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Wedding Dress Styles – Choosing the Right One

wedding — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:49:15 +0000

Choosing a wedding dress is probably one of the most time consuming and difficult things for a bride to do. There are so many styles to choose from that it can be quite overwhelming. When you break it all down, there are basically 5 choices, the A-Line or Princess, Empire, Column, Ball Gown and Mermaid.

A-Line or Princess Style

This is a great dress that is suitable for most body types. The way the dress is made gives the impression of height and is good for the bride who wishes to look taller. The cut also helps to make the bride look slimmer which is a bonus. The style means that there is a full skirt and the whole dress is very versatile. It accentuates the best bits of your body and hides the others!

Empire

This is a very good dress again for most body types but especially good for those women with a smaller bust or those with a larger bust. This is because the dress brings the focus of attention to around the neckline. With some jewellery here, the effect is increased and the neckline becomes the centre of attention.

Column

The column style dress is quite well fitting and is more suitable for the slimmer lady. It is not the most forgiving so if you have body areas that are perhaps a little larger than you are happy with, this dress will not do well to hid it. Due to the hugging nature of the dress, it will make the bride look taller, the downside is that it can be a little harder to move in!

Ball Gown

This style of dress is good for the slimmer bride and also for those who do not wish to show off the leg area too much. The way the dress fans out at the bottom does not show off the legs at all but the centre of focus if at the upper half of the body. This style is also probably not best suited to shorter women as it can look proportionally unequal.

Mermaid

This style of dress is best suited to the slender bride as it does show off the figure and does not look flattering for those who do not enjoy their body curves. There are a range of styles to choose form and you can see if there is one for you.

Just remember that once you have decided upon your dress, you need to invest in the proper dress storage box for it otherwise you risk ruining your investment in many years time through fabric degradation.

UK Wedding Store is an online retailer of wedding favours, favour boxes and wedding dress boxes.

Wedding Dress Styles – Choosing the Right One is a post from: My Wedding Blog

Shape Your Dream Wedding in London Wedding Venues

wedding — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:06:41 +0000

Wedding gets you a better half of your life, so it’s necessary to plan it in the way in which you can relish the memories every time. You can make your dream wedding a reality in London wedding venues. You can choose a wedding venue according to your taste and budget. Your pocket may allow you to spend more, and then you can plan your wedding venue as like sea beaches and vast garden lawns or you also can plan your wedding in local hall or in hotel banquet room.

Searching a wedding venue is the most important thing you have to do after deciding the date because this is the task which cannot be accomplished at the eleventh hour of your wedding. Finding a wedding venue in London depends on your financial status as well as one thing more you need to keep in mind that how many people you are going to invite.

Planning wedding venue on the sea beach and in the vast garden lawn is expensive but it would be romantic and your bride would be delighted. You can enjoy your marriage between blue sky and blue sea. Your guests can walk on the beach barefoot. It makes you feel something different. Vast garden lawns can also make you feel on cloud nine while getting married. Feeling close to nature at wedding acts as an icing on cake.

If your budget is low, it makes no difference; even then you can find a wedding venue in London. You can also plan your wedding and reception at different places. Before deciding a wedding venue you must visit some venues so that you can choose a suitable one out of London wedding venues you have visited. You must also inquire about the renting fee, security charges, facilities they provide, how many people that wedding venue can accommodate, how long you can stay and how the cleaning up is arranged? This way it becomes easy to plan rest of the things like wedding dress, wedding ring and other accessories.

A beautiful wedding venue is necessary because the place where you start another better half of our life, where you vow to be with each other for whole life reminds you the way you started your life and it is well known that well begun is half done. You can also find London wedding venues on the internet that helps you to choose a wedding venue while saving your money and time.

ukvenues.co.uk has the variety of the wedding places such as party venues, licensed ceremony venues, wedding reception London, Civil Wedding Venues and other venues for parties. You can also find London Wedding Venues on the internet to save money and time according your budget.

Shape Your Dream Wedding in London Wedding Venues is a post from: My Wedding Blog

Why you need an acid-free, pH neutral storage box for your wedding dress

wedding — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:50:43 +0000

Some people may think that a large plastic bag or any old storage box will do when it comes to properly storing a wedding dress, but the fact is that you need to use an acid free pH neutral storage box for your wedding dress to keep it it in the most optimal condition. Why?

Acids Destroy Fabric The acids in the cardboard box will damage the fabric over time. The point of storing your dress is so you can have it perfect condition in however many years, to pass on to a daughter or a sister, or maybe even wear it again when it is time to renew your vows.

Why pH Neutral? Even if they aren't acidic, the boxes may have a reverse alkalinity which may also work to damage and discolour the fabric. This is why it is very important to make sure that the box you store your dress in is not only acid free but pH neutral. This will keep the box from causing any damage to the dress.

Viewing Window or No Viewing Window No viewing window, because light will cause the fabric to discolour. When you are looking for a wedding dress storage box, make sure that in addition to being acid free and pH neutral, the box has no windows to let light in.

Once you have selected the proper box for your dress, remember not to use tissue paper inside (unless it is pH neutral!) the box to cushion the dress, because with the right box, you should not need the tissue paper. Also remember to clean the dress and allow it to dry completely before storing it to ensure that it will be in the best condition possible later.

Temperature fluctuations could also cause damage to the fabric, so the place where the box is stored should be a fairly consistent temperature year round. Store in a dry, dark place to prevent discolouration. Take time to inspect the dress each year to ensure there are no new stains and admire its beauty. So, the key is a pH neutral wedding dress box.

UK Wedding Store is an online retailer of wedding favours, favour boxes and wedding dress boxes.

Why you need an acid-free, pH neutral storage box for your wedding dress is a post from: My Wedding Blog

A Wedding Dress Box vs a Plastic Bag For Your Valuable Dress

wedding — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:49:59 +0000

When trying to decide what kind of storage to use for your wedding dress, you may be stuck between a proper wedding dress box, or a plastic bag. Let's take a look at reasons why you should use a proper box instead of a bag.

A Proper Wedding Dress Box

A proper wedding dress box will be acid free (because the acid will break down the fabric and cause discoloration) and will also be pH neutral, because a box that is acid free without being neutral will likely have a reverse alkalinity which will cause the same kind of damage as not having a acid free box. The proper wedding dress box will also be solid with no viewing window, because a viewing window will let light in.

A Plastic Bag

While it may be good to help you get your dress from the store to the seamstress for alterations and to the cleaners after the wedding, using a plastic bag allows light to get to the dress which will break down the fabric and lead to discoloration. In addition to light, the bag will likely be more susceptible to moisture which can cause the dress to mildew and mold. As time goes on, the plastic bag will break down, whereas the proper dress box will stay intact. Chances are the plastic composition of the bag will also contain acids that will break down the fabric.

While it may be more cost effective to store your dress in a bag initially, in the end it will do more harm than good when you go to take out the dress in a few years to give to your daughter, friend, or other loved one to find it ruined with discoloration and weakened fabric.

Save yourself potential heartbreak later and store your dress correctly with an acid free, pH neutral wedding dress box. This way you know your dress will be safe through it all and when it is time to renew those vows, you will be ready to go.

UK Wedding Store is an online retailer of wedding favours, favour boxes and wedding dress boxes.

A Wedding Dress Box vs a Plastic Bag For Your Valuable Dress is a post from: My Wedding Blog

Cleaning Your Wedding Dress

wedding — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:03:07 +0000

Most brides spend hundred and even thousands of pounds on their wedding dresses. Dresses are not cheap and are probably the most expensive piece of clothing you will buy during your lifetime. Traditional and with the majority of wedding dresses, they are white or a very light colour like beige. Obviously this means that any marks or dirt will show up more readily.

During the actual wedding, in having a great time and enjoying yourself, your dress will get some dirt on it no matter how careful you are trying to be. Panic not as you can always clean your dress. You can always try and clean the dress yourself but this is not recommended! There are professional dry cleaners who specialise in cleaning wedding dresses.

Wedding dresses are usually substantial garments and therefore cleaning them is a a task in itself. Not only that, the value of wedding dresses means that the dry cleaners do need to cover themselves with insurance in case anything goes wrong. Due to these factors, having your dress dry cleaned is an expensive business. It can cost a couple of hundred pounds and in some cases can cost a percentage of the cost of your dress. I have come across people who were charged 10% of the cost of the dress! A large proportion of this goes towards the insurance.

Once your dress is dry cleaned, then you need a proper dress storage box for it that is the right size and more importantly is pH neutral. This means that there is no acidity or alkalinity within the material of the box. This is important because over time, any acidity or alkalinity can over time degrade the fabric of the dress or discolour it. So, when you have your dress boxed, store it somewhere at room temperature so you avoid wide temperature fluctuations.

The main piece of advice on this site is to invest in getting your dress professionally dry cleaned rather than doing it yourself. Once cleaned, store it properly in a pH neutral dress box.

UK Wedding Store is an online retailer of wedding favours, favour boxes and wedding dress boxes.

Cleaning Your Wedding Dress is a post from: My Wedding Blog

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wedding — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:42:09 +0000

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