Wedding Tactics

I just sat down to do my Trends on Tuesday research and decided on the VEIL as a topic. I typed in veil trends on Google, just to get myself started and wouldn’t you know, VEIL TRENDS is its own website! So I will use them as an example of the variety and stylistic trends found among veils this season.

Veils come short, medium and long in length and I will elaborate more on the names and intricacies of each style later in this post. Short veils are commonly called elbow length, medium is called just that, and long veils hang to your knees or even longer and are part of a train. Some veils have a separate layer of lace, called a blusher, which is designed to hang in front of your face at some point in the wedding ceremony. When and who covers and uncovers you is subject to ethnic and religious tradition as well as personal choice.

Some brides opt NOT to have a veil, and instead, choose from about seven million accessories. Accessories range from little hair clips that sparkle or have pearls on them, to feathers, little lace caps, crowns and tiaras. The possibilities are truly endless. And sometimes, downright hideous*.

The shortest veils, called a flyaway hit just above your shoulder and are best suited for day-weddings, wedding suits and simple sleek gowns. They are short and flirty and just a tad of a veil, perfect for the bride who really doesn’t want to get lost in lace.

Elbow and fingertip length are just as they sound. These lengths are most common because they are easy to find and very versatile. They are dressy and go with most gowns and wedding ceremony styles. It is generally considered more appropriate for evening weddings to have a longer veil.

(Ya’ll know I hate being all “it is usually considered more appropriate� … because I think wedding style decisions are intensely personal and rooted deeply in affordability and personal desire, so please forgive me for using this often angering terminology)

It is also very common these days to see a veil worn out of the back of the head, sort of emerging like a raging stream from the updo itself. While it might seem a little weird, personally, I think it is a style common right now because there is a movement from definitely having a veil to not typically having a veil. So the veil is sort of an afterthought, and more importantly, not in the bride’s face.

The choice to wear a veil or not is very personal and totally up to the bride. Or, in some cases, the bride and her mother or mother and mother-in-law. Some brides have less personal say in each matter.

Waltz, chapel and cathedral length are veils that extend below your knees, and up to three or more feet behind you. A cathedral veil is really only practical in a setting where you have a long aisle to walk down and you should be sure to have at least one attendant to monitor your veil as you enter and exit the ceremony.

This is just a lot of veil!

* An example of the hideous. This one reminds me of what the mother wore in the movie BeetleJuice.

My invitations are here. I told you all about it a few days ago. If you want to catch up, click here.

In fact, all but two envelopes are stuffed. However, they are not stamped. I bought my stamps online and they haven’t been delivered yet which is a bit of a bummer because I was hoping that Wednesday’s post would be a photo-entry about working on your invitations with your future-husband, versus working on them with a friend/future-bride. Alas! They are not here; the Internet shall never see the detailed saga, at least not for another few days.

My invitation lady has still not delivered my remaining envelopes. She told me she wanted the calligrapher to keep them in case I needed reprints. I said thanks but no thanks, I’ll take them. Does she actually think that if I needed a reprint that I would call her, when she never even replies to my darn emails?

I really want my extra envelopes back because I need to send a few extra invitations and, yes, I will address them myself. I might use labels.

GASP! HUAHHHH! That was the sound of my invitation lady gasping for breath. Haha psycho flakey lady … it SO doesn’t matter!!!
Maybe I need to reread my own entry about dealing with crappy vendors .

Oh well … I suppose I’ll just wait another day for the stamps and my extra envelopes.

I am becoming a massive bride-Zillah.

Eeek!

Oh! I bought my shoes! I bought them online because I need to have them for my first dress fitting which is scheduled in about a month. However, I hate shoe shopping when I actually need shoes. I love wandering around DSW when I don’t actually need anything but when I am on a definite search for a white shoe with open toes and a less-than-two-inch-heel … that’s annoying. Not to mention, very hard to find. The short heel is because Marc isn’t too much taller than me and I want a tiny bit of a heel but I don’t want to look taller in pictures.

So, I bought these…