Styles Through Time – A Guide to Gowns

baroque2Refinement and High embellishments in every day wear has been lost in the past.  It doesn't necessary need to be lost in your wedding.  Being a previous wedding consultant, I was used to seeing and selling the basic white modern wedding gown.  It would be exciting to help a bride who was open minded.  Color has been introduced in wedding gowns for decades, but has become so much more popular in the last 7 years. 

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Years after years of seeing so many copy cat gowns of the same look, there are a few designers who are a bit more edgy. 

Always the goal of your wedding should be to marry the love of your life, and second, to have an unforgettable wedding.

Here are some looks though time that surely inspire

Which style do you fit in?

 

Jacobean Era or Restoration Period Baroque (1603 - 1625)
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 Maria Luisa Black Silk Taffeta Gown by John Galliano for Christian Dior
Elizabethan (associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603)),

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Elizabeth The Golden Age
Shakespeare (1564-1616),

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Chanel
Ancient Rome (9 BC-5 AD),

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Carmen Electra

Ancient Greece (750 BC-146 BC),

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Greek Gown Historial Society
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Greek Gowns

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Faviana Prom Collection 2009
Medieval (5 AD-14th century),

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Renaissance (14th-17th centuries),
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Azraels Accomplice
American Colonial (1776-1849).
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