Add Effortless, Eco-Friendly, Vintage Glamour to Your Wedding Day Look with Fascinators and Headband

September 01st, 2010, by Azure

Who better to create a stunning wedding day look than a former costume designer? After working for theaters all over the country, designer Ginger Breo recently set up an Etsy Shop called Seamstress of Avalon to share her amazing millinery (fancy word for headpiece) work. Ginger describes her work this way: I work in a mix of new and vintage materials, incorporating feathers and veiling with antique brooches or beaded trim taken off a Victorian gown. I always choose the finest silks...

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Bride Chic: Picture Perfect Bridal Accessory- The Picture Hat

August 20th, 2010, by Azure

About Bride Chic Hats are one way to top off your wedding hairstyle& total bridal look, veering away from the mainstream and into the realm of style savvy bride. These picture hats by Catherine Alhinc are stunning. Did you know picture hats are the most classic hat for daytime formals? Wide brimmed and typically constructed out of straw or horsehair, picture or wide-brimmed hats are sometimes swathed in netting and organza. They conjure up images of croquet parties at Jay...

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Bridal Style Tips From An Accessories Expert: Love, Lulu Mae

August 19th, 2010, by Azure

Bridal Style Tips from the fabulous Love, Lulu Mae Love, Lulu Mae is a Chicago-based accessory shop known for its one-of-a-kind bridal headpieces and hair accessories. They create "ARTcessories for the modern woman with a vintage soul", and celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker, Paris Hilton, Drew Barrymore, and Oprah Winfrey own, and love, Love, Lulu May accessories. So needless to say, we are thrilled to share bridal styling tips straight from the designer! There are thousands...

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Bride Chic: The Hair Bride- Wedding Day Hairstyle Ideas

May 01st, 2009, by Azure

About Bride Chic The Knot Book of Wedding Gowns put it succinctly when making this observation: "When it comes to topping it off there are two types of brides: 'hair' brides and 'veil' brides." In the case of the veil bride, she may figure wearing this traditional accessory will be a once-in-a-life time deal; others claim they don't really feel like a bride till the veil goes on. A hair bride is another story. Her crown of glory is her way of pulling the whole look together...

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Bride Chic: NEW DIRECTIONS IN HEAD CHIC

April 03rd, 2009, by Azure

About Bride Chic Here are some of the finest designers of head wear in the world and they're taking us down a new and exciting path to 2010 and beyond. Since bridal fashion is moving toward breaking tradition these days, alternatives to the veil are found everywhere. While veils are still in vogue and ever traditional, the new head options are definately worth checking out. Some brides bypassing the veil are going for wide brimmed hats, fresh flowers or jewels in their hair. The...

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Bride Chic: Trends 2009 and Beyond

February 21st, 2009, by Azure

About Bride Chic Talk about drama! Notice how the runways are full of it lately? Here's my theory. Some time back with the invention of micro fibers and wash and wear, we traded the work it takes to look chic everyday for comfort. Overall, women just don't dress up like they used to. We miss that and it's coming out in the ultimate dress up game of all: The Wedding Day. Thus, bridal fashion may be the final arena designers can practice their art. Since so much of fashion is about...

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