You’ve got your dress, but that doesn’t mean that your wedding day look is all set in stone. Typically, a bridal look also has accessories to up the glam and bring out your beauty, as well as personalize your look. You may not need every accessory mentioned here (sometimes less is more), but you should […]
In our last blog, we talked about adding pops of color to your wedding day, with colorful shoes, bows, or lipstick. But what if you want to do something completely different? The traditional white wedding dress is beautiful, sure, but it’s not for everyone. Maybe you want to surprise your guests with a brightly colored […]
Popularized by Queen Victoria, the white dress is one of the most-loved wedding traditions across the United States, Europe and places all around the world. Women have been dressed in white on the day they say, “I do” for centuries. However, many brides are looking for ways to add color to their wedding look. Why […]
If you’ve ever been asked to be a bridesmaid, you probably first felt excitement over being asked to be a big part of your friend’s big day… and then you may have felt dread over what sort of dress that you might be asked to wear. Terrible bridesmaid dresses are a common movie trope: matching […]
The “tradition” of white wedding gowns is actually a very modern trend. Prior to the wedding of Queen Victoria, brides would get married in a fashionable dress for the time period. Families would see the occasion as a chance to show off their wealth and status. Wealthy and noble families would dress their daughters in […]
A relatively recent change to the wedding dress industry is the presence of sleeves, after years of strapless ball gowns dominating the market. This is in large part to 2011’s royal wedding. When Prince William married Kate Middleton and she became the Duchess of Cambridge, the bridal industry all turned their eyes to the wedding […]
Trends have a habit of changing…frequently. In the bridal world, there are some standards that will never go away, like wearing white and carrying a bouquet. Other bridal trends come and go, or surface and resurface every few years. As bridal professionals, we at Fan C like to stay on top of the current trends, […]
At Fan C Designs, we appreciate that curves are beautiful. Curvy fashion should accentuate your curves, not try to hide them or draw the eye away from them. And there are a number of tricks you can use to draw attention to your curves. Many curvy fashion guides suggest cinching the waist in some way. […]
Here comes the bride, all dressed in—What? These days, choosing a wedding gown is a complicated, time-consuming task, mostly due to the sheer number of options in front of women today. Finding your perfect gown is no longer a matter of running to the store and choosing the nicest, white dress that you see. As […]
Most clothing stores have a limited idea of what design styles flatter curvy figures. The plus size fashion section can be bland, full of baggy clothes that look like something your mother wore in middle age. But these are far from the only options when it comes to curvy fashion. Curvy women are as varied […]
