Back in the days, renting a wedding gown for that special day seemed completely absurd and out-of-question! Now the gown rental trend is not only fully accepted, but in full swing and widespread among bridal shops across the country. Brides are simply looking at the practicality of a cost effective way to have that luxurious wedding of their girlish childhood dreams. And what’s wrong with renting instead of buying? In some cases, leasing can be one-third the price of buying.

Taking a cue from the growing acceptance of gown rental, other services are emerging that provide brides options for perfecting their “look” for their wedding day.

One of the newest and innovative leasing options for weddings is bridal jewelry leasing. This popular trend of leasing genuine, authentic jewelry at a fraction of the price is picking up steam with brides and their attendants. Brides, who appreciate fine jewelry and are searching for an elegant alternative to costume jewelry, are finding the affordable option of leasing their wedding jewelry to be a perfect solution. Like Hollywood celebrities, they get the beauty of a glamorous piece of jewelry around their neck or wrist for their special day without the expense. With the Internet at their fingertips, working with web-based companies like Adorn Brides is a convenient way to add some bling to their wedding day.

While renting or leasing wedding gowns and jewelry are very intimate items for brides to lease, there are many other accoutrements that brides may rent to add the perfect touch to their special day. Here are 4 other wedding rental options to consider for that special day:

1. Wedding Limousine Service

You can’t forget the limousine. Renting a limousine service for your wedding day can not only be a wonderful way to travel on your special day, but a great convenience to planning the travel arrangements for everyone involved in the wedding party. Depending on the size of your wedding party, more than one limousine may be necessary.

2. Wedding Facility in a Spectacular Location

So many couples go with the usual wedding facility – from the local church hall to the upscale country club ballroom. Why not rent your facility in a vacation spot for all your guests to enjoy a vacation in a beautiful or exotic place? Lake Tahoe is often referred to as the perfect year round vacation and wedding destination with terrific weather and breathtaking scenery. And if that doesn’t work, why not a unique facility like a local botanical garden, city owned mansion, a lighthouse or historical castle that rents for weddings. The wedding can even be arranged at the place where the couple had their first date – a vineyard, a park, the beach or even the zoo!

3. Wedding Arch or Chuppah

Many couples deciding on outdoor weddings will rent the wedding arch or chuppah to accessorize their “altar” area. The wedding arch or chuppah canopy can be decorated with flowers, plants or balloons that match the floral and color theme of the wedding. The arches come in a variety of shapes and sizes – lattice, brass, heart shaped, round, square – and even gazebos to rent for the outside wedding “altar”. The decorations and accessories to the arch or Chuppah are many. Beach weddings can also rent torches leading up to the arch – creating an “aisle”, garden weddings can rent railing structures that can be configured many ways around the wedding arch to make room for a whole wedding party.

4. Unique Dome Tents

Why not become the talk-of-your-town by thinking outside the “box” tent and renting a unique “dome” tent for the wedding? These futuristic structures are an all-in-one facility for that special day. >From design concept and planning to setup and teardown, dome tent renters are available to work out all the details to pulling off the perfect wedding. Dome decorations can be spectacular and most dome tents provide built in media projection screens with natural acoustics, will coordinate in-house music, lighting and interior design to your specifications.

Besides the usual tuxedo, table linens and chair covers, these are just a few more innovative wedding rental options to considering when planning your special day.

My girlfriend and I are hoping to get married in a year or two, and would like a very simple ceremony on a beach somewhere. It doesn’t matter that it more than likely won’t be legally binding, we’re aware we will have to do the legal stuff back here in England! But we want a ceremony on a beach somewhere.
We’re not looking for huge wedding packages, as it will be just us, no guests. So the flight and accomodation etc we will sort ourselves, we just want to know if anyone knows of any good ceremony service providers?
Thanks

Wedding dresses come in many cuts, fabrics and trims.  Every bride wants to select the gown that makes her look as beautiful as she feels. But there are so many styles and options how does a bride ever get started?

Preparation

Before you visit a bridal salon get familiar with the different styles and cut options for wedding dresses.  You’ll have a much better idea of what’s available and will not be overwhelmed with all the options. Okay, you might still be a little bit overwhelmed.

Buy the latest bridal magazines. Bridal fashions run six to nine months ahead since the dresses take that long to be ordered, delivered, and altered if necessary. Most wedding gowns are not seasonal so a gown to be worn during summer will not be that much different than winter. The exception is that winter gowns make use of heavy fabrics like velvet, fur, and faux fur.

Tear out pictures of gowns you really love and really hate. Don’t think about why you like a gown or whether the gown is the best style for you.  Separate the pictures into two piles. Look at both sets of gowns and see if there is something in common with the gowns you love, and those you dislike.

What worked in a fashion photo may not work in real life on you. It is time to visit the bridal salon and for that you need to know a little about gown styles, fabrics, and cuts.

Formal

Formal gown styles include ball gowns, mermaid, A line, sheath, and empire. Ball gowns have fitted waists and full skirts.  They are the most formal of the styles.  A lines drop from narrow shoulders to wider skirts and flatter nearly every figure type. Sheath gowns are fitted close to the body and remain narrow in silhouette.  Empire dresses are fitted underneath the bust line and fall to the floor.  Mermaid, also called fit to flare, or trumpet, are fitted close to the body and then flare to a fuller flounce at the knee to the floor.

Informal

Informal gowns can be knee length, ballerina length or calf length, tea length or ankle length or to the floor.  Styles include A-line, sheath, empire, and slip dress.  Hemlines can begin at the knee or shorter and gradually lengthen toward the back.  Hemlines also include handkerchief, ruffles, and bubble.

Necklines

Necklines include strapless: the bodice goes over the bust line and ends much like a strapless bathing suit top.  Spaghetti straps: thin straps are attached to the bodice and go over the shoulders. One shoulder or off the shoulder: only one shoulder is covered by a strap. Off the shoulder: either one or two straps come up from the bodice but go over the very upper portions of the arms rather than the shoulder itself.  Tank top: there are no straps; the bodice goes up from the neckline to the shoulders in one piece.  Sweetheart necklines dip down at the middle of the bust line and looks like the top portion of a heart.  Sweetheart necklines can be strapless or with sleeves.  Halter: straps come up from the bodice and wrap or attach behind the head on the neck. V neck looks like a deeper plunging sweetheart neckline.

Sleeves

Gowns may have short sleeves, cap sleeves, long fitted sleeves, and full sleeves.  The sleeves may be made of the same fabric the dress is made of, contrasting fabric, or lace.

Fabrics

Fabrics are critical to the look of the gown.  Heavy satin doesn’t flow and adds bulk to a gown.  If you’re thin, that’s good news.  If you’re a plus size, heavy satin will make you look bigger.  Brocade is satin with an embossed design.  Silk is fluid.  Organza is light weight almost see through.  Lace usually needs an under layer of supporting fabric when used on a skirt or bodice but can be used by itself on sleeves, ruffles and veils.

Embellishments

Color

White is still the favored color for brides and has been since Queen Victoria made it popular when she broke tradition and wore white for her wedding to Prince Albert.  White comes in many shades from ecru, cream, eggshell, snow, to ice.  White can be cold or warm.  However, not everyone looks good in white.  For those brides white comes in tints of pastels that are barely noticeable but very flattering.  Or the bride has the option of wearing white but adding color through embroidery and ribbon insets close to their face.

Knowing the different styles and cuts of bridal gowns will give you a head start in selecting the perfect gown for your wedding.

Any bride wanting her big day to be perfect will meticulously plan her wedding from start to finish. The venue, her choice of wedding dresses and the catering, for example, are all extremely important aspects of the wedding itself, but there is no contest regarding which element she will get the most enjoyment from!

Wedding dresses actually make the wedding special for many brides purely and simply because they are the most beautiful and the most significant dresses that they will ever wear. This is perhaps why so much effort is put into finding the right one. Brides to be can look around for months before they find the right one, which is obviously an exhausting and expensive process. Some brides visit bridal shops all over the country during their quest for the perfect dress, but there really is no need when you can find wedding dresses online.

There is now one definitive resource online that can help you to find wedding dresses AND also find the specific shops that stock it. You do not even have to navigate to a wide range of websites because it is all in the one place and available at your fingertips 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. As such, you do not even need to leave your home to find that perfect wedding dress.

OneWedding is a fantastic resource that has a wide range of http://www.onewedding.co.uk/wedding-dresses/ wedding dresses on display. All of the images are of the highest possible quality because they come direct from the designers. As such, you can see every single dress in all of its glory, thus equipping you to decide which one of the wedding dresses would suit you best.

The website also incorporates a style guide so you can match each of the wedding dresses you like to the accessories available. You can see what accessories will go with a certain dress without even leaving your home. After finding one, two or a few wedding dresses and accessories that you like, you can then find stockists in your local area so you know exactly where to go without all the hassle you might experience otherwise.

Wedding dresses are undoubtedly important to any bride to be, which is why OneWedding will endeavour to give every bride to be access to as many wedding dresses and accessories as possible so that she can be certain that her final choice is the right one. As such, you can save yourself time and money by finding your wedding dress from the comfort of your own home.

Wedding gown is not just a gown for a girl it is actually a precious cloth in a girl’s life which she treasures her whole life. Plus size wedding dresses play such an important role that there is a wide variety of wedding gowns is available in the market. But always it happens  that plus size women gets afraid of going to those shops which sell wedding gowns, with the fear that they will not get plus size wedding gowns but those days have gone.

Always try to get loose fitting wedding gowns which must be narrow from the top but frock style from the lower end. Because in frock style if you have bulges then it becomes invisible in the plates of the frock and you will be tension free. Avoid too much of accessories with your gown because the gown in itself so heavy that it becomes difficult for you to handle on that Day. Try to select dark color gowns if you do not have any restrictions from your religion. As dark color gowns make you to look slim and smart. Hence the motive has been achieved of making you to look the best on your wedding day.

Now you go to the shop select the fabric, try it and get it stitched according to your body measurement. Now a day’s these kinds of shops provide tailored dresses by giving a trial to almost final dress. Even after that if you do not want to purchase that dress because your bulges are visible then they deduct the tailoring charges and give you another fabric. This much loss you can bear for your wedding. Because at the end you are getting the best and the most comfortable dress. Moreover that gown will suit you the best because it will be your choice. And it will make you to look more beautiful and attractive at you. So if you will choose a gown which suits you so it will always suit you.