Everlasting Style

It's always a sweet idea to wear your mother's wedding dress, but usually once most bride's set their eyes on the dress, the excuse (and sometimes reality) of the dress yellowing saves the bride from wearing shoulder pads on her big day. Or sometimes even after looking at the pictures of your mom's big day make you wonder what in the world was she thinking wearing sleeves in an outdoor june wedding?

The excuse of mom's is always the same, "it was the style back then".
Instead of suffering the same silly embarrassment and having to use that line to your children one day, here are some current styles to avoid. These are the ones that will make people think in less than a few years, "she wore THAT on her wedding day?!" when they are looking at your pictures.


The Sheer Corset Top

We ALL get it, you want to be sexy on your special day. Unfortunately these dresses usually tip into the trying to hard category. (They also fit into your future teenager will laugh harder than she has in weeks category).

GIANT Bows

It's retro chic, but not wedding elegant. Bows tend to either add an extra layer of beauty to a dress when placed right, but when they are obnoxiously large, all the do is take away from your beauty on your special day.


The Feathered Dress

You're one of a kind and naturey and you think this is the perfect dress to match the two. Just because you like birds doesn't mean you have to look like the female big bird on your special day. Be sure to bring a mini vac into the limo though because they will charge you to clean up your sheddings.

Asymmetrical gatherings

I will admit that a lot of times, gatherings and ruchetting look amazing, but there are few dresses that try too hard to be different.


If you're still not convinced all the dresses featured can be found at David's Bridal or the House of Bride's

Remember ladies, you can only wear a poofy dress twice in your life, your prom and your wedding!
--The Southside Bride