Living Inside My Head

I have noticed that more and more brides nowadays are choosing to wear wedding dresses with sleeves. Previously, the trend in the Philippines was for the bride to wear a strapless wedding dress; wedding dresses with sleeves were deemed as old-fashioned and uncomfortable (because of the humid climate). But since the wedding of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (nee Kate Middleton) to Prince William in April 2011 where she wore a lace wedding dress with sleeves, a trend was set. Laced and sleeved wedding dresses are now in. As for me, long before the marriage of the Duchess of Cambridge, I've always wanted to wear a lace wedding dress with sleeves. I've seen countless photos and portraits of empresses, queens, princesses, duchesses, and noble ladies all throughout history wearing beautiful gowns, and this inspired me in my choice. There is something so elegant and timeless about these dresses. Now that I'm getting married next year, I now know exactly what I wanted in a wed...

It's quite a boring day. Nothing much to do. Woke up around 8:30am by a call from Baby. Spent the whole morning surfing the internet - for wedding dresses! Haha! Yeah, wedding dresses. But I'm not getting married and I will not anytime soon. It's just that I am very fascinated with them and decided to take a look at designs that would catch my fancy. Every girl dreams of the day when they will be wearing one! Anyway, I stumble across this rather wonderful and interesting quotation about wedding gowns:  "Real princesses always wear sleeves so why do we all go for strapless? " And I couldn't agree more. Strapless, backless or with low cut neckline wedding gowns are sexy, modern and very flattering but honestly, I think  nowadays we are loosing more that mysterious and ethereal look of the bride. We tend to reveal more and hide less. Personally, I prefer a wedding dress that has a touch of vintage, one that has sleeves or a boat neckline. These styles are real...