The Bride’s Heart

There was a time when informal wedding dresses were reserved for either second weddings and encore brides. For brides who were older or wanted to get married in their living room or their back yard.

But times, as well as wedding protocols have really changed, and now even the young and first time bride may opt for a more simple, yet elegant informal wedding dress. Gone are the old and stodgy rules that used to govern what a bride could do at any time in her life to celebrate her marriage!

The beauty of informal wedding dresses is that when you wear a more simple wedding outfit, you become the star attraction at your ceremony, and not your gown. Many brides who opt for a more formal gown usually go way overboard in decking themselves out.

So they end up looking like peacocks, instead of a beautiful and glowing bride. The advantage of wearing an informal bridal gown will put the focus of your guests and groom upon you, and not upon untold yards of useless fabric.

You can find charming dresses that will also be more economically friendly to your bridal budget. You may wish to spend more of your cash on a longer honeymoon vacation, and you can save a lot of money by purchasing a simpler wedding gown and keeping your wedding ceremony and reception smaller and less formal, as well.

How would you like to spend two weeks in Hawaii, instead of one? There are many excellent reasons for purchasing a more economical dress. You may also wish to invest the money that you would have spent on a very expensive formal gown for lovely furniture for your new home, instead.

If you opt for an informal beach wedding, you can simply pin fresh flowers in your hair for a stunning bridal accent. You may wish to wear a picture hat or an elegant pill box hat, or place some Russian veiling over your eyes for a mysterious look, or even forgo a bridal headpiece, completely.

And as far as accessorizing informal wedding dresses goes, you can also opt for beautiful, yet simple headpieces and bridal flowers. If it has a Middle Eastern flavor to it, why not use the traditional Indian mang tikka to decorate your hair and forehead, or wear a dupatta, which is a simple, flat veil, bedecked with jewels and mirrors?