Wedding Dresses

I’ve just been for my usual October jaunt to Harrogate to a bridal trade show called BBEH.  It’s actually a lot of fun – I get to drool over lots of gowns and go to a few fashion shows.  Whilst strolling through the Designer Room, Olivia Couture caught my eye, and specifically the dress in the picture below on the left.   So funky, and really quite unusual – it has buttons in two layers on the neckline, which act as a really lovely detail, but also undo, so if you want your dress to be a little more racy for the evening, you just get unbuttoning.  The designer is based in Singapore, and her stuff really is seriously gorgeous.  See a taster below, and check out her website here – Oliva Couture »

I’ve commented previously about Spanish designers – there are a plethora of formidably good fashionistas from Spain who I am quite sure flourish from consistently good weather, amazing scenery and a diet of extremely yummy food.  Yes, Spain is on my list of favourite holiday destinations!

Anyway, that is completely beside the point.  I’ve just stumbled across some extremely lovely wedding dresses that are targeted at a slightly lower budget (around £1,000) from Two by Rosa Clara.  Now what’s got me really excited is that the same fashion house also does tops to go over your gown to give it a completely different look, so you can switch it up during the big day and really confuse your guests.  I actually prefer the look of the gowns with the tops on, but anyway, here’s a taster.  Make sure you take a proper look through their website – I can’t really do it all justice on here.

There’s a trend you may have seen that’s been around a while in the bridal fashion world.  Gowns are designed with material flowers placed in various places for maximum effect.  While I’ve seen this overdone outrageously on occasion (and I’ll be the first to admit that my tastes tend toward less fussy lines), I do love how pretty some of the designs are.  So, eye candy for both you and me to enjoy:

1. Ian Stuart, 2. Lyn Ashworth, 3. Charlotte Balbier

4. Alan Hannah 5. Kula Tsurdiu 6. Suzanne Ermann

7. Linea Raffaelli 8. Jesus Peiro 9. Benjamin Roberts 10. Two by Rosa Clara

I had a very brief chat with Sharon Bowen at last years wholesale bridal show – she was an incredibly nice, decent person. I have a confession to make – I sometimes get majorly intimidated by highfalutin wedding fashion designers (which may well say more about me than about them… insecure etc etc. OK, shut up already.) But there are some in the industry that have a knack for putting people at ease – worries about having spinach stuck in your teeth, or frumpy hair, or being so downright ordinary in the face of glamour fade into the background whilst in their company!

So basically, Sharon Bowen is nice. And extraordinarily talented – her dresses are very very classy. Check out her website for more eye-candy.

I’ve stumbled across Veromia a few times in my travels, thought they had very pretty gowns but nothing that really inspired me to blog, but my word, Jason Jennings has come up trumps with this lovely vision of a wedding dress – absolutely exquisite.  This would be an inspired choice for any bride who doesn’t want white, and the combination of brown and pink (which sounds really quite foul – “Yes, I’m getting married in brown and pink”…!, but in this dress is simply gorgeous) would suit a lot of different complexions.

View the Veromia website »