Picking out that awesome wedding gown

23 Aug, 2015 - 00:08 0 Views

The Sunday News

I AM not much of a fan of weddings and I hardly attend them. To be honest I find them uninteresting, I really am not fascinated by two people standing in front of everyone exchanging “true lies”. Probably this is an open invitation to all NOT to attend my wedding if ever I decide to have one. And if by any chance you don’t hear from me this week, it means my better half would have murdered me, as what you just read is a death warrant I just wrote for myself.

Apart from my disinterest in weddings, I do find the fashion quite interesting. If at all I do attend weddings, which I find lacking in drollness, I humour myself with staring vaguely at the bridesmaid’s brightly coloured dresses (clashing colours, totally off theme of the wedding if you ask me. I find lime, orange and purple colours ridiculous and downright atrocious!). Perhaps it’s because I don’t know how to colour co-ordinate. Anyway the main attraction on the wedding day is the bride, she has to be flawless, and her dress has to send shivers down the spines of would-be brides and grooms.

A wedding dress is probably the most important wedding purchase, and buying it can be quite an experience. Sadly many brides are disappointed the first time they go wedding dress shopping.

Confusion over which dress is appropriate for the invited (and gate crashers), sampling dresses that don’t fit, unfriendly shop assistants and dream dresses that look terrible when they are tried on, can all combine to produce a shopping experience.

At one wedding expo I attended this year at the Green Gardens, I happened to come across a lady — Mrs Mazibuko who specialises in wedding dresses and accessories. She runs a company which specialises in wedding dresses.

For a person like me who has no interest in weddings, I must admit I was intrigued by the collection of dresses I saw. She has more than 100 dresses and she said some of the dresses were handmade . . . by her and her team, while the others she had collected from her travels in different countries.
So anyway she said the issue of finding a perfect dress was the most petrifying experience for any bride.

“A wedding dress is a considerable investment, so boutiques should make every effort to pamper you and make you feel special and valued. An experienced fitter should be able to suggest styles that will suit your body shape, even if you haven’t considered them before,” she said.
She also spoke about the issue of style and colour co-ordination, which I am sure I wrote about somewhere at the top of this article.

“Think about the type of wedding you want to have when you are choosing your dress. Which season have you chosen? Will it be a formal evening affair? Are you getting married in a garden location, or a building? If you are having a themed wedding you might want to make your dress part of that theme. On the other hand, some brides go out and find the perfect dress and then use that to influence their wedding theme,” she said.

Mrs Mazibuko noted that all brides could find a special dress unique to them regardless of their body size and shape.
“There are so many different styles and cuts of wedding dresses. There will always be something to suit anyone’s body shape. The key is to choose something that will accentuate your best features, while drawing attention away from the parts you aren’t so keen on,” said Mrs Mazibuko, who was rather keen on seeing me standing by the altar one day, with a jittery face anxiously waiting for my beautiful bride to exchange true . . . oh well the joke is old.

As I went through some of the dresses Mrs Mazibuko emphasised that brides or brides-to-be should never be tempted to try to hide parts of their bodies which they didn’t like under layers of structured fabric as this would draw attention to them.
“Make sure your dress isn’t too revealing, as you don’t want to be self-conscious all day and you don’t want your wedding photos to be something you later cringe over,” she said.

She added that many brides made the mistake of buying dresses that were too small, with the idea of dieting into it.
“Although you will undoubtedly lose some weight before the wedding, you are unlikely to lose whole dress sizes, so it is much better to buy a gown that fits and plan plenty of fittings close to the big day to make any necessary changes,” she said referring to her brochure.

Instead of choosing a wedding gown because it is fashionable, choose one that you love and that makes you look and feel wonderful. It is better to add your own personal character to a simple dress using jewellery, shoes and other accessories, than to take a wedding outfit directly off the wedding catwalks and regret it later.

Well that’s all for today folks and for those future brides make sure you plan accordingly and that you find the perfect dress for your big day. And to my other half when the day comes for us to exchange vows, make sure you have the strongest hand cuffs and cement to paste me on the altar, as I might decide to pull a disappearing act.

Till next week let’s keep styling. For feedback please sms or whatsapp ONLY 0772 337 433. You can also link up with me via e mail –[email protected]

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