Wedding is the main day in the life of many girls. It is on this day that every girl can feel like a princess. How to choose the perfect wedding dress? There are a large number of different styles of dresses, which 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 population of gypsies - in French bohemiens, subsequently the style acquired quite a lotdetails and features associated with this small nation. A characteristic feature of this style are light, flowing fabrics, floral patterns, ethnic details, ruffles and embroidery. The peoples of Africa and Mongolia, other small cultures and races had a great influence on the formation of the appearance. A boho style wedding dress makes a 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 figure flaws and emphasizes dignity. 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 elongate the silhouette, hide the fullness, and are suitable for brides with magnificent forms, as well as for girls of small stature. The decoration of the dress is simple and unpretentious, most often located on the bodice, which emphasizes the chest. In such a dress, the hands most often remain open, which is beneficial for brides in the hot summer season.
A bit of history
Wedding dresses in the Empire style, 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 progenitor 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 fashionistas of Europe refused lush and bulky dresses, and the founder of this appearance can be called the Frenchwoman Josephine Beauharnais, the wife of the world-famous Napoleon. The simplicity and femininity of this trend has made it much more popular than any other style of wedding dress.
Provence
Style originated on the shores of the Mediterranean in the 17th century, combining elegance and simplicity. As they say, "everything ingenious is simple." Wedding dresses in the Provence style won hearts in a simple but very elegant way. It is very easy to match elegant jewelry with this dress, they are ideal for a photo shoot against the backdrop of medieval castles and flowering fields.
History of creation and appearance
The first time such a dress was created in Paris, the city of love, more precisely, in its southern part, which at that time was the center of life for nobles and peasants. The dresses themselves attract with their sophistication, the complete absence of fluffy skirts, rather fast and simple tailoring. Wedding dresses in the Provence style amaze brides with sophistication, they are chosen by those girls who want to fulfill their dream and become a fairy princess, light and tender, just for one day. In addition, there is a design style for the festive hall just for the dress. To the features of the cut, you caninclude the complete absence of long sleeves, modest, but at the same time decorated, neckline and flowing skirt to the floor. Most often, in combination with this dress, they choose a “lavender wedding”, which no other styles of wedding dresses are suitable for.
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, which solves many problems of unusual weddings or holidays in nature. Rustic wedding dresses are most often created according to the unique wishes of the bride, due to the features of the figure and the vastness of the possibilities that this style covers. In a word, one cannot do without the wishes and presence of the bride. Light, flowing fabrics are what many styles of wedding dresses have in common, 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, it includes not one style, but a whole collection of different ideas from the 20th century, from the 20s to the 70s, when wedding dresses gradually began to acquire established parameters. When choosing dresses related to this style, it is still advisable to take into account the features of your own figure, height and weight. You should not idealize or strongly criticize your own figure, this does not lead to good. It will be easiest for brides who do notthey thought over their own wedding to the smallest detail, and left room for maneuver in the form of an image of a wedding dress. The decor and accessories of such dresses can be strikingly different from each other, the choice depends only on what kind of bow the bride wants to create and what kind of 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 brightest and most unusual. Such dresses are suitable for everyone, because Russian sundresses are one of the unique wardrobe items, few people can look ugly in them. You can’t call such dresses simple, they are very beautiful in themselves, and if you add a long braid and a kokoshnik rich in decoration, you create the image of an ancient Russian beauty. Fairy tales about Vasilisa the Beautiful, Varvara Krasa, beloved from childhood, come to life in wedding photographs, give the day a personality, and are remembered for a lifetime. The dresses themselves are easy enough to make but look flawless.
Folk style
Folk-style wedding dresses are very popular among racial minorities, but today any girls will not disdain them. Still, because such a dress emphasizes the uniqueness of the bride. The choice of dresses has no limits. Starting from the almost completely closed Arabic, ending with a lush gypsy or laconic Ukrainian style. It is not only the style that makes the dress popular, but also the decoration. For example, in the Ukrainian folk style, floral embroidery is preferable, and in the gypsy style, the presence of ruffles. If we talk about the Arabic style, then the straight cut is calledhide flaws, and rich decoration in the form of rhinestones, beads and embroideries gives the dress chic and value. You can choose a dress in folk style based on various factors, most often the main factor is religion or belonging to any ethnic group.
When choosing a wedding dress, you can completely get lost in the number of styles, types and decorations, it is believed that every bride will wait for her dress, so you should approach the choice of a wedding suit responsibly, carefully listening to the opinion of the stylist, friends, consultant and your own sensations. The bride's dress should be comfortable, sit well and emphasize the beauty of the hostess, because this day is the most magical and important in the life of many girls. An alternative to a regular dress can be a snow-white trouser suit and pumps, such an image will be somewhat formal, but practical and comfortable, which is sometimes very important. Especially if a very busy day is planned.
