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Ornate trains follow romance trend
Open-backed dresses win approval
By Sara Bauder I ----- |
Staff Reporter _
A traditional full-skirted wed
ding gown with emphasis on the
train and back of the bodice is the
most popular choice of brides, said
the owner of a Lincoln bridal shop.
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and ornamental lace, pearl or se
quin accents. She said trains are
receiving a lot of attention from
her customers.
i Kathleen Nider, owner-manager
I of K-Ann’s Bridal Village, 4642
Baldwin Ave., agreed with Jacobs,
saying that brides are looking for
long, wide trains with a lot of
ornamentation.
Both Nider and Jacobs said satin
is the most popular fabric choice
for the wedding gowns.
“We still sell a few of the taf
feta gowns, but satin is really the
biggest seller,” Nider said.
Jacobs said most customers want
the traditional full-skirted wedding
gown with a basque waist, although
some prefer sheath or mermaid
styles. She said full skirts can dis
guise larger hips because of the
way the material flows and also
make waists look smaller.
The sheath style has a narrow,
straight skirt with a detachable train,
while the mermaid style has a
straight skirt with a flounce at the
bottom.
The sheath is selling stronger
than the mermaid styles this year,
Melissa McReynolds/Daily Nebraskan
Millie Becker’s Creative Weddings & Floral Designs offers
custom designed hats, hair pieces and veils.
Jacobs said.
Nider said hat for second weddings,
about half of her customers choose
tea-length gowns in ivory or white,
while the rest want the traditional,
full-skirted, long gown.
Jacobs said most brides are look
ing for an elaborate dress.
“They are really looking for the
pearling on the dresses,” she said.
“They also like the sequins, which
give a kind of ‘moonlight on fresh
fallen snow’ sparkle to the dress.”
Nider said that although some of
her customers like to look at wedding
gowns in pale pinks, most of them
still choose white. She said about half
of the customers choose short, puffed
sleeves and the other half choose long
sleeves.
Jacobs said headpieces are one item
of bridal apparel that have really
changed this year.
“With the backs of the gowas being
so highly decorated, most girls are
going with short veils,” she said.
Headbands that come to a pointed
V shape in front and have a pouf of
netting have been very popular, as
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caplets, Jacobs said.
Nider said some brides are still
looking at hats, but most want the
shorter, waist-length veil or pouf
headpieces.
Jewelry is an important bridal
accessory this year, according to
Jacobs and Nider.
“The girls that come in here
arc looking for huge earrings,
usually with big pearls worn as
drops or clusters,” Jacobs said.
4 4 We see both rhineslone and pearl
necklaces, but pearls are more
popular.”
Nider said that because of the
extravagant pearling and beading
on gowns, jewelry is often needed
to complete the bridal look.
Although a few women wear
satin bridal slippers with no heels,
most look for white satin pumps
withabouta 1 1/2-inch heel, Nider
said. She said most of her brides
do not ask about decorative shoe
clips, but regard them as an unnec
essary expense.
* — —
Months of planning
bring jitters, worries
and a ‘perfect’ day
The setting for this service could
be anywhere: an altar at the church, a
comer of the court house, a garden at
the park.
“Friends, we are meeting here amid
the beauty of nature and in the pres
ence of God to unite this jittery man
and this terrified woman in holy
marriage.”
Not exactly how the script is read,
but pretty close to the real-life drama
of those special wedding moments.
The good truth is that after months
and months of planning what to wear,
where to meet, what to eat and what
to spend, the end result is universally
the same: a nervous bride and groom
about to make themselves a spectacle
of love’s intentions.
The Wedding Day.
A day that, whether dreamed of all
your life or not, inevitably becomes
the most important day of your life. A
day that must be perfect. A day where
nothing can go wrong.
Gulp.
A day that must be perfect? 1 started
planning right away.
First I started hunting for thegown.
I needed something white that fit my
comfort, fit my style and fit my budget.
It took me several weeks of constant
shopping before I found the one. The
perfect one.
A beaded bodice graced my torso.
A flowing charmeuse satin skirt draped
itself upon my hips.
I know. I know. Gag.
But, it was, of course, perfect.
1 Then I bought a Wedding Planner
for the Bride-To-Be; all with easy-to
understand instructions on how to plan
a perfect wedding - step by step. As
an added bonus, it contained a sheet
of “perk-up stickers” to mark those
special days and help me remember
when to make the bags of rice or when
to get our blood tests. Even when to
choose our rings.
Real memory-savers, there.
They looked so cute, but my busy
fingers never touched a one. Instead,
I made myself a three-page list of all
the things to do.
With lots of nervousness and ap
prehension, somehow, my planning
method worked.
And then the perfect day had fi
nally come.
From sunrise on, we hung bal
loons, made the punch, taped the crepe,
moved the chairs, set the tables and
hung balloons . . . until the day was
Finally done.
Until it all was perfect.
Then I started stewing. What if my
hair tumsout frizzy, my eyeliner runs,
or I trip down the stairs?
We all were worried. Mike was
worried. His mom was worried. My
maid of honor was worried.
Even my two carefree daughters ~
then 8 and 9 - - were anxious about the
perfect day. Particularly, the part about
the stairs.
In fact, my oldest daughter’s wor
ries did come true. She tripped a bit
during the wedding procession.
Afterward, she told me, for my
information: “I thought it was a pretty
stupid idea to go down the stairs,
Mom.”
“I tripped,” she pouted.
But by then, the ritual was fin
ished, we were married, and all my
wedding worries had faded, i smoothed
my daughter’s hairsprayed locks and
told her not to worry.
Everything was perfect.
Schepers is a senior news-editorial major and
a Daily Nebraskan columnist.
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