May 21 2007
Finding the Right Wedding Dress Designer
Your wedding is one of the most important days of your life, and we all know that the bride’s wedding dresses is one of the most important aspects to this day. Every bride should be completely satisfied and in love with her gown, and so it is very important that she choose the right wedding dress designer to make it.
The Options
When it comes to finding a really great wedding dress designer, you certainly have plenty of options, but it is all going to depend on your own personal style and taste. Some women prefer modern, some traditional, some like to be unique and have a dress designed that is all their own.
One wedding dress designer that everyone has heard of is Vera Wang, who is an American fashion designer based in New York City, New York. She is known for creating some of the most elegant and stylish wedding gowns in the world, and has catered to a range of different celebrities.
Another popular wedding dress designer is Monique Lhullier, a Filipino fashion designer who is now based in the United States. She particularly made the news when she designed Christine Baumgartner’s dress for the fall 2004 wedding to Kevin Costner, as well as when she designed both of Britney Spears’ dresses for her wedding to Kevin Federline.
Lhuillier has long been a designer to the stars, and has actually designed wedding dresses for Natalie Imbruglia, Charlotte Ross, Debbie Matenopolous, and as well she was chosen by over 300,000 viewers of the Today Show for Nikki Hensley’s wedding dress as part of their “Today Throws a Destination Wedding 2004” series.
Making the Decision
When you are going through the process of trying to choose a wedding dress designer, although knowing about the various celebrities a particular designer has styled may make you feel more comfortable with their skill, at the same time you do not want to use that factor to make your decision.
You want to make sure that the designer you are going to choose is going to be able to best emulate your own personal style and taste, and that you are going to feel like a princess on your wedding day. Of course you are also going to have to take the issue of price into consideration, and although your wedding day is obviously extremely important and you should certainly not feel bad spending a fair bit on your wedding dress, at the same time you do not want to go too far overboard so you should always have at least a remote budget set in your mind.
Good news for brides inspired by Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly, classic is back. Fabrics, silhouettes and accessories borrowed from the 1940s through 1960s offer brides the opportunity to start with the basics and enhance them with luxurious finishing touches.
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