Wedding is considered the most important occasion in the human life. Immediately after the engagements get fixed and exchange of engagement rings takes place, the would-be bride and the bride-groom gets on their toes to plan out and finalize the accessories, the wedding suites and gowns they intend to wear on the wedding day.

Quite a few couples also refer the fashion magazines to get the best latest designs. Even the designs or the patterns high-lighted in the Cinema create substantial impact on the younger generations today. The brides often follow the cinematic trends and wishes to dress up in the identical manner for drawing society's attention.

Especially the girls start dreaming of their future life-partner and the wedding ceremony celebrations etc since her very childhood. When the actual time comes she tries to shape up everything to make her dreams come true. But the fashions go on changing and so does the reality. Anyway one wants to make wedding day a very special in his or her life and hence try to get the best possible things within his reach.

Proper selection of the wedding dress is perhaps the most important decision which invites special attention and lot more exercise. The dress should be highly impressive and sensibly designed according to personal complexion and physic structure. The rich always has the option of hiring renowned fashion designers of the society and thus get the exclusive dress done for the occasion to give her the most elegant look with almost distinguished personality for the special day.

As per the family traditions, the wedding dresses entirely depend on the communal rituals and rites one belongs to. Some orthodox family members however do not allow any deviations in the traditional formalities. The reformation sometimes takes place by convincing the elder family members with justified and factual arguments.

The Christians, The Hindus, The Muslims and The Shikhs have special wedding dresses to be worn by all means. So far possible the social leaders or the religious preachers do not allow the brides to go beyond the specified ritual boundaries.

Western Wedding dresses

In the developed western countries it has been observed that the brides wear the white gowns duly stitched with extra long cloth as per the Christian customs probably set by the holy church authorities or may be prescribed in the holy Bible based on specific religious rituals. However the quality of cloths varying in terms of its raw materials depending on one's monetary budgets and likings. The design of this wedding gown is such that re-use of it or wearing it very often is rather not possible in the practical life.

Yet people go crazy spending a lot for such clothes. The richer class of the society is always keen to show off their status and hence generally plan out the marriages of their children in the best possible way. Wedding is the occasion requiring the huge budgets nowadays. The wedding dress stands second in terms of cost.

The Vintage Western Wedding Dresses

The girls sometimes wish to go off-bit and choose the Old-fashioned dress or just the replica of the princess's dress believing that it enhances the love and affection towards the life-partner. It is not necessary that wedding gowns have to be white only instead one can choose any suitable color shades. The main criteria should be the proper stitching and perfect fitting of the dress by all means.

Rock & Roll Dresses: The smart small sleeves came in to fashions by 1930s. For the fat women there was the special design with cloth was stitched by gathering more at the center/waist line.

During early 50s the rock and roll dresses consisting of wide skirts allowing bare-waist look slim. The skirts were having satin laces and also beautifully embroidered. Also the trend of multi-colored cloths stitched to high light the different body parts were in fashion during the 50s. The ladies with good breast-line used to go for such dresses especially.

The vintage 50s with a button front and a wing collar is a summer dress with a lot of colors that is designed for the oversized girls. The curls are gathered on the front below the waistline giving it an elegant look. Green super party dress fitted with a gathered bodice a full shirt, a tight curve hugging front and with a bow of streamers at the back was also considered in fashion during the period.

The black sequins designed for the symmetrical physic woman made the most appearance during the 1960s. The diva vintage evening gown of the 70s is high necked, with long tight sleeves and without stretch. It can have silver black sequins in a geometric pattern.

Reputed stores selling high value special occasion clothes generally put their stocks of lesser demand creations on SALE once in a year. Here one can get the comparatively good bargain for the master-piece of elegantly designed wedding suits etc. if your wedding have been scheduled during any such time, you should definitely take a chance to attend such SALE exhibits.

Traditional Indian Wedding Dresses

Indian philosophy claims that the wedding is considered as extremely important religious and social occasions. The bride and bride-groom are the main characters playing the most vital roles. We can call them the hero and the heroin for the day. Female relatives spend hours in dressing and adorning the bride so that she shines out amongst the crowd, thus ensuring her good luck and future prosperity.

While Wedding procedures vary from province to province and state to state in India, so does the preparations and the dressing styles. Union of India has almost 25-26 states each differs in terms of the culture and traditions. These can be distinguished in three major patterns: Sarees, Lahanga Choli with matching scarf and the Salwar Kameez. The Hindus brides generally prefer wearing the sarees but also the younger generation in today's time likes wearing lahanga choli with decorative yet matching scarf. Whereas the muslim and the shikh brides widely wear salwar kameez made from the silk or alike material duly embroidered with zari work etc.

The majority of the states direct the brides to be dressed with traditional sarees only. The styles and the pattern of wearing such sarees however defer or vary. Saree generally made from comparatively costlier cloth with heavy embroidery work, mirror work or even semi-precious stones of various colors, matching or contrast etc fixed on it make it exclusively designed for the brides. The color combinations or the raw material of the wedding sarees are depending on your personal budgets. In general the cost of a wedding saree starts from anything around INR 5000.

However one can get the extra ordinary piece or the specially designed and developed unique piece by any renowned fashion designers may cost you in tons. Sarees designed with threads made of real gold or silver for embroidery better known in colloquial languages as the Zari work is in great demand forever. The most of the brides choose such sarees for their wedding functions. This is the most expensive piece of cloth if compared with any other wedding dresses.

There are quite a few designers practicing in India nowadays who takes in to account every aspect of the bride's personality while preparing or suggesting the exclusive wedding dress. This includes the bride's skin complexion and her physical structure in main. They also design the related accessories almost made ready to use at the given extra cost. Such accessories are said to have shoes, cosmetic-kits, wallets and purses, the accessories for hair-do or the foreheads, the biceps in general.

Even the most famous dress designers like Mr. Manish Malhotra or Mrs. Ritu Berry or Ms. Nita Lulla or Mr. Rohit Bal etc. of India who generally design and stitch clothes and costumes for the Indian Cinema actors have in recent times come out with the specially designed Bridal Collection Range. However, availing the services or the products developed by the designers of such repute may cost you extra ordinary amount. But simultaneously they make you exclusively dressed bride in all the true sense. The dress and the accessories made for you by the designer saves your time and unnecessary running after to put the things together.

The elegantly looking wedding dress requires being comfortable too in wearing and handling during the entire marriage functions. Many times it is noticed that the bride striving for looking beautiful selects such a wedding costume that becomes unbearable on her part to handle while performing the ritual formalities. The matching accessories are also counted of equal importance.

All these put together adds quite a substantial weight on the bride's body which she carries practically the whole day. The season or the weather in which the wedding is taking place is required to be worked out. As per the Indian cultures the couple remains in front of the holy fire place to vow for their humble association. Such formality is known as the Saat Phere. With the uncomfortable wedding clothes the couple literally sweats even during winters.

Informal Wedding Dresses in India

The wedding occasion is considered as the grand celebration by both of the parties, the bride side as well as the bride-groom side. The celebrations last as much as 5 days in some cases when the rich parties are joining together. The days before the scheduled marriage day consists of Mehandi application, the dancing and light music parties and even alike entertaining events are organized by the either or the both parties in association with the close family members, relatives and friends of the society. The wedding person gets different dresses designed and made for the specific day and thus try to create the remarkable entity temporarily.

Lahanga and Choli: Lahanga and choli are being adopted replacing traditional sarees are often found in the higher society people or the richer people. Such lahangas made out from the fine clothes with its matching choli duly having extra ordinary zari or other traditional or semi-traditional work done on it. This is again the costly affair. In the ancient times our grand parents used to believe that only the RED or the GREEN and the WHITE colors were auspicious and accepted the most for any holy festivals or rituals like wedding.

So in other words the brides were directed to choose their wedding saree or costumes made out of any preferred clothe but had to be of any of the three stipulated colors. The civilized society currently thinks of going for even brighter color shades with floral or geometrical design patterns. The most preferred colors by the reputed designers and even the young brides nowadays include purple, orange, blue, pink or deep green or the combination of multi-colors as and when the stipulated design demands.

It is universally believed that the fashion always repeats or rather the old is gold. The younger generations today prefers wearing their mother's saree or even the grand mother's saree duly redesigned with various additions and alterations. Even the extra ornamental accessories are fitted like precious stones, zari, mirrors or elegant satin or silk boarders with heavily embroidered on it. All these together makes the old piece of saree exclusively comparable with the modern saree yet look rather more attractive. With such sarees the semi-traditional accessories looks charming and adds to the glory of the bride.
Fresh floral accessories especially made for the Indian bride's hairstyle decoration has an extra ordinary impact in terms of look.

The Hindu brides usually have to put on two different sarees one over the other, of which one is from her parent's side and the other ritually given by her in-law's side. This very sarees are of quite importance while attending the wedding functions of the close family members. It adds to the glory of the lady making her the centre of attraction.

The wedding saree has to be well preserved because as per the ritual formalities the lady when dies her body has to be covered with the very saree on the way to her funeral-pyre.