PETITE / SHORT: Sheath, A-line, or Mermaid are all flattering styles on a petite figure. To add height, combine a short sleeve or sleeveless dress with long gloves. Also consider a dress with a high neckline and empire waist to elongate your figure. Big ball gowns and veils that are longer than the floor can [...]
Lela Rose
Alvina Valenta
Rivini
Lazaro
Priscilla of Boston
Monique Lhuillier
Romona Keveza
Vera Wang
J. Crew
Carolina Herrera
Reem Acra
Jim Hjelm Bridal
Oscar de la Renta
Melissa Sweet
Vineyard Collection
Vera Wang
Angel Sanchez
Monique Lhuillier
Priscilla of Boston
Reem Acra
Carolina Herrera
Oscar de la Renta
AMSALE
If you’re searching for an exquisite dress for your wedding day, don’t miss this special event: designer Caroline Castigliano is launching her new bridal and eveningwear collections at the Castigliano International Room in London, and you could be among the first brides-to-be to see them!
The party, to be held on Monday 19 November, will [...]
After having seen Sarah Jessica Parker wear a stunning white dress from Vivienne Westwood during the filming of Sex In The City in New York last week, we decided to take a closer look at what the autumn/winter ready-to-wear collections have to offer to fashion-conscious brides.
First up is Lela Rose, the American designer who [...]
Silk faille gown with draped skirt and topstitched strapless bodice by Angel Sanchez, $4,950 at Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier; Akoya cultured-pearl studs, $420, and pearl-and-diamond tiara in eighteen-karat white gold, $12,000 at Mikimoto; Carolina Amato opera-length white kidskin gloves with three-pearl closure, $325 at Saks Fifth Avenue.
Photographs by Erica Shires
Ivory georgette gown with English net [...]
Oscar continues to design all of the collections and remains Chairman, he handed over his previous title of Chief Executive to son-in-law Alex Bolen in 2004. In 1997 Oscar launched OSCAR by Oscar de la Renta, a high-end sports line for the working girl, and in fall 2004 he debuted O Oscar, a sportswear line [...]
What was your own wedding like?
I’ve been married twice—or, I will say, three times but to two women. My first wife was the editor-in-chief of French Vogue. This was back in 1967, and I said, “Why don’t we get a marriage license, and then, one day, if we feel like it, we will get married.” [...]
Bridal Week is usually regulated to red-headed step-child status in the fashion world—and rightfully so. All those shiny white dresses start to look hypnotically similar, and what the designers lack in creativity, they make up for in rhinestones. The spring 2008 season, which wrapped up last week, showed off gowns that were, for once, more [...]
Bodice: Princess
Dress Length: Floor
Neckline: Strapless
Silhouette: A-Line
Skirt Details: Tiered
Sleeve Length: Sleeveless