Sheath Wedding Dresses

Sheath Wedding Dresses

Victoria Knight    April 12, 2020   

Looking for a sophisticated, contemporary take on the modern wedding dress? Consider the sheath wedding dress. With its simple lines and polished silhouette, a sheath dress is the perfect dress for the bride who desires a sleek, sexy look.

The elegance of this simple dress demands the attention of anyone in the room. Whether a bride has a lean athletic figure or a striking mature hourglass shape a simple sheath wedding dress is a tasteful dress for anyone.

Always elegant, this column wedding dress can be sexy, beach-y, classic, simple, or bohemian.

Simple wedding dresses like the sheath wedding gown pair well with a touch of vintage bridal jewelry, such as a locket necklace or pearl earrings, and finished off with a long, exaggerated cathedral veil that falls to the floor. This wedding gown embodies modern elegance of our time; where the past is revisited, reinterpreted and emerges as a new classic.

My friendly advice, before you decide you are going to be a sheath dress bride, is that you try out all the other shapes first. Identifying the style that flatters your body shape is the wisest thing to do. If you are still convinced about the sheath wedding dress (now I can finally reveal this is also my all-time favorite style!), here are some advantages and disadvantages of wearing this cut.

Some Like It Simple

Disliking ball gowns is not at all a wedding-fashion sin, as some might think. If you have an understated taste and love contemporary looks, the sheath dress is your first (and possibly only) choice.

Going Comfy

If you want to keep a smile on your face while you show off your dance floor moves, when you have to use the ladies’ room, or every time you sit, you will need a sheath wedding gown. Anything bulky and oversized (I’m watching you, princess-y dresses!) will make it difficult to fit in certain areas. Your column dress follows your body shape and it’s really light, allowing you to move naturally. What a relief!

Less Volume, Less Money

You might have overlooked this detail, but with wedding gowns that use a lot of fabric you will end up paying extra $$$. It’s only logical if you think of it, and that is why a sheath dress, which is normally cut close to the body, may cost less. As simple as that.

The White Dress Trick

Fans of the sheath cut who are on a budget can choose a simple white gown that is not sold as a wedding dress, but can work just as fine with the appropriate bridal accessories. This trick can save you a considerable amount of money, making possible alterations cheaper, as well.

No Princess in Sight

One thing that could put off many brides-to-be is that there is nothing Cinderella-esque about the sheath dress. While a ball gown clearly gives women that fairy tale feel, a column dress may seem a little too plain to a bride who wants to stand out. If you have been dreaming of a stare-don’t-look dress since you were a little girl, forget about the discrete sheath.

That Perfect Silhouette

Another major downside of the sheath dress is that it requires a really well-proportioned body. If made of thin fabric, your gown will generously display every possible lump and bump. A column dress made of a thicker material will look rather unflattering on a pear-shaped lady. The best thing is to know your body well and choose the cut that makes you feel confident.

Hoping you found these pros and cons helpful, the question arises: to sheath or not to sheath?

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Ring in The Viking Wedding Tradition

Ring in The Viking Wedding Tradition

Victoria Knight    December 05, 2019   

The history and symbolism behind the viking wedding of wearing a wedding ring. It’s worn on the fourth finger of the left hand, otherwise known as the ring finger.

Viking wedding rings today are a billion dollar sentiment of love, but no  one can really say for sure when this viking tradition actually started. Viking braided into rings for fingers an other decorative ornaments worn wedding dress by the women in those days.

On the wedding day, the coeples should switch your engagement ring to the third finger on your right hand. During the viking wedding ceremony, your future spouse places the wedding ring on your ring finger.

The custom of the third finger on your left hand being your ring finger originated in Egypt, where people believed the vein in that finger led directly to your heart. By placing the wedding ring on that finger, the groom ensures that it is in the position closest to your heart.

The circle was the symbol of eternity, with no beginning or end. The hole in the center of the ring also had significance. It wasn’t just considered a space, but rather a gateway, or door; leading to things and events both known and unknown. To give a woman a viking wedding ring signifies never-ending and immortal love.

The materials these viking wedding rings were made of didn’t last very long and soon were substituted with rings made of leather, bone or ivory. The more expensive the material, the more love shown to the receiver.

Viking wedding ring is a symbols of your love and future and should be treated with care and respect.

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Modern and Traditional Viking Wedding Dresses

Modern and Traditional Viking Wedding Dresses

Victoria Knight    December 04, 2019   

The history of the viking wedding dress is shorter than the history of viking weddings. And even shorter still than the history of marriage.

The viking bride makes her own rules, from what traditions she follows to what she wears. When it comes to wanting that timeless dress but with all of her favorite on-trend details.

You can show the spirit of the Vikings through your wedding dress attire! Viking brides didn’t traditionally wear white dresses unless their best dress was white. They tended to wear a dramatic flowing dress with ruffles and plenty of layers, on top of an under-dress.

On top of their Viking wedding dress, Viking brides wore a fur cloak and a headdress. However, the emphasis was on their hair, rather than on the dress. Viking wedding hair was braided in all elaborate and voluminous styles, before finishing with a floral crown.

Viking grooms on the other hand, wore intricate leather Norse vambraces and greaves, alongside their traditional Viking tunics that was worn underneath armour. Animal skin and fur was also worn too and it wasn’t uncommon for Viking grooms to be holding a hammer, axe or a shield too.

We’ve taken treasured viking wedding dress silhouettes and fabrics, and updated them with fresh details to make a gorgeous new trend. Keep scrolling to see how some of our beautiful real viking brides have worn some contemporary yet classic gowns.

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The Viking Wedding

The Viking Wedding

Victoria Knight    December 03, 2019   

Viking wedding traditions can add a lot of beauty and fun to a wedding plus can be a nice way to honor the past of the couple. The Wedding held a surprising amount of complexity. A man and a woman who joined their lives together in a ceremony were the very core of the Viking homestead.

Viking wedding traditions revolved around legal negotiations. Because a wedding wasn't just a man and a woman joining together. It was two families joining in an alliance. Because of this, the wedding was a long process.

Alliances between families were usually the motivating factor in a Viking marriage and seldom love. Love was expected to come later with a couple’s growing familiarity with one another.

Because marriage was the center of the family in Viking culture, Viking wedding traditions were intricate and complex.  Each tradition and ritual was deemed necessary to earn the blessings of the gods, an important step on the path to becoming a parent, and continuing the Viking bloodline.

Viking Weddings needed to be held on a Friday, as that was Frigga's day, and Frigga was the goddess of weddings, love, childbirth, and mothers. Mead, ale, and meat would need to be secured for all the guests invited, and gifts for the bride and groom from their families would need to be figured out. The bride was also expected to give her husband a gift called the morgedn-gifu on the morning after the wedding.

Frigga - Goddess of Marriage and Love

A gothi or priest who could perform the ceremony and knew the Viking wedding traditions would need to be secured.

Viking Wedding Preparations

In the day before the wedding, Viking brides and grooms separated into gendered groups with their families and friends. The reason for this was not just to perform rituals sacred to their sexes, but so the older men and women could provide guidance and comfort.

The bride would spend time with her mother and other married women. Her kransen, a circlet worn by girls over their unbound hair, would be removed to be held in trust for her future daughter.

A bride would be brought to a bathhouse or spring by the married female members of her family and her married friends. The unwed were not permitted to partake in these rituals. At the bathhouse, the signs of her maidenhood would be removed, such as her kransen (a traditional circlet that let the world know of her virginity) and her maiden clothes. These objects would be placed in a box that would be given to her future daughter.

We know that the Vikings treasured cleanliness, and it was so important to them, it became a ritual before weddings. The bride would symbolically wash away her maidenhood with the steaming water, and would try to make herself perspirate by switching herself with birch twigs. Once she felt as though her body was cleansed enough, she would jump into ice cold water to symbolically finish the cleansing.

The Viking Wedding Ceremony

Viking wedding vows consisted of the groom presenting his newly retrieved ancestral sword to his bride; she was to hold it in trust for their future son. The bride then offered the groom a sword of her ancestors, which symbolized the transfer of her father’s protection to her new husband.

The couple then exchanged rings, offered to one another on the hilts of their new swords to further seal their wedding vows.

Following the ceremony, the groom made sure to arrive first at the location of the feast in order to block the door with his sword and prevent the bride from entering until he could guide her safely across the threshold.

This completed her symbolic transition from maidenhood to marriage assisted by her husband. Feasting and merriment would then begin and last throughout the remainder of the week. Dancing, wrestling, and good-natured insult-contests provided the entertainment for the guests.

The newly married couple were once again parted the following morning for a short time.

The bride was assisted in dressing by her attendants, and her hair was braided or bound up in the fashion reserved for married women. She was now able to wear the hustrulinet, a snow-white, finely-pleated linen head-covering, as a badge of her new status as a wife. She was then escorted into the hall where, as the final legal requirement of the union, the husband paid his new wife the morning-gift before witnesses.

The viking wedding ceremony was now complete, and to show her new authority as mistress of the household, he delivered into her keeping the keys to the locks of his house.