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What Dress Will You Wear?
It's probably one of the most difficult decisions to make - what dress will I walk up the aisle in to meet my husband-to-be with all eyes on ME!! Read on...
What Can I Do With My Hair????
The key to having perfect wedding day hair is to find a style that reflects who you are. You want your hairstyle to enhance your look, and not take away from it. In order to do this, you must find a style that complements your dress, veil, and headpiece, as well as your face. Read on...
Looking Good - Feeling Great!
The most important part of your wedding day makeup is to look like yourself. You want to look your best without looking like your trying too hard. Read on...
Don't Forget The Groom!
The groom should select his formal wear based on the formality of the wedding. For a semi-formal or formal wedding, the groom will need a tuxedo. Read on...
You Can Never Have Enough Tips
You've covered all bases, right?? Thought of everything! All the i's are dotted and t's crossed..... Read on, just to be sure. Read on...
Handy Guide to Wedding Veil Lengths - Live & Learn!!
Veils can be a variety of lengths and whilst some of you wouldn't wear one, some of you dream of lengthy tulle cascading behind you. Read on...
Flower Power With A French Twist!
Stephanie Doussal left interior design to be a floral designer in Ireland. With Karine Beuzon, she established The French Touch floral designers in 2005, giving the Irish flower market something it was lacking: a French finishing touch. Read on...
What Makes The Dream?
We all have our own Ideas of what our dream wedding would be like. For some it would be the Vera Wang Gown and Exclusive Venue and expensive nibbles. This would be my idea of a nightmare (Well, ok the Vera Wang dress, I could do) but the exclusive venue and the nibbles I can do without. Read on...
Hairstyles
There are so many ways to wear your hair for your special day. Read on...
Vintage Dresses
Would you?? We all want something different for our big day. Whether it's in the church, the favors, the honeymoon or whatever. The choices can be too great at times! Of course, in most cases budget has a big part to play. Read on...
Blooming Buttonholes!
It is definitely true that today’s modern buttonholes and corsages are a far cry from the foil wrapped carnations of the past! Read on...
Vera Wang has well and truly arrived
I'm sure this is old news by now, but I thought I'd write something about this fabulous development within the Irish Weddings Industry. We've seen the dresses gracing the pages of the magazines as well as looking fabulous on umpteen celebrities. Read on...
Wedding Dress stains and storage!
It doesn't matter if it happens on the morning of the Wedding (although that would be infinitely worse in my book) or three weeks later, as you carefully put your dress back in its packaging to await its fate over the coming years. Read on...
Wedding Belle - A Guide To Bridal Make-Up
Whether going it alone or enlisting the help of the professionals, there are certain things every woman should know about looking her best both on her actual wedding day and in the photos. Here in a guide to wedding make- up top Irish make- up artist Donna Fitzpatrick gives simplyweddings.com brides a lesson in perfect wedding make- up, both for the flesh and film. Read on...
If The Suit Fits.....
Just as the bride wants to look gorgeous on her big day so does the groom! It’s not all about the ladies! Remember your man wants to look good to! Just as you need time to organize your look it is just as important for your groom to start looking into his options. This should start at least four or five months before the big day. Read on...
My Perfect Dress
It is every girls dream to walk down the aisle towards the man she loves feeling like a true princess. Like she is the most gorgeous woman in the world. You want to feel so full of confidence you are ready to burst! As well as that easy task! You need to be practical and comfortable because without the latter two things the former will not be possible! Read on...
Changing Times - For Better Or Worse?
Gone are the days when Great Auntie Ann (once removed) could expect to dust down her favorite hat for the wedding of a relative she hardly ever met. Read on...
Here Comes The Bride.......
The walk down the aisle is the final lap in a beauty marathon starting the instant he pops the question. It is a truth universally acknowledged that every bride is beautiful! Read on...
Wedding Jewellery Trends
Your wedding plans are all in hand. You have booked your venue, photographer, and florists, bought the perfect dress decided on your theme incorporating all your favorite colors and music. What else could you possibly be forgetting? Read on...
Create The Ultimate Floral Fantasy!
Roses, tulips, silk flowers, orchids, lavender?? So much choice for your wedding. Since gorgeous flowers are a subject close to every brides heart (even before the wedding!), it is imperative that the correct choice is made. Read on...
Victorian Style
A Victorian Wedding is about class and grace, and calls for romantic gestures of a dainty nature - fine floral china, lots of lace and sweet smelling rosebuds! Read on...
Something Old, Something New....
Everyone is familiar with this phrase but do you know what they represent and if there's any truth in them ? Read on...
Accessories, the Ultimate Shopping Spree!
Most of us love to have an excuse to buy those gorgeous sparkly red shoes which may only go with one outfit, but shopping for jewellery or hair accessories for your wedding day should be the ultimate fun shopping spree..! Read on...
Hairstyles & Headpieces by Aisling Nelson from Rangoli
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Hair jewellery
The art of decorating the head is an ancient and continually evolving custom. Head ornaments can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. The diadem was the forerunner of the tiara and the word tiara is actually of Persian origin. There are beautiful examples of Greek head wreaths which depict sprays of oak, laurel, olive and myrtle which were made from fine sheets of gold.These headpieces were also given as offerings to the gods. Anyone who has seen the movie Troy would have noticed the delicate wreaths worn by Helen of Troy. Read on...
Mother of the Bride – What to Wear ?
On your wedding day, of course the emphasis and nearly all the attention will be directed towards the Bride and Groom and rightly so, but the importance of the Mother of the Bride’s (MOB’s) outfit should not be overlooked. Read on...
Buying the Dress & all that entails…………….
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