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Remember the shoulder puff sleeve dresses of the 80’s?! While I’m sure that some would consider that style “traditional”, it should be classified as contemporary for that time, or trendy. While the trends for wedding dresses and groomsmen’s attire change as fast as the fashion scene does (so like every 20 seconds), you can still have modern attire while still being traditional, if that is the style you have fallen in love with.
Traditional wedding attire is classic in style, showcasing a silk wedding dress with a shoulder or sleeve covering and long lace veil. Traditional attire for the gentlemen can be seen with a tailored tuxedo suit with or without coattails, in black or grey. Contemporary attire is very trendy, sticking with the latest fashions in bridal magazines or what the celebrities are doing, such as Hilary Duff’s blush silk tulle mermaid wedding dress adorned with giant blossoms.
Short wedding dresses or wedding dressed with a colored ribbon on them are also very trendy. Grooms can sport a white suit, a tan suit, tie or no tie, jacket or no jacket. The sky is the limit for brides and grooms looking to be contemporary or create their own fashion rule for their wedding day. For consistency purposes, it is important that the bride and groom choose to dress in the same theme, either both in traditional or both in contemporary, so there isn’t a gorgeous bride in a long lace wedding dress with a stunning veil marrying a groom in shorts and a Hawaiian shirt!
Did you think I forgot about the bridal party? Never! A more traditional style for bridesmaids is to wear the same dress, in the same color and the same style and length. To take this into the contemporary file, choose to have your bridesmaids in all different colors (or shades) or even different dress styles all together. Groomsmen can wear different color ties or even use pocket squares instead of boutonnieres. A very cool photo idea for the gentlemen is to wear funky colored and patterned socks and hike your pant legs up for a trendy photo!
