Morgane Le Fay for Bohemian Brides

If you love the Bohemian look, check out the dresses from Morgane Le Fay, like the one at left. These simple, airy designs are lovely and totally Bohemian chic. While this designer is not the kind of thing you will find at a traditional wedding, her gowns are perfect for the outdoorsy types or for [...]

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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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1960s Weddings Dresses from Rusty Zipper

If you love vintage style, check out Rusty Zipper, a great online store that has tons of vintage clothing, including wedding dresses. They have selections from the 1980s and earlier, in multiple sizes. I especially love their 1960s wedding dress selections. Here are some that are available right now. Keep in mind that their selections [...]

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Dianne von Furstenberg “Flower Child” Dress

Featured on Shoella, we have a unique pair of lace boots. Some might ask “what kind of gown would you wear those with?” Well we’ve found one. Dianne von Furstenberg has a lovely short, knee length lace dress that would go perfectly with those lace boots. Dianne von Furstenberg is an American fashion icon and [...]

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The Vintage Velvet Gown

If you are having a goth wedding or a wedding in the fall you might want to try on a really glamorous vintage velvet gown to see if it works for you. The Velvet Garden is a vintage store online that carries many of these older, fuller and highly stylized gowns. There are many gowns [...]

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How to Say No to Mom’s Old Dress

Your mom’s wedding dress may have looked nice 20+ years ago when she got married, but I understand your concerns about her wanting you to wear it today. Still, it can be hard to say no to your mother, especially if she’s helping to foot the bill for the big day. Here are some tips [...]

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Vintage Wedding Gowns

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A good example of vintage wedding gowns is Vintage Wedding which sells lots of high quality, very old used gowns and many of them to celebrities. Cruising through the site’s offerings turned up all kinds of treasures. For instance a quick surface turned up a Swedish tea length wedding gown in bright white silk with [...]

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Flapper Wedding Dresses

Vintage Wedding Dresses are in. When most brides think of vintage, they think 1960s or 1970s. However, why not consider going back all the way to the Roaring 20s? It was a time of excess and questioning of tradition. It brought about writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and dances like the Charleston. The flapper [...]

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Get Married in Michelle Obama’s Inaugural Gown

The trend in gowns for the New Year finds designers looking to the past for inspiration. Retro and vintage styles are very popular, particularly those from the 1930’s to the 1950’s. The beautiful flowing styles of the 30’s and 40’s and the full princess styles, and shorter hems of the 1950’s are making a huge [...]

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The 1930s Style Gown

Are you looking for depression era elegance for your wedding? If so then you might want to check out the gown designs of B. Munro Roberts who makes elegant, retro look gowns that look like they just belong in the movie “The Great Gatsby.”
B. Munro Roberts is a Scottish designer from Kelso Scotland and his [...]

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