Preparing for a wedding can be both exhilarating and stressful. It gives the bride-to-be an opportunity to make purchases and be pampered in ways that she normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to be. But it also involves a lot of planning and work within a relatively limited timeframe.
To help alleviate some of this stress, many women turn to bridal salons. Here, a bride-to-be can work with experienced professionals to find her bridal gown, accessories and bridesmaid dresses.
Bridal salons are designed to give brides and their bridesmaids a chance to escape the stress of standard wedding planning. Rather than darting from store to store, busy brides can make a number of big purchases and decisions in one place. Plus, bridal salon consultants are there to offer their expert advice and recommendations.
Making a Bridal Salon Appointment
While many bridal salons do allow walk in browsing, the best way to use a bridal salon is to make an appointment for viewings and fittings. This will ensure that the entire focus of the staff is on you and your wedding. When you make an appointment, the dress designs that you are most interested in will already be pulled from the shelves for you, so you don’t have to search the entire salon for one or two dresses.
An initial appointment for a viewing is made first, and once a wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses have been chosen, additional appointments can be made for fittings and customization sessions. It is generally recommended that you browse the bridal salon when you come to make an appointment so that the staff will have an idea of the dress designs that you are interested in.
Though some salons may use your initial appointment to suggest and help you pick out potential dresses as well.
Viewing Bridal Salon Dresses
When you come in for your viewing appointment, you will be presented with several potential wedding dresses so that you can decide how much you like their overall style and design. If you have previously picked out dresses that you are interested in, this will give you a chance to get a better look at them and will enable you to spend more time with each of the dresses in question.
If you haven’t had a chance to select potential wedding or bridesmaid dresses, the salon may make suggestions based on some of their most popular designs or descriptions of your interests.
Even if you have selected dresses for viewing before your appointment, the salon may pull one or two additional dresses based upon the selections that you have made; these will likely be dresses that you might not have noticed before, and will be chosen to give you a wider range of options.
You may also be presented with bridesmaid dresses at your viewing. These dresses will be selected based on how well they complement the colors and styles of the wedding gowns you’re considering.
Bridal Salon Custom Fittings
Once you have selected a wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses, additional appointments will need to be made for fitting sessions. Often, there will be an initial fitting session in which measurements are taken, with follow-up sessions after adjustments to the dresses have been made to ensure a proper fit. It may take several sessions to get the fit of all of the dresses just right, with each follow-up being scheduled to best accommodate the bride-to-be or the bridesmaid whose dress is being altered.
Bridal Salon Jewelry and Accessories
The appointments at the bridal salon can also be used to choose jewelry and accessories that will perfectly accentuate the look of both the bride and the bridesmaids. You may find a variety of earrings, necklace, and hairpiece options at the bridal salon, ranging from small and relatively simple to significantly more extravagant.
Earrings may feature basic colors that match the wedding party, or a variety of diamond or gemstone designs. Necklaces can be simple silver or gold chains, tasteful chokers, or extravagant diamond pieces that feature a number of stones in different sizes. Hats, veils, and other hairpieces can be coordinated with both wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses, and are often available in a wide range of colors. Shoes can also be found at bridal salons, both in specific colors and dyeable options that can be coordinated with any color.
by Victoria Snead, a freelance writer who writes about fashion, often focusing on one kind of garment such as wedding dresses.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Fashion Tips for Bigger Breasted Women
Fashion Tips for Big Busts
British women’s bust sizes, for example, are getting bigger. UK breasts have increased in size from 34B to 36C in the last ten years. According to the Daily Mail’s article of 19th January 2008, “UK women’s cleavages have gone from 34B to 36C in a decade.” Marks and Spencer, that most hallowed of British underwear retailers say “a quarter of its bras sold are a D cup or above, a figure which has doubled in three years.”
The increase in bust sizes means that fashion conscious women may have to adapt their style and buy cuts which minimize rather than accentuate their breasts. How to show off our cleavage in a flattering rather than a tarty way is something we learn as we get older. Cuts and styles which once flattered your 34B figure may no longer be appropriate for a bigger bust.
Fashion Tips for Bigger Breasted Women
Wrap dresses are the most flattering style for a bigger busted, curvy woman, or a smock or empire line where the fabric falls loosely from under the bust. Steer clear of high-neck shift dresses and halter-neck styles, if it is difficult to wear a well fitting, supportive bra underneath.
Avoid sleeveless tops and dresses, especially with a high neckline, as sleeveless styles draw more attention to the bust and upper arms. Cover up a dress with this season’s fashionable bolero or cropped jacket if need be. Three-quarter length sleeves are the most flattering as they deflect attention away from the breasts.
Corset tops look great on bigger busts as long as they have sleeves, as they “accentuate without being vulgar,” say UK fashion gurus Trinny and Susannah in their book What Not to Wear, Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated (1 Jun 2004)
Wrap-over tops are a woman’s best friend, as they flatter bigger breasts, lifting and separating the bustline.
The best blouse style, according to Trinny and Susannah “is one that is tight around the waist and loosening on the chest.” This minimizes the waist and give the illusion of a smaller bust. Look for a tie just under the bust, or a corset style blouse, which really flatters the bustline.
Avoid spaghetti straps, which accentuate the breasts and shoulders, and go for thicker, more supportive straps if you must wear a sleeveless top or dress.
Jackets and Coats
Avoid boxy jackets with high necklines and double-breasted styles which will make you appear top heavy. Go for a single breasted, fitted, deep V-neck which will separate the bust and lengthen the body.
Avoid wide lapels and this season’s trendy belted trench coats, which give you unnecessary billowing up top.
Avoid bulky knitwear and go for thinner Cashmere-like fabrics which give less bulk.
The same rules for necklines apply. A V-neck and wrap cardigan or sweater is much more flattering than a round or high polo neck. Go for fine knits rather than chunky. Layer if necessary but avoid bulk.
Avoid high and round necklines on tops and T-shirts which provide no break between your neck and bust, making them appear unified and therefore even bigger. Go for a scoop, plunge or sweetheart-neck which “will stop your breasts appearing as if they are an extension of your chin.” advise Trinny and Susannah.
V-necks are wonderfully flattering as they elongate the body and act to separate your cleavage. Low, draw-string-necklines are also fine. Any neck style which provides an expanse of flesh from the neck and chest will give you a sleeker figure.
Swimsuits
Swimwear styles with ruching around the bust will minimize breasts. Wrap styles are also great for creating a well defined and slimmer cleavage. Go for a more unusual style like a plunge or cowl neck which will make it seem than you don’t have as much up top.
Wide-strapped halter necks can provide support and accentuate narrow shoulders. Online retailers such as Figleaves stock a wide range of swimsuit brands which cater for the well-endowed.
The right bra lifts and supports a fuller-bust and can take years off your figure. Yet it is no secret that most of us are wearing the wrong size bra. This is one time when it is worth investing in the best bra you can find, especially if you are a D cup or beyond. A badly fitting brassier will make you look fat and distort the line of your clothing.
A bra can make or break a look and “can radically change the shape of your body”, say Trinny and Susannah in their book, What Your Clothes Say About You (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 29 Sep 2005). An astonishing "70 per cent of us are wrecking our clothes with an ill-fitting brassier;" according to these TV fashion gurus.
With the huge range of lingerie retailers available (online and in the high-street) there is absolutely no reason why a woman can’t buy lingerie that is both sexy and supportive. The days of passion-killer granny knickers and whale-like bras are long gone. Stockists such as the UK’s www.Bravissimo.com has a great range of femme-fatale bras up to a J cup.
A balconnette style bra provides both the necessary support and lift and is especially flattering for older women as breasts are pulled forward as well as upwards, thus giving the illusion of a slimmer torso and preventing saggy boobs.
Avoid too much lace or decoration, as this will give you added bulk.
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