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Wedding veils convey tradition and elegance. For many brides, the wedding doesn quite feel real until they put their veil on. Coordinating your wedding veil with your wedding dress can be challenging. It important to find a veil that doesn overpower the dress. But how can you be sure youe making the right choice? If youe feeling overwhelmed about coordinating your wedding veil and wedding dress, take a look at these helpful tips and ideas.

The Blushing Bride

The term blushing bride may have its roots in the veil. A veil was conventionally used to hide the identity of the bride to be from her soon to be husband. Today, a bridal veil serves no purpose other than to identify a woman as bride, make her feel beautiful and add to the romance of the wedding.

Many brides forgo the complete veiling of the face. But if not, the bride may choose a blusher veil. This shorter veil is long tight dresses sewn onto a longer veil or hat and is flipped back off her face when it is time for the kiss. The length of the blusher veil varies from shoulder length, elbow length or one that reaches to the fingertips.

The Veil and the Wedding Dress

Many brides practice the tradition of handing their veils down the generations. Yet if a bride is not the recipient of a family heirloom, how does she go about choosing one the best fits her?

The wedding dress plays a large part in bride choice of veil, but personal taste and hairstyle also plays a part. A bride needs to carefully assess her gown. A general rule of thumb is that a flowing wedding gown is best suited to the shawl veil, while a fitted gown is best shown off by the scarf veil.

The length of the veil is also chosen for its appropriateness, and can vary from shoulder length, waist length, fingertip length, knee length, floor length and beyond. Generally, the more formal the wedding gown the longer her veil should be.

A shoulder length flyaway veil made from materials like netting or point dsprit is a perfect accompaniment for vintage inspired gowns from the 60s, while a black and red dresses waist length veil in the same fabric would suit a 50s inspired gown wonderfully.

However, a veil reaching to the fingertips is considered the most versatile of all veils. If you are not sure what type of veil to choose, this is the veil for you. When edged with lace or beads they are wonderfully romantic and can be coordinated in any way to suit the wedding gown.

Veils reaching to mid calf are less common, but are perfect for brides who want a traditional look. These veils are also ideal for outdoor weddings since they won drag on the ground and get damaged or one shoulder evening dresses dirty.

Floor length or chapel veils are best suited for more formal weddings. They can range from being just an inch off the floor to touching the floor. A very pretty effect is achieved when the veil has no border and flows seamlessly with hem of the gown. Chapel length veils that sweep the floor coordinate beautifully with slim and fitted wedding gowns, as they are able to echo the slender lines and flow of the dress itself. This type of veil works very well with a blusher or a tiered veil, as it can be detached after the ceremony, leaving behind the shorter veil for easy movement. A simple ribbon or beaded edging adds interest, but a simple veil that picks up accents from the wedding gown can it make much more special.

The cathedral veil is the longest veil and is used only for the most formal of weddings and in venues with grand, ornate aisles. The ultra long veil trails out behind the bride and offers a spectacular sight. Meant to impress, these veils are usually highly coordinated to the wedding gown.

Wedding Veil Styles and Designs

A veil is not an afterthought; it is a vital part of a bride ensemble and is often specifically coordinated to suit her wedding gown. Veils can range from simple and streamline to lavish and ornate, depending on how formal the dress and the bride are.

It is best to select a veil that complements and coordinates with a wedding gown so that it flows and blends naturally. A veil should be able to draw the eye to the focal point of the wedding gown, rather than being the focal point itself. After all, at some point during the festivities the veil is completely removed and the dress needs to shine on its own.

Find The Perfect Wedding Dress For Your Body Shape

Before you even start trying on those wedding dresses, stop for a minute and think about your own natural body shape. For you to look amazing in your dream wedding dress you need to buy a dress that compliments your body shape.

Below are the main body types with the corresponding wedding dress styles that will help you look like a million dollars on your wedding day.

If you're a pear shape (bottom heavy) a ball gown style wedding dress would be perfect for you, it will give you a waist and cover those larger hips, on your wedding day, you really do not want to be asking the question "Does my bum look big in this?".

If your tall and thin, well, frankly you've been blessed (even though it doesn't feel like it when your shopping for clothes!) - You will look fantastic in a slim wedding dress, such as a dress made from satin that skims over your body, highlighting your perfect features to the full.

Petite brides need to stay away from ballroom type wedding dress, you do not want to be a little head poking out from a mountain of white. Also keep away from wedding dresses with dropped waist lines as these will make you look shorter too. A-line or a Princess A-line wedding dresses with natural waistlines will elongate your silhouette making a petite you seem to appear taller.

If your a bit bulkier than you would like around your waist then go for a wedding dress that has a high waistline. Brides with thick waist look their best in empire gowns which have a high waistline. Empire waistlines are usually right below the bust line that flow into long slimming skirts. You would not want to look huge on your wedding day, so stay away from natural waistline wedding dresses such as the A-line or Princess A-line which would emphasize your waist.

If you are one of those lucky woman who have a hourglass figure an A-line wedding dress with a dropped waist would mnm dress absolutely amazing on you. Show of your best assets with a low cut bodice.