STRAPLESS is out. Wear color. Ditch the tiara for a headband.
The bride’s traditional wedding dress is being turned on its ear.
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So much so, she may even wear three dresses instead of one, according to trends out of the Wedding Salon, a high-end bridal show that laid out offerings from the city’s top wedding extravaganza vendors.
Wearing multiple dresses over the course of the day and evening is the latest thing, inspired by celebrities’ wardrobe changes on award nights.
“We have many brides ordering dresses for 2009 and 2010, where they’re wearing a gown for the party and then they’re switching into a short minidress,” says Cristina de Marco, general manager and vice president of Bridal Reflections.
She also said brides are shying away from strapless, which is a little too common at this point.” And they’re also ditching the all-white tradition.
As for trends in accessories, girls are wearing a lot of what the bridal shop calls metal head pieces – and turning away from the tiara.
“Nothing wrong with the tiara, but they want to do something different,” she said.
One of the biggest looks is a headband, either lace or jeweled.
At Bridal Reflections’ Fifth Avenue location, the average bride spends between $5,000 to $6,000 on a wedding dress.
But de Marco admitted the average price has sunk by a third.