Once you have selected your destination wedding venue, wedding dress then you need to select your wedding jewellery. They key to your choice of wedding jewellery is really “the dress”!.
It is important not to go overboard. If every piece of jewellery you wear is stunning, then they will all fight for attention and in the process divert attention away from you – the bride!
Most people build up a “look” or theme around one particular piece of their wedding day outfit. It might take a while to settle on a theme, and it may change several times before the big day, but at some point you will probably see a gorgeous pair of shoes, or an adorable bouquet of flowers that inspires the rest of your outfit, or even the whole wedding. Whatever your inspiration, it’s a good idea to try and get each piece of the outfit to sit harmoniously with everything else. Don’t feel that you have to color match everything perfectly, but don’t buy things in isolation.
First of all, you need to fix the budget for the shopping as mentioned before. This would help you to narrow down your search for the right kind of wedding jewelry. Wedding jewelry can get really expensive; therefore it is a better bet to fix upon a certain amount. It would help you to make a better and a faster mode of selection as well.
You do not always have to spend an exorbitant amount on wedding jewelry. Browse through your mother’s jewelry box and wear a family heirloom.
Balance is the key -
Buy for the Future
Pearls, gold, diamonds and other precious stones are expensive but timeless and if carefully chosen can be thought of not an expense but an investment !
Stick to Your Own Style
If your normal style is funky and modern, you are not going to feel particularly comfortable on your wedding day with conservative jewels.
Wedding jewellery is generally fashioned out of crystals, pearls, diamante or a combination of the three, and is available in a vast array of styles and designs. As most brides wear dresses that involve either small or no straps, they choose to wear a bridal necklace, adding a little sparkle to their otherwise bare neck. The majority of bridal necklaces are white, ivory or cream in colour, and rather than consisting of a chain with a pendant are instead made up of delicate beaded designs.
Don’t feel forced to wear anything that clashes with your personality and your personal style.
That said, I am not convinced that tongue and nose studs are a particularly good look for a bride!
If you are going for a theme at your wedding like baroque for a castle wedding keep your jewellery style sympathetic to this style – Whether it be design or colour.
Introduce Colour
While traditionally bridal jewellery is silver or gold, pearl or diamond in colour, there is nothing at all to stop you from introducing more drama by choosing jewellery with some colour. Pearls look great at a castle wedding.
It is particularly effective to subtly pick up the colours of your bridesmaids dresses with an accent colour in your jewellery. Here are some suggestions:
A gentle taupe introduces soft colour. Shades like this work great with cream coloured wedding dresses or dresses with an antique style.
Sapphire or blue colours will perfectly pick up the colour of blue bridesmaids dresses, or of the bride’s eyes. Have the men wear a buttonhole with a blue flower.
Red is the bridal colour in China, but for most of us seems quite a brave colour for a bride to wear at her wedding, but if kept as a subtle accent can work brilliantly – especially with a red rose bouquet.
You need to consider your wedding dress and the hair style that you want to go with it before you can think about your wedding jewellery. Think about your venue too. An up do and heavy jewels would look silly on a beach.
Another consideration is to buy well made jewellery as you will want it to be passed down to your daughter and hopefully your grand-daughter as a family heirloom.
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