With This Ring: March 23, 2018

With This Ring
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...it’s all
about bridal
confidence and
sophistication.
MODERN MINIMALIST designs are for brides who love understated
elegance and uncluttered simplicity. To achieve it, the emphasis has
to be on cut and detail. Current styles feature sleek fitted bodices, the
flare of a panelled skirt, structured necklines and a single accessory such
as a metallic belt, a coloured or black contrasting ribbon or a row of
decorative buttons.
NOTABLE NECKLINES range from demure to dramatic. With
backless gowns, décolletage on show or deep Vs plunging to the navel,
it’s all about bridal confidence and sophistication. But lace is heavily
featured to embellish, define or disguise showing too much skin.
SLEEVES AND SHOULDERS make their feminine mark on many
traditional and contemporary styles. Long fluttering bell-shaped
sleeves make seasonal sense, lacy or beaded cap sleeves provide elegant
alternatives to sleeveless and strapless designs, while the horizontal offthe-shoulder
look is both structured and sassy.
NEARLY NUDE is the colour sensation for modern brides who want
to forgo traditional white. From the palest pink to a whisper of blue,
gold or beige, it is often overlaid with lace, embroidery, applique and
metallics for genteel yet eye-catching effect.
BOHEMIAN CHIC is still on the agenda for brides wanting retrorelaxed
or back to the beach ambience. No-fuss fabrics, crocheted
lace, flared sleeves and loose floating skirts epitomise the carefree look
of the 70s.
NEW CLASSICS
for Bridal Inspiration in
2018
Many of the modern bridal styles
are a new take on designs that have
stood the test of time. But the range and variety also allows
you to personalise the look you love with contemporary
accessories and embellishments.
STRAPLESS REINVENTED: with our climate, the strapless gown
has been a firm favourite for many seasons. But it has been reinvented
with lace capes, coats and chiffon cloaks that rival veils and trains and
re-imagined with oversized bows and cap sleeves.
VICTORIANA INSPIRATION: the recently acclaimed British TV
series about the young Queen Victoria has been inspiring brides in the
UK to copy mid-Victorian fashions; off-the-shoulder elegance, the sheen
of silk, full skirted crinolines, lace shrugs, cameo brooches, pearl drop
earrings and low coiled hair bound with a braid, bow or flowers.
Even the bonnet lined with flowers and trailing satin ribbons is finding
favour with some brides as an alternative to a veil, fascinator, wreath or
barette. It was Queen Victoria who revolutionised wedding fashions by
wearing a white tulle dress for her marriage to Prince Albert and setting
the trend for brides ever since.
DETACHABLE OVERSKIRT offers two looks in one; the formal long
skirt for the ceremony and photographs, which is then discarded for
freedom, comfort and coolness for dancing at the reception.
ELABORATE VEILS to offset the simplicity of classic bridal gowns,
veils make a statement this season. Long veils that trail like a train, fall
from the crown of the head or from the shoulders. Veils are exquisitely
beaded, embroidered, sparkling with crystals, pearls or diamante, full
lace or lace edged and may be a delicate floral print on chiffon or tulle if
you like the idea of colour.