Blue is the Color

This year blue is being tipped as the hot wedding colour.  More specifically navy blue for the reception, bridesmaids dresses, groom, evening wear, invitations.

If you are using blue to adorn your tables or wedding cake try pairing it with white, silver, yellow, gold or chocolate brown.  For blue flowers think  Delphiniums, hydrangeas, lilies and bluebells.

If you are having a traditional white wedding dress you can always add blue shoes, if you aren't able to find the exact shade, buy white shoes and have them dyed to match your bridesmaid dresses. 

Find out  about wedding dress colors and if it is a lucky colour for your special day.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year.............
Congratulations to all you newly engaged couples........
I would just like to remind all you brides to be that, gowns including bridesmaids dresses can take up to 6 months to arrive at a  store..
Many bridal stores will not sell their stock gowns.So make sure your order well in advance.
Have a great year and thanks for your support of this blog so far.....

Coloured Bridal Gowns

Today bridal gowns are available in many colours you can have burgundy, blue, purple, black and of course ivory or white, you name it you can have it.

The burgundy wedding dress below shimmers black and has black flowers on it but you could have it in any colour combination you wish what about bright pink with lime green  flowers. Alternatively a coloured cloak can add a splash of drama.

So come on girls be adventurous choose your favorite colours and stand out from the crowd.....

Photo Credit:
Image: Dynamite Imagery / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Burgundy Wedding Dress

 Burgundy Wedding Dress with Cloak

Wedding dress colours - luck and unlucky colours

Wedding Dress Colours

Most brides today marry in ivory. Wedding dress colours have changed over time. 

Although the tradition was to marry in white which was started  by the rich in the sixteenth century. The tradition was given a boost by Queen Victoria who chose to marry in white instead of silver which was the traditional colour of Royal brides. Before the white dress brides wore their best dress, often incorporating their lucky colours. The colour was a matter of preference. The following is a traditional rhyme offering advice on dress colour:

Married in White, you have chosen right,
Married in Blue, your love will always be true,
Married in Pearl, you will live in a whirl,
Married in Brown, you will live in town,
Married in Red, you will wish yourself dead,
Married in Yellow, ashamed of your fellow,
Married in Green, ashamed to be seen,
Married in Pink, your spirit will sink,
Married in Grey, you will go far away,
Married in Black, you will wish yourself back.

A green dress is thought to be unlucky unless the bride is Irish. The old expression that a woman has a 'green gown' was used to imply promiscuity, the green staining being due to rolling in grassy fields. 

Just remember it is entirely up to yourself as to the colour of your gown............