Must-Read Tips For Choosing Your Ideal Wedding Dress

 

Shopping for wedding dresses? It can often seem like a mine-field. Are you choosing the right colour? Is it going to arrive on time? What should you spend?

Here we'll give you answers to some of these questions and much more, with 7 great tips that will help you choose a fantastic wedding dress:

4. Sell The Dress

 

OK, this option isn't overly romantic, but let's face it, these days it pays to try and cut costs. One way is to claw back some of the money spent on your wedding by selling your dress later.

You will at least be helping someone else who is on a budget get a lovely dress, save storage space and will please your bank manager too!

5. Recycle The Dress

The average wedding dress is made of meters of fabric which could be used to make several different types of different items, or the dress itself could be reworked into a different style.

You could take some of the fabric and make pillows, handkerchiefs, scarves and christening gowns. Satin is a lovely soft fabric which would be great for pillows, throws or scarves. Tulle or organza from the veil for instance could be used for doilies for a formal dinner service, shades for a lamp or a light neckerchief for a summer outfit.

If you want to recycle your dress into a different style you could keep the bodice, but change the skirt away from a voluminous dress into a less formal A-line cut. Then you could wear this at a different occasion like a fundraiser or graduation ceremony.

3. Trash The Dress!

 

It is fashionable these days to ritually destroy your dress after the wedding and get some pictures of you in the shredded dress. Many brides choose to get some really cool, edgy pictures by slicing up the dress with the groom whilst they're still inside (take care!).

Others go for a dip in the sea, splash paint all over themselves and also even set fire to the dress. Crazy, but you will get some awesome and memorable pictures!

2. Save The Dress For Your Daughter

 

There is no prouder image than your daughter walking down the aisle with her new husband in the dress that gave you so much pleasure. There's no reason why your daughter can't wear your dress with minimal adjustments, but you'll have to wait for 20 or 30 years before she can benefit!

Get your dress professionally cleaned after the wedding and pack it up securely keeping it away from light and moisture to avoid it becoming discolored and moldy. It will be good for a lifetime!

1. Donate The Dress To Charity

There are certain charities who will accept your wedding gown and clean it, selling it on for money that will then fund the charity. In this way your happy day can help others in need too, meaning that you're spreading the love.

A popular option is 'brides against breast cancer,' where you pack up your gown and post it to them.

But most towns have local charity stores for numerous good causes such as heart disease, the blind and many others, who would be happy to accept your dress.

Wedding Dresses: 6 Great Tips That Will Help Your Wedding Dress Benefit You After Your Special Day

After you've spent hours and plenty of money searching through wedding dresses to find your dream gown it is a common for brides to worry about what they're going to do with this treasured item after the wedding is over.

Your special day is over. You looked stunning in your gorgeous dress and got plenty of lovely pictures and video. But what next for the dress?

If you're low on ideas and your new husband doesn't agree with your wedding dress taking up half of his closet space then these 6 creative tips will help you to make the best use of it.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Mexico

In Mexico, engaged couples get sponsored. Traditionally, the couple’s godparents act as “padrinos” or sponsors of the wedding. They serve as mentors to the bride and groom throughout the engagement, and throughout the course of the marriage. The padrinos are honored with a special place in the wedding program. They may offer the couple a Rosary and Bible during the wedding.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In the United States

In the United States, it is customary to send invitations to the guests some months before the wedding ceremony takes place. These invitations are usually hand crafted and ornate, such as letterpress invitations. The guests respond to the invitations which then allows the bride and groom to appropriate plan for the number of guests in attendance.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In parts of Canada

In parts of Canada, the groom and all his close friends and family members will meet the bride at her home. Then, together they will travel to the Church in a procession of vehicles with the bride’s parents. Some vehicles may be decorated in celebration of the wedding, and some guests may honk horns and yell out the window.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Venezuela

In Venezuela, the groom must ask for permission from the bride’s father before he can propose. Two weeks before the religious ceremony takes place, a civil ceremony happens where the couple is officially married. Though there is a reception for both, the reception is larger for the religious ceremony.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Chile

 

In Chile, rings are exchanged at engagement. The couple wears them on their right hands until the vows are exchanged in the wedding ceremony, at which point the rings are switched over to the left hand.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Argentina

In Argentina, the groom’s mother and the bride’s father walk them down the aisle and remain with them throughout the ceremony in place of the traditional Maid of Honor and Best Man. The vows are exchanged at engagement, rather than during the wedding.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Indonesia

In Indonesia, the reception may have 1,000 guests or more, which all must be personally greeted by the bride and groom before the festivities can start.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-In Japan

In Japan, the bride wears a purple kimono as purple is the color of love. It is typically very elaborate and features many purple iris flowers. On her wedding day, she is painted white, all over her body, to show the Gods her status as a maiden.

Preparing Your Wedding-Unique Wedding Traditions-Asian Traditions

No matter what part of the world you are in, weddings are a monumental and joyous occasion as they celebrate the union of two people, their hearts, souls, even families into one. While all the occasions are full of wonder and amazement, there are several differences in the customs and traditions we see all over the world.

Asian Traditions-china

In China, the traditional wedding gown is bright red in color as this symbolizes luck for the new couple. The bridal gowns are often embellished with things such as chrysanthemums and peonies as these symbolize wealth and good fortune. The groom typically wears a long black coat with a dragon on it. Fireworks are displayed that make loud noises, to ward away evil spirits and energies.