Punjabi Indian Wedding Dresses

The Punjabi Indian Wedding Dresses group is single of the majority significant ensembles a woman that will be still wearing in her existence.

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ALL THAT GLITTERS

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Lately gold has played center stage in weddings as well as on the runways. Gowns have either hints of it here and there or full silhouettes from head to toe, some going to the max in metallic lames and taffetas. So what is our fascination with gold? Is it yet another opportunity with which to break tradition in the bridal fashion arena? Perhaps. No longer just an evening or autumn tone, gold is showing up like first breath in Spring collections. The gown below says Spring from the bride's romantic hairstyle to her bouquet of trailing ivy.

Jim Hjelm

Belle Nouvelle Designs
The popularity of hair jewelry has to do with the focus lately on quality hairdressing. Brides are sporting shorter veils or no veils at all, opting instead for a gold hairstick like the one pictured above.

Amsale

One of Amsale's trademarks is her full ballgown silhouette in Duchess satin. This ecru beauty has an iridescence hinting at gold; check out the way the fullness of the gown gives off a kind of sculpted quality.

K. Garner Designs

Christian Louboutin
What could be more appealing than a pair of Louboutin's in gold satin?

Amsale
A touch of gold was all this gown needed.

Showpony

Caroline Parkes

You can go all over gold like the gowns below or break it up like the dress above, showing off two tones and textures for intrest.

The Couture Gallery by Britta Kjerkegaard

The Couture Gallery by Britta Kjerkegaard

Pronovias

Sarah Arnett

Wedding hairstyle

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HAIR ART

Henley Photography

Time to start checking out some dos for 2009. Whether you're wearing a veil, headpiece or jewels in your hair, most probably you're going out for some top notch hairdressing on your wedding day. Most of the stylists I've seen who work weddings are true artists. The above photo is proof as stylist Kathie Rothkop took a white wig and transformed this bride into a contemporary Marie Antoinette. To me, the white wig is her own version of donning a veil. All the rest is head piece . . .

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Real redheads are unique. It's not only the hair color but pale ivory coloring, freckles and texture of the hair that make her the real deal. If you're a true redhead celebrate the texture of your hair and opt for a looser updo that shows off that texture and thickness of your crowning glory. source
When I was a kid, this look was very in. Back then it was dubbed, 'The Flip'. If my mother or aunt came back from the hairdresser, this is usually the image that came home. It used to take a full head of rollers and sitting under the dryer reading Ladies Home Journal front to cover; now it can be done via curling iron and a good stylist. Great for a contemporary or even vintage 1960s wedding.
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One of my favorite looks is the above chignon. It's the classic ballerina pull-back, refined and uncluttered. This shows you and your dress off to its best advantage. The orchid hints a beach or exotic wedding. Adorning this hairstyle with roses or peonies gives a more romantic look.
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Classic and refined look. I'd highly recommend this woven bun for the traditional bride.
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Another 1960s look. This one reminds me of mod London boutiques and discotheques (yes, even before disco they had --theque-- on the ending). She looks like one of 007's ladies doesn't she? source
Perfectly romantic . . . .

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NAUTICAL BUT NICE

Caroline Castigliano
Living in the San Francisco Bay Area I've seen just about every kind of wedding celebration that involves boats. Whether onboard the QE II or a four-seater pontoon, you and your guy can say 'I do' in style. When you think boats and wedding, beachy-chic is probably the first style to come to mind and that's fine. But it's not your only option. Boats cruise lakes, rivers and swamps as well as oceans. Nautical can also mean a land-ho wedding inside a yacht or beach club, some with lavish reception rooms.

Amanda Wakeley

Vera Wang

Beach chic gowns are often halter or strapless, glamourized versions of beachwear celebrating life in the sunshine; many are columnar in silhouette for easily getting around tight onboard spaces. However, the Vera Wang creation above with that generous train would be awesome for a yacht club or houseboat wedding.

Christiana Couture
Vivienne Westwood
Have a romantic Pirates of Penzance notion of nautical? All these gowns above and below would be perfect for the wedding on board an historical sailing ship.

Ritva Westenius

Elizabeth Emanuel for The Art of Being

Ian Stuart

Vera Wang

Caroline Parkes

Sharon Cunningham

Most of my sailor brides have gotten back to me with this advice: the simpler the head chic the better. Since water and wind usually go hand in hand, you'll find beach and boating brides often have florals pinned in their hair or a simple headpiece that compliments the gown. If there's a veil, it's usually a shorter length that won't interfere with overall movement or blow all over the place.

Ritva Westenius

Oscar de la Renta

Shoes? That's up to you really. The bride above shucked them altogether wearing her gorgeous Oscar de la Renta with bare feet. Flat or low-heeled sandals or thongs are pretty standard now and available just about everywhere. I knew one innovative bride who showed up in high-top sneekers under her gown.

--Amy-Jo Tatum--

Bride Chic

New Years Then and Now

Max Chaoul
Fifteen years back, I had my first New Years Bride. Katlin and her fiance wanted to say 'I do’ on the stroke of midnight 1994. All I remember thinking at the time was, ‘Boy are you guys gonna have a helluva time reserving a table come anniversary time.'
Katlin also was one of my evening gowned brides. Back then the long slinky Harlowesque dress was my specialty and wearing one wasn’t as mainstream as it is now. Before Carolyn Bessette wowed us with her streamlined Narciso Rodriguez, if you wore something in white fitted that close to the body you broke tradition. While breaking tradition wasn't frowned upon, it wasn't the conventional way brides married either. I look back and see how much not only times have changed, our view of the traditional bride has too. . .Check out the photos below

Now

Jose Villa Photography

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The strapless Deb look is so In now. So is wearing sandals and shucking the veil. Once upon a time you wouldn't dream of taking your vowels bareheaded or footed; stockings and closed toe pumps were standard. This classic trend above, is something I think twenty years from now we'll look back and wonder how--pretty as they were-- the strapless lasted so long and why every other bride wanted to look like the last.

Late 1980 s

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Don't laugh. At the time I thought this look was so romantic. 1980s was the era of the storybook bride. True, this version is made of a beautiful quality silk and in good taste. But many of these Hapsburgesque recreations with off-the-shoulder pouf sleeves ending mid-arm dwarfed any woman under 5'8. Some were in incredibly poor taste layered in all the pouf and paste of sequins, beads and rhinestones weighing down the high-sheen poly satins of the time

Good taste though stands the test of time. I wish I still had photos of Katlin's gown. It was made up of a one-of-its-kind imported silk satin from Italy. Empire waisted, it had spaghetti straps and a sweep train. She wore a jewel brooch on the left strap and that was her only adornment besides a wrap. No veil, just top-of-the-line hairdressing. Remembering her now, I realize she was incredibly ahead of her time. Katlin broke tradition. New Years and breaking tradition have lots in common. All those resolutions to start over, to put new spin and joy into life might be just what Katlin and her fiance were saying when they answered 'I do' on the stroke of midnight. . . .