Irish Wedding Dresses

Posted in: Alternative styles, Traditional styles, Unusual designs | March 2nd 2010 | no comments

Irish wedding dresses is a very interesting topic for future brides, from several points of view. Despite its own uniqueness and traditional style, a bride can choose now from a very large palette of different Irish wedding dresses, in terms of cuts, shapes or colors.



The most attractive and traditional element of the Irish wedding dress is the beautiful persisting train and the cathedral aspect of most Irish gowns. The incredible hemlines, length and bust lines are such a great match, not to mention that each Irish specific element has its own theme. Depending on the design of the wedding dress, colors are very well adapted, just to create a perfect coherent image of the bride.

One of the most interesting features of the Irish wedding traditions is the famous handkerchief, a magic element that has an embellishment role in the whole event. During the ceremony and the reception, these handkerchiefs are worn by the brides in their hands, or hidden under their beautiful dresses, under their veils or sleeves.

This particular strange item is a very important part of the big event, mostly because these handkerchiefs are a subtle promise of bride-to-be in becoming a mother very soon. The handkerchiefs enjoys nowadays more and more designs and colors, so the bride to match her wedding dress with the so called “baby-bonnet”.

This special tradition is very beautiful, considering that a baby can be invoked and included into a wedding ceremony without him being present or even swimming inside the bride’s womb. Tradition says that the baby-bonnet must be given to the first born child of the couple, if it’s going to be a little girl. To continue the Irish tradition, the little girl must keep the handkerchiefs safe until the day of her own wedding day.

Although it’s a very essential part in the process of the wedding, most couples are inclined to ignore this crucial part of the event, mostly because this means that the couple must start thinking about children and everything from the very wedding night. The themes that are used in the Irish wedding dress are especially country stylized, which are most known in over the world.

Another tradition that belongs to the Irish wedding culture consists in changing a very large amount of dresses in the wedding day. These traditions have a couple of significances. If the couple accepts to go along with everything, it means that the bride and the groom respect and honor their family heritage and beliefs.

The Celtic wedding dresses are created in a romantic style, and their artistic beauty reflects in every design one chooses to wear. The ancient beauty that stayed well preserved into these Irish wedding dresses still manages to buy the looks of the brides. This particular beauty is like a fairy-tale gone out of our time counting, beyond centuries and ages.