Wedding Dresses

Chinese Style Wedding Dresses

If you’re thinking of wearing a more outstanding, distinctive, unique and unconventional wedding dress on your big wedding day you can opt for a truly romantic, stylish and feminine Chinese style wedding dress.




This style is great for bold brides who want to take a chance on something really provocative, remarkable and unusual. Before you consider a Chinese style wedding dress to be a too big challenge, let’s see what a Chinese dress looks like and what are its main features that make it so special.

In most regions, the Chinese wedding dress is brightly colored in orange, red, pink or brown. But the most popular color for Chinese bridal dresses is red. In Chinese cultures, red stands for power, strength, wealthy, prosperity, fire, energy, safety, good luck, happiness and protection against evil spirits.

If you want to wear a traditional Chinese style wedding dress you can choose from different styles that differ from region to region. For example, if you love the idea of wearing Chinese style wedding dress composed of a tunic or a frock in one piece, then search for North Chinese style wedding dresses named Qipao. These dresses are usually richly embroidered with all kinds of jewels made from gold and silver.

The appliqués are picturing in most cases dragons or phoenix figures. These creatures happen to be the symbols for power, protection and social status. In traditional customs, besides the red wedding dress, Chinese brides have to wear a red veil too. The veil is meant to cover the head of the bride as a sign of virginity, mystery and purity. Her groom is allowed to see her face only during the wedding night. In general these frocks are long and quite heavy.

If you’re wedding is to be held in a hot summer day, choose a light material, such as silk, organza, duchesses satin, georgette, damask, rayon, chiffon, linen or cotton. Opt for a kimono Chinese style wedding dress that can expose more skin, make you feel more comfortable and look more feminine, stylish and naturally charming. You will be able to find modern frocks or Chinese style wedding dresses in different bridal stores that provide with such types of wedding dresses. The modern versions of the frocks are more attractive, sleek, sexy and short.

Most modern Chinese style wedding dresses are more elaborated, refined and elegant, especially if we are to refer to the embroideries and embellishments. You can plan a whole Chinese themed wedding around your Chinese style wedding dress. Choose a red, pink and white color scheme or perhaps a pale pink, white and brown theme for your wedding dress and décor and obtain a very refined, elegant, chic and stunningly beautiful atmosphere.

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