Vintage Hollywood Living Looks
When it comes to weddings the look of Old Hollywood is back in style. This means we will be seeing lots of silks, satins, seed pearls and big stiff bows on dresses. Shoes will be very structured and the bird cage style of wedding or hat veil will also be seeing shading bride’s eyes. This hat can be so minimalist that at times it looks just like a wedge of fabric with a comb with the veil trailing down.
The shorter wedding dress is also as not as much in style as it was last year… Gown lengths will be longer and white, yellow or light blue stockings will be in evidence again as well. The idea is to look like Sienna Miller in the movie Alfie or like Sharon Tate at her wedding to Roman Polanski.
The floor length lace gown is definitely back along with the highly glamorous updos with their vintage diamond and pearl combs.
In the winter we are definitely going to see some dresses with very high collars and diamante and pearl touches. You can also expect to see lots of darts, ruching and very fitted low cut bodices. Yet another trend will be entire sashes and skirts made out of accordion style pleating.
Pearl necklaces and earrings that are combined with triangular cuts of rhinestones are also making a comeback as is the diamond and pearl cuff.
You can also order up a custom made vintage style wedding dress or bridesmaid dress. Many used clothing stores are now selling patterns from Butterick and Vogue from those eras.
Vintage Hollywood wedding looks were also all about the hair. One trendy style is braids that wrap across the forehead like headbands; This is a slightly more hippie version of the romantic style of clothing that is now in vogue. These hair styles do get complicated as they are created with a variety of different curling irons to create different sized curls. This style is also sometimes called the Princess Look.
Wearing fake hair or a fall is also a hot wedding look. However many brides don’t like this idea and wish to feel more authentic on their wedding day. In this case you can achieve the same effect by wearing ribbons or velvet bands that crises cross or run in parallel lines across the forehead.
It is also a fashionable idea to wear a huge brooch in the shape of a flower or sunburst on the sash of the dress or on the bodice. The brooch can also be worn high up on one shoulder or as a choker on a velvet band around the neck. It can even be modeled into a simple tiara by pinning it to a velvet head band or ribbon. Some brides even wear these elegant large antique brooches on their wrists on a ribbon or they clip them onto their shoes.
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