of the dream bridal gown. There are so many ideas and places to be inspired – fresh trends, fashion shows, designer news, glamour magazines, vintage and antique images, etc. Get inspired! Create your own wedding dress and nothing will limit your options anymore!

Chiffon and lace are the most reasonable fabrics for the DIY (do it yourself) project. Chiffon allows for creativity: ruffles and floating trains, scooped neck designs, multilayer, Swarovski crystals, embroidery on the bodice and on the sleeves. Soft silk chiffon is good on the body and is comfortable for wearing. The Chiffon wedding dress is the best for brides, as it is very simple, yet has great elegance.

When stitching a chiffon bridal gown, many manufactures put a layer of tissue paper in between the two pieces of chiffon being sewn together. Tissue paper is used to allow the chiffon to remain intact and stay in place. After sewing, the tissue paper can be carefully ripped out. The general rule when working with chiffon material is that the work should be done slowly and steadily, and not to run it through a sewing machine too quickly so that it bunches and gathers.

Of course nothing restricts a bride`s castle in the sky, when she creates the design of her wedding dress. However, there are several basic rules she should follow, which may help to shape the dress better.

1. The A-line silhouette elongates and slims the figure.

2. Ball gowns are perfect on strapping brides or better should be worn with high heels and a small platform (for extra convenience).

3. Column dresses makes brides with wide shoulders and backs more feminine.

Restoration of an existing wedding dress is also interesting idea for the creative bride. If a vintage or antique dress is available and has really interesting and expensive fabric and elements, it is a prospect for dress restoration. The bride can do it by herself. However, it is better to send the dress to professionals. Restoration of antique dresses requires special skills and supplies. During restoration, old fabric gets supported by a layer of new thin and strong silk, which is laid under the original fabric. Sometimes use of silk to line a weak antique structure is the only way to save the unique cloth.

Some people have extraordinary taste. They may not like traditional weddings. Such brides may be great performers and want to have a show instead of a wedding. Halloween-style weddings or weddings like Cirque du Soleil will need special dresses. In that case, brides can create their own unique dresses, gowns which never will be repeated.

Chiffon is a chic and pleasing to the eye material. It makes for a miracle wedding dress. It is interesting that, in French, the direct translation of chiffon means cloth or rag. It is the only word with French roots that express the elegance and weightless of this fabric.

A chiffon wedding dress emphasizes the feminine parts of a brides body. Chiffon allows the wedding dress designer to create many floating silhouettes, which look very romantic. It is important to look dreamy and feminine on the most significant and happy day of a woman’s life. Windswept panels, multilayer, and couture drapes will give the essential impression to the dress.

Nowadays, most chiffon wedding dress designs are inspired from ancient Greco-Roman chic looks. There are the Helen of Troy inspired models, which will make the bride the most gorgeous among women. Simply wearing the dress makes a woman feel like a symbol of beauty. As remembered, Helen of Troy was not only a icon of men`s dreams, she was one of the main reasons for the Trojan war. It means, wearing a mythically stunning dress – one should be careful to avoid the wrath of the jealous Greek goddesses!

Chiffon wedding dresses are also designed in a trendy vintage style. The glamour look comes from the legendary 1950s, with dresses having embroidered beading in ivory, white or pearl. Details, such as ruffles, couture cuts, hand-draping or beaded silk covering make vintage-inspired chiffon dresses unforgettable. Luxurious accessories, such as bracelets, earrings, and silk wraps will finish the elegant star-look.

Chiffon wedding dresses have different silhouettes, mostly column and a-line. Column dresses make athletic figures with broad shoulders more feminine. A-line chiffon wedding dresses help to slim the figure. Chiffon wedding dresses gently cover curvy shapes with sheer and light fabric and do not add weight or volume to the figure. High empire waist silhouettes make a woman’s figure longer and complement any bust size.

Chiffon wedding dresses are also comfortable for brides. Silk chiffon has a light weight and airy structure. Unique features of silk make it cool when the outside air temperature is hot. For most women, their wedding day will be a long one with a lot of actions and emotions. And it is so important to look fresh and relaxed, because the pictures, video and memories of the wedding day will stay with the bride for all her life. The wedding day will be more enjoyable and will leave better memories if the bride wears a dress, which helps to feel excellent in it.

Chiffon dresses are feather light, even if they are designed with many layers and have complicated details and shapes. Its light weight makes them easy for transportation. It is also easier (and cheaper) to iron and clean a chiffon dress, than most of others. Chiffon wedding dresses look great anywhere – on the beach, in the garden or in the city. Silk windswept cascades of transparent chiffon accompany ocean waves in one duet of a seaside wedding. Simple and charming chiffon dresses with floral elements or with clean architectural lines are great for the outside reception in the blooming garden. Roman style chiffon gowns will seem to fit naturally between Italian columns. It makes the chiffon wedding dress a perfect choice for the destination wedding.