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You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured posts slideshow if you don't wish to display them. Dont edit it manually, by replacing images, but you set feature image when you create new posts.
You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured posts slideshow if you don't wish to display them. Dont edit it manually, by replacing images, but you set feature image when you create new posts.
You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured posts slideshow if you don't wish to display them. Dont edit it manually, by replacing images, but you set feature image when you create new posts.
You can easy customize the featured slides from the theme options page, on your Wordpress dashboard. You can also disable featured posts slideshow if you don't wish to display them. Dont edit it manually, by replacing images, but you set feature image when you create new posts.
Chic and cosmopolitan, a cocktail gown can be short and sweet or ballerina length, an unusual color or just a non-traditional style. It is a contemporary alternative to a classic gown and a perfect option for a cocktail wedding. Christian Dior was the first designer who introduced this design staple for weddings and other particular occasions as well.
For brides who have a desire to hold a seashore wedding ceremony or merely a more casual and relaxing wedding party, wedding dresses in cocktail style will be the perfect choice for bridal apparel. By the way, cocktail wedding dress is very flexible that it could easily take the bride from the wedding ceremony to a local bar for drinks later on.
Although it is unconventional or even a bit challenge for the conservatives to wear such a type of wedding dresses in one’s big day. It’s still favored by more young brides.
The key to effectively deciding on the right dress is always to choose the one that suits your figure and style. For an instance, a V-neck or square neck cocktail design wedding dress can create the illusion of a more proportionate silhouette for the big day. However, women who are not well endowed with a charming figure should go for a dress with beading or paillette to divert others’ attention. However, if you are very tall or fancy of the wedding gowns with abundance frills, the cocktail style may be not your choice.
As to the colors, the bride should also take something into consideration. What you need to always keep in mind is that the cocktail style is much less official than the classic wedding gowns. So you can’t take the standards that are measured for the classic ones. For example, instead of picking a gown which is stark white and lace-made bridesmaid dresses, you ought to appear for a cocktail dress in an alluring shade of eggshell or champagne. Jewel tones are also fairly well-favored for the cool season.
In general, special things should be in special treatment. Once you decide the cocktail style wedding dress, taking the suggestions above may be a bit helpful to stick your way.
Buying a formal dress in a physical store or having a designer is too expensive for many of us. Shopping online is one practical way. You’ll find a great variety of online shops that have formal dresses in all sizes, shapes and colors. However, shopping online for formal long dresses is quite different from the experience in a physical store. Here are a few strategies you can take when shopping online for a formal dress.
Size is almost everything for shopping online. It would be a bit troublesome for both you and the shopkeeper when you get a dress of wrong size. So the first thing you should do is have your measurements handy. As there are slight differences in the sizes of different brands or styles, you should check the website’s sizing chart every time you shop.
Some formal dress stores online have virtual models that you can customize to your body size. These nifty computer programs ask you for your measurements, your height and your weight, and then allow you to “try on” the dresses they sell by way of this virtual model you can see on your computer screen. By this way, then you’ll greatly reduce the chances that you’ll have to send the formal dress back because it doesn’t fit quite right. If you are still quite not sure about the size described online, you can contact with the online service. They know better and have more experiences about different customer’s body shape and sizes. Or you can have a reference from the reviews written before by other customers.
If you are very tall, or petite or plus-sized, then you can narrow down your selection and focus to the catalogs that specialize in your size on the website. Generally every formal dress shops online will have a series of particular sizes for customers to buy. But considering about the particularity of your size, I suggest you to have a consultation with the online service of the shop first before you have a decision.
What looks good on the internet might not necessarily look good on you once you try it on at home. By the way, there could be some quality problem on shipping. So always make sure that the online store has a decent return/exchange policy once you have to do a return or exchange procedure.
After picking out an ideal formal evening dress, you may probably want to search for other accessories as well. However, one of the most important things to remember when buying formal dresses online is to always save buying accessories and shoes together with your dress. It’s fairly difficult to exactly match the color you see on your computer, to the color of accessories or shoes. But you can buy the accessories that matched to the dress originally which can be a plus point for your whole style. Anyway, do not take a risk of purchasing the accessories separately.
For both shopping online or in physical stores, you should have several comparison shopping. Check out a few different online stores before you make your decision, and make a note of the brand and model number of your dress. You will feel a bit annoying to see another online store selling the same dress for less money.
It will be a bit dull to have nothing for decoration on your head with the fabulous wedding dress.
But would you prefer the veil or hairpieces? Well, that depends. Deciding on whether to have a veil or hair adornments, or both is not that easy as it seems to. It all depends on the look you want to achieve, the theme of your wedding and the dress you choose.
For a traditional wedding, the veil is more proper as the headpiece. I personally love pretty lace veils or just fresh flowers in the hair. Each looks classic and romantic and is just really perfect with a cream or white gown. The tradition behind them is another reason that they hit the right note.
For a modern wedding, hairpieces seem to be more popular. Young couples these days are more causal and the trend is going simpler. Veil may be a bit more formal for the young bride. They prefer some simple but chic hairpieces in their hair which look especially stunning with the right hairdo. Unusual and gorgeous headbands and hairpieces are really appealing to girls at the moment. However, you should try the piece before your hairstyle decided. Don’t just pick a casual one which is not even matched to your whole style. By the way, make sure it sits right and won’t fall out.
At the end of the day – It’s all up to your personal style. And if you love it and feel comfortable in it then you will look beautiful. The fun part is trying on all the different options!
The people you choose to have in your bridal party are generally the ones who have played important roles in your life. They might be your best friend, your sister or your cousin. I do think that this is one troublesome choice for many couples—to have a decision about their bridesmaids and groomsmen. Some people just have so many good friends that not choosing any one of them will be awkward for their relationships later. However, you have to make a decision. Here are some suggestions that may not help you to solve this problem directly but can offer some advice for you.
1. Choose someone who is really close to you to be your maid of honor.
2. Not all of your friends will be free during your wedding days, so choose people who are willing and able to devote the time and energy. By the way, he or she should be a good helper.
3. If you have to invite all of them to be the bridal party, then allocate them with different tasks like doing a reading or ushering.
4. Many people hold an idea that the more people present on the wedding the better. Well, I have to say that this is just make none sense. Don’t include anyone in your bridal party who really isn’t necessary. If you think your wedding will be fine without a flower girl then don’t have one. Try to avoid unnecessary trouble on your big day.
5. Some people may feel a bit sensitive about the number; for example, they think that the number of bridesmaids and groomsmen must be the same. There is no need to keep to a particular number. You can of course have four bridesmaids and three groomsmen – it won’t ruin your wedding.
6. It might be a good idea to ask your fiances sister to be bridesmaid. Even if you’re not that close, this is often a diplomatic decision, which is helpful for your future relationship with the in-laws.
At last, don’t wait until the day of the wedding to introduce your bridal party. By the way, don’t worry if you think your attendants are ‘too married’, too old, too young or too tall. The important thing is what it means to have them by your side at the wedding. They are the one that you want to be the witness of your big day. The rest are just nothing at all.
Previously, we have discussed a lot about various wedding details. Today we’ll then have a conclusion of it and make a list of the 5 formal wedding must haves.
Invitations
For the guests who are going to show up on your wedding, this is the very first step. You can send the invitations by email. But to be more formal and elegant, I suggest you guys to use the letterpress invitations. This will do better to show your sincerity and creativity.
Table Numbers
To keep the order of the wedding ceremony, table number is necessary. This is especially critical for a grand wedding. It would be embarrassing for the guests who cannot decide to where to have a seat immediately. Also it will delay the wedding rite. So make each table a remarkable table number.
Sit Down Dinner
Most weddings dinners are severed the by the order of a salad course, soup course, fish course, meat course, and a dessert course. For a formal wedding, the sit-down dinner is must and important. People will feel free to chat during the dinner and share the interesting experiences of the couples.
Wedding Cake
Nothing at a wedding reception is as traditional as the wedding cake. It’s one of the eye-catching things on the wedding. If you want your wedding to be distinctive, a stunning wedding cake is of course a must preparation.
Wedding Gown
Of course no one will forget to pick a wedding dress for themselves and bridesmaid dresses for maids of honor and many formal dresses for other wedding guests such as mother of the bride and mother of the groom and the flower girls. But I want to notice that it should be decided as early as possible. As you can learn from above, there would be a lot of things to do once you decide to hold a wedding ceremony. So don’t leave choosing the wedding gown the last thing to do. It just makes nonsense to wear a common wedding dress on a well prepared wedding party.
These wedding must-haves are the basic parts of a formal wedding and will be sure to delight your guests! Keep every details in mind!
The opening ceremony of the 66th annual Cannes Film Festival was held on schedule in Cannes, France, May 15, 2013. The festival runs from May 15 to 26.
This year it opens on Wednesday with Baz Luhrmann’s 3D version of “The Great Gatsby”, a lavish throwback to the “Roaring Twenties” that befits the glamour and excess of the world’s biggest cinema showcase.
（The official poster of the 66th Cannes Film Festival, taken from a picture of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman during the shooting of “A New Kind of Love”, by director Melville Shavelson in 1963, is seen in this handout image released to Reuters on April 18, 2013. Organizers announced the competing films at a news conference in Paris April 18, 2013.）
A mass of fans and media over the world had flooded in the coastal town to catch a glimpse of the stars. Red carpet steps are one aspect of the event and, without a doubt, this part draws the most media attention. Let’s take a view of the shinning actresses this year and enjoy their fabulous celebrity dresses!
Nicole Kidman
(a multicolor, embroidered Christian Dior Haute Couture tea-length dress and pink patent Jimmy Choo pumps)
We don’t know how she does it, but Nicole Kidman somehow manages to outdo herself and gives us a fabulous shock every time!
(a two-toned Christian Dior gown with voluminous purple organza skirt
Well, can anyone believe that she is 52-year-old now? Amazing and gorgeous!
(an embroidered black and white gown with scalloped sweetheart neckline)
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi
（in Christian Dior Fall 2012 Couture）
Generally, we leave the wedding decoration business to the wedding company. However, it will cost a lot. Have you ever had the idea to decorate the wedding by yourself? It will save budgets and also create a lot of funs. By the way, you may not that agree with the wedding company’s ideas on the decorations.
Then how to do wedding decorations by yourself? If you have a very specific idea about the style, then just make a to-do list such as things for church pews, decorations at the church, guest tables and so on.
However, if you are not very sure about it, then search online and decide your favorite decorations and follow the scheme. Don’t just focus on the style; you should also take the budget into consideration. At last, make a complete scheme and do it accordingly.
Don’t forget that you are the leading role at the wedding, so don’t try to do these things all by yourself and then get really exhausted. You can have a decision on the style of the decorations and then ask your friends for help. For example, once you decided the decoration stuff, then text to your friends and ask them to get them. Thus you could think about other details.
After all the things are done, don’t forget to check them. Although a lot of things should be done by yourself, I do think that you should have a try. After all this is your own wedding and for the best the last one. It deserves all hard works by yourself.
Today I would like to introduce some classic movies about wedding to you guys. These movies are also my favorites. Well, if you still have some confusions or worries about your future wedding, I believe that these movies will tell you the answers you want. Hope you will enjoy them and learn something.
1. My Best Friend’s wedding: This is my favorite one. I believe that a lot of girls have met the same situation as shown in the movie. It is a romantic comedy, where Julia depicts as Julianne, who secretly loves Michael, but Dermot Mulroney as Michael falls in love with another girl and asks the help of Julianne to help them. You will know the feelings well and feel the strong angst of Julia Roberts if you are also the one who have someone that once loved then married to someone else. If you love someone, then go telling him and be honest. Don’t wait till he or she has moved on. That’s what the movie tells us and I hope that the one you are gonna marry tomorrow is exactly the one you have expected.
2 Four Weddings and a Funeral: This is one of the modern classics about an eclectic English clique. We can see plenty of traditional and hilarious weddings in their calendars. The story runs around Charles, the hero, who has to attend many marriages before his own wedding. Charles is absolutely a lecher. He met several women in the movie and almost all of them have had something with him. However, when he met Carrie and chat with her in the cafe, he realized he was nothing at all compared with Carrie. And just because of this, both of them are shy to talk about love and missed the confession over and over again. Finally, they confessed to each other in the rain. Only being honest, you can face love. This is the best point about love that explained by the movie.
3. My Big Fat Greek Wedding: This is one of the low budgeted movies of about $5 million but it stood at the top of the best wedding movies. What’s more, the movie is also nominated by Oscar for the best screenplay. The leading character in this movie is played by Canadian Nia Vardalos as Toula, an old fashioned, 30 year old lady, who works in her father’s restaurant. She has many dreams for her wedding, which slowly becomes true as the story begins. If you meet the true love, just go get her or him. Don’t be afraid of the reality or even give up because of the nonsupport of your family. It’s your own life and you should decide it yourself.
May 24th, 2013 
