Wedding is the main day in the life of many girls. On this day, every girl can feel like a princess. How to choose the perfect wedding dress? There are a large number of different styles of dresses that puts brides in a stupor - which one to choose and which one to leave without looking. Of course, it all depends on preferences, but in order to correctly formulate your wishes in the salon, you need to know all the styles of wedding dresses.
Boho
The style combines tenderness and chic, this style has become a great alternative to lush and Greek dresses. A boho-style wedding dress is a convenient and simple solution, especially for non-standard wedding ceremonies and photo shoots.
History of style and its features
The style itself appeared in a rather beautiful and historically famous place - Bohemia. This place is currently part of the Czech Republic. The name of the style comes from the name of the local Gypsy population - in French, bohemiens, later the style acquired a lot of details and features associated with this small ethnic group. A characteristic feature of this style are light, flowing fabrics, floral ornaments, ethnic details, ruffles and embroidery. The peoples of Africa and Mongolia and other small cultures and races had a great influence on the formation of appearance. A boho-style wedding dress makes the girl visually more tender, more fragile and feminine. Dresses have a high waist and maximum length, which helps to hide problem areas. In the styles of this style, lace, linen, chiffon in the most unusual combinations are popular. It is interesting that such dresses are suitable both for the registry office, and for a wedding by the sea.
Empire
Empire style wedding dresses are the favorite style of many girls, especially since it hides many of the figure flaws and emphasizes the merits. Among other things, such dresses give the bride a certain image of an innocent pure virgin, an angel in the flesh. Indeed, such dresses visually stretch the silhouette, hide the fullness, are suitable for both brides with magnificent forms, and for girls of small stature. Dress dressing is simple and unpretentious, most often located on the bodice, which emphasizes the chest. In such a dress, hands often remain open, which is beneficial for brides in the hot summer season.
A bit of history
Empire style wedding dresses or imperial style originate in European countries of the 19th century. The style itself is known not only in women's wardrobe items, but also in architecture. The ancestor of this trend was the culture of Ancient Greece, so you can often hear the definition of a dress in the "Greek style". The fashion for such dresses appeared after the refusal of fashionable women of Europe from lush and bulky dresses, and the founder of this appearance can be called the Frenchwoman Josephine Beauharnais, the wife of Napoleon, known around the world. The simplicity and femininity of this trend made it much more popular than any other styles of wedding dresses.
Provence
The style was born on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in the XVII century, combining elegance and simplicity. As they say, "everything ingenious is simple." Provence style wedding dresses won hearts in a simple but very elegant way. It is very easy to pick up elegant jewelry with such a dress; they are ideal for a photo shoot on the background of medieval castles and blooming fields.
History of creation and appearance
The first time such a dress was created in Paris, the city of love, or rather, in its southern part, which at that time was the center of the life of nobles and peasants. Dresses themselves attract with their sophistication, the complete absence of fluffy skirts, rather fast and simple tailoring. Provence style wedding dresses amaze brides with sophistication; they are chosen by those girls who want to fulfill their dreams and become a fabulous princess, light and tender, for just one day. In addition, there is a festive hall decoration style specifically for the dress. The features of the cut include the complete absence of long sleeves, a modest, but at the same time decorated, neckline and flowing skirt on the floor. Most often, in combination with this dress, choose a "lavender wedding", which does not fit any other styles of wedding dresses.
Rustic
This style combines simplicity, rustic style and lightness. Models can be almost any, most importantly simple, with a minimum of jewelry and a straight silhouette. The length of the dress can also be any that solves many problems of unusual weddings or holidays in nature. Rustic style wedding dresses are most often created according to the bride’s unique wishes, due to the peculiarities of the figure and the vastness of the possibilities that this style embraces. In a word, one cannot do without the wishes and presence of the bride. Light, flowing fabrics - that combines many styles of wedding dresses, rustic is no exception - the same goes for jewelry.
Retro
For fans of past decades, retro-style wedding dresses will be an interesting and unusual choice. The style itself is very capacious, includes not one style, but a whole collection of various ideas from the 20th century, starting from the 20s, ending with 70s, when wedding dresses gradually began to acquire established parameters. When choosing dresses related to this style, it is desirable to take into account the features of your own figure, height and weight. You should not idealize or intensely criticize your own figure, this does not lead to good. The easiest way will be for brides who did not think through their own wedding to the smallest detail, but left a place for maneuver in the form of an image of a wedding dress. The decor and accessories of such dresses can be very different from each other, the choice depends only on which bow the bride wants to create and what jewelry she prefers.
Russian style
Perhaps one of the most unusual decisions of the bride is to choose a wedding dress in the Russian style. Such solutions are rare, they are one of the most striking and unusual. Such dresses are suitable for everyone, because Russian sarafans are one of the unique wardrobe items, few people can look ugly in them. Such dresses cannot be called simple, they themselves are very beautiful, and if you add a long braid and rich kokoshnik to them, an image of an old Russian beauty is created. Beloved childhood tales about Vasilisa the Beautiful, Barbarian Beauty come to life in wedding photographs, give the day an individuality, and are remembered for a lifetime. The dresses themselves are quite easy to sew, but they look flawless.
Folk style
Folk style wedding dresses are very popular among racial minorities, but today any girls will not disdain them. Indeed, such a dress emphasizes the uniqueness of the bride. The choice of dresses has no limits. Starting from almost completely closed Arabic, ending with a magnificent gypsy or laconic Ukrainian style. Folk dress is made not only in style, but also in decoration. For example, in the Ukrainian folk style, floral embroidery is preferable, and in gypsy, the presence of quilling. If we talk about the Arabic style, then the straight cut is designed to hide flaws, and a rich finish in the form of rhinestones, beads and embroideries gives the dress a chic and value. You can choose a dress in a folk style on the basis of various factors, most often the main factor is religion or belonging to any ethnic group.
Choosing a wedding dress, you can completely get lost in the number of styles, types and decorations, it is believed that every dress will wait for her bride, therefore, it is worthwhile to approach the choice of a wedding costume responsibly, carefully listening to the opinion of the stylist, girlfriends, consultant and your own feelings. The bride's dress should be comfortable, sit well and emphasize the beauty of the hostess, because this day is the most magical and most important in the life of many girls. An alternative to an ordinary dress can be a snow-white trouser suit and pumps, such an image will be somewhat official, but practical and comfortable, which is sometimes very important. Especially if a very busy day is planned.