Plan Ahead for Steps and Stairs

In a floor length gown, stairs can be a disaster. If you aren’t used to wearing a long gown, even the most graceful bride can forget about a step, miss seeing it because her gown blocks her view, or even step on her hem as she ascends, creating an awkward moment at best, and a [...]

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A Heavy Gown in the Summer Heat?

There are a lot of things to consider when you are choosing your wedding gown, from style to color to beading. One thing you might not have considered is the material and the heaviness of the gown. During the summer, a heavy gown can be very uncomfortable.
Before you choose your gown, consider the ceremony location [...]

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How your Gown will Affect your Hair

If you have a plan for your hair for your wedding day, keep that in mind when you go shopping for your gown. Choosing a gown that will complement your hairstyle (or a hairstyle that will complement your gown) is more important than you may realize.
A strapless gown, meant to show off your shoulders and [...]

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How to Find the Perfect Dress

As your wedding day approaches, finding the perfect dress is likely a top priority for you. If you just start walking into dress shops, though, it is easy to get frustrated or make a rash decision to purchase a dress that isn’t really right for you. So how do you find the dress of your [...]

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Get a Sexy Silouette with a Wedding Corset

One way to be sure you look flat tummied for your wedding day (and to squeeze off a few visual pounds) is to wear a corset under your dress. A corset will pull you in, make you stand straighter, and may help you look even better in your gown!
To get the right look, it is [...]

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How much Leg is too much?

Some dresses may seem like they are obviously not right for you or your wedding, but there is plenty of room in wedding dress selection for gray area. Is that top cut too low? Should you be showing less back? How much leg is too much in a slit dress?
If you want to show off [...]

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Fit that Gown!

If you want to fit into your dream wedding gown on the big day, you may have some work to do in the mean time. So what’s the best way to lose those pounds? While some of us can work under our own steam toward our own goals, it helps most people to have a [...]

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Reception Dresses

You might be in a pickle when it comes to dress selection. After all, you want to look your most beautiful in a formal, amazing gown for the ceremony, but every dress you fall in love with makes it impossible to move quickly, which pretty much rules out getting your groove on at the reception.
You [...]

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What Will Alternations Cost?

Few brides can purchase a dress off the rack and need no alterations. Some brides are lucky enough to just need to hem the gown, while others need a lot of other alterations to make the gown fit properly. Most dress shops do not include alterations in the price of the dress, so you need [...]

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Creating a Modern Dress from Your Grandma’s Gown

If your family is set on your wearing the gown of a women from your past, don’t worry; you can salvage just about any dress to honor your mother or grandmother’s memory. With just a few alterations, the dress can be made to fit your style without completely changing the look of the gown. Here [...]

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