Choosing Your Bridal Headwear
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If you are going to be wearing a traditional wedding dress then veils are still the most popular form of headwear. However there are other options available. The type of headwear you select will depend on the style of you dress. For example women who decide to get married in an elegant suit often choose a hat. This can range from a cocktail hat with a small net veil to something broad-brimmed which can be trimmed with flowers or ribbons. A great place to get ideas is wedding magazines and wedding expos.
When choosing your headwear you will need to consider your hairstyle. A wedding outfit tends to look unfinished unless your hair is formally styled, even if you are wearing a veil, and requires some type of decoration.
If you are choosing a veil there are many types and an enormous range in price, from simple netting veils to veils decorated with pearls or precious gems costing thousands of dollars. Veils also come in several lengths, and as a general guide the more formal the wedding is the longer the veil should be. The major veil lengths are:
Cathedral a little longer than the train of the dress
Chapel the length of a full-length gown
Fingertip down to your fingertips
Elbow-length
Shoulder length
It is a good idea to buy the veil at the same place as you buy your gown to ensure the colour and details match. Try on different styles to see what suits you. Also if you go for a coloured wedding gown, a veil can be dyed to match it. Veils can be worn attached to a variety of different headpieces including tiaras and combs. Your veil will need to be well secured for the ceremony, but you will want it to be detachable from your hair or headpiece so it can be removed without ruining your hairstyle during the reception.
Head dresses range from tiaras, combs, crowns, circlets, halos, headbands to fresh or silk flowers, and can be used alone or to anchor a veil. Combs are great for short hair and will encourage people to focus on your gown rather than the headpiece, crowns are good for an updo hairstyle, circlets and halos can look good with shorter hair, and a tiara looks good with practically any hairstyle or gown.
If you use flowers to decorate your hair dont forget that the back of your hair needs just as much attention as the front. Flowers should match your bouquet flowers popular choices are and miniature roses with wire stems that can be easily attached to the hair.