wedding dress

wedding dress

How to pick your perfect wedding dress

If you ask most women what the most important thing is on their wedding day,

we’d take a guess that the majority are dead set on finding that dream wedding

dress to walk down the aisle in.

Women spend more time and energy looking for their dress and more thought

is likely to go into this decision than any other!

Of course, everyone has their own idea of what their perfect wedding dress looks

like with some preferring sleek and elegant gowns and others opting for more

traditional full skirted dresses and of course there are endless options of length,

colour, styles and accessories to choose from as well.

A few things to remember about choosing your wedding dress is that you’ll be

looking at these pictures for years to come so picking a dress with timeless

elegance, rather than going with the latest fad style is probably better in the long

run so your pictures will always be something you are proud to show off.

Pick a style that suits you. It’s all very well falling in love with a style of dress that

looks fantastic on the hanger but shows off all of your lumps and bumps or doesn’t

show off your best features. Try out a variety of styles, and take along a trusted friend

or relative to help you choose a style that makes the best of all your attributes.

Try everything on, sometimes a style that you think will look horrible on you will

actually turn out to be the one that you fall in love with, it’s worth trying as it’s a

once in a lifetime dress so you want to get it right!

The most traditional colour for wedding dresses is white and you’ll find that the

majority of wedding dress stockists have most of their dresses in this colour.

Of course white isn’t for everyone and you’ll be pleased to hear that many dresses

are offered with other colour tones in them, resulting

in many off-white colours such as ivory, cream, gold and many other hues.

There are also dresses available in completely different colours so if you look

good in red or blue there’s no reason why you couldn’t go for a wedding dress

in those colours as well.

When you find that perfect dress, the best advice you can take is to buy it on that

day, especially if it’s a dress on sale or there’s only one left in stock. There’s

nothing worse than finding your dress, only to have someone else buy it while

you think about it and come back a few days later to find it has been sold! You

can tend to reserve dresses as well, so at the very least make sure you do this,

you can always change your mind but once it’s gone – it’s gone forever! With

Very.co.uk you can order the dress and try it on and of course, if it’s not the right

one for you it can be returned.

Another important factor in the bride’s mind is the issue of bridesmaid dresses.

Whether you’ve got one bridesmaid, or a dozen; coordinating them to wear the

colour and style that you want can be tricky, especially if you have a few bridesmaids

you are all different shapes and sizes.

The first thing to decide on is what colour you want, many brides will fit the

bridesmaid dresses into the colour scheme, so if you’re having pink and white

flowers and table centrepieces for example, it’s likely that pink will be a good

colour for the bridesmaid dresses.

You could also go for a colour theme, such as purples, which include plums, lilacs

and bright purple colours so you are able to find a colour that suits everyone.

Once you’ve chosen your colours, then you’ll need to find a style for your bridesmaid

dresses, which again can be a little tricky if you have a few bridesmaids of differing

shapes! The best thing to do is take them all to try on a variety of styles and pick

out the one which is best across all of your bridesmaids.

If you’re going for block colours then you can dress up the bridesmaid dresses with

accessories that match your colour scheme, such as corsages or hair pieces

which fit into the scheme. This is often a nice idea if you’ve gone for plain block

colours, such as cream as it brightens up the outfits and also makes the bridal

party easily identifiable!

To get some ideas for your ideal style of wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses

then there is a beautiful selection at Very.co.uk where you will find inspiration not

just for dresses but also everything from accessories and jewellery right through

to wedding shoes and veils to make your wedding day absolutely perfect.