Did you know you can purchase your wedding dress online?
Shopping your dream dress has never been easier. You can look your best on your wedding day without having to go into a shop physically. We know the importance of social distancing at times like these. Shopping your wedding dress online is risk-free, convenient, there are amazing specials, and you can choose from a large variety of dresses! Here are some tips for shopping for your wedding dress online! KNOW your fabrics! Wedding dresses are made out of various materials, trim
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Micro Weddings - Ideas
The average wedding includes 140 guests, but nowadays, more couples are looking to save money and further personalize their ceremonies and receptions with micro weddings. A micro wedding is any ceremony or reception with less than 50 total guests. Micro Wedding Ideas: Choose your micro wedding package. Do some research on wedding venues, doing micro weddings. Get a few options and pick the one best for you and in your wedding budget. Micro weddings reception ideas 1.Hire musi
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Style your A-line Dress
Yes, there is a lot of different wedding dress styles. And yes, you style every and each one of them differently. Here is a few tips for our most popular wedding dress style, the A-line dress. It all depends on the details your wedding dress have. Is it plain, detailed with lace and beading, long sleeves, strapless etc. Usually an A-line dress has a lace detailed bodice with beading. You don't need a lot of accessories with this style. The best is to wear nothing around your
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Bridal fittings and Lockdown
Fitting wedding dresses during national lockdown? How did things change and what's the next step for brides-to-be? Fitting wedding dresses will always be the most important part for brides. And being in a pandemic, doesn't make it easier, experience wise. But let's look at the brighter side of things and make the best of it! We can promise you, fitting a wedding dress now is very much the same (and still very special) like before lockdown. We are still trying our best finding
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How to prepare for your bridal appointment.
Most brides-to-be are not sure what to expect at a bridal consultation. Remember you are new to it and that is why you deserve the luxurious bridal treatment, when searching for your dream dress. Bridal fittings are supposed to be fun, exciting and beautiful. All you need to do as the bride-to-be, is to relax and let everything in your bridal consultant's hands. Here is a few questions, most brides wants to know before coming for a bridal fitting. All the most popular questio
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Wedding dress, Buy or Rent?
Most brides are in the middle of buying or renting. We hope to help you decide... Perks of buying a wedding dress: Your gown is clean, new and perfect for your wedding day. You are the first one wearing the dress. Your alterations will be made according to you and you can change anything you want on your dress. You can keep it forever. If you are ready one day, and you don't have space for the dress, you can resell your wedding dress and get your money value back. There are s
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Does your size really matter?
Every bride-to-be wonders, what is the perfect bridal size? Let me tell you a secret... From the years and years of experience in the wedding dress industry, we can tell you and promise you that, no matter what your size you are going to be a STUNNING bride! A lot of our petite brides-to-be feel they will never find a wedding dress that will fit and will never be a perfect length fit for them. And a lot of our curvaceous brides-to-be feel they are also going to struggle to fi
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Dress Hunting
When should you start? Where should you start? And how should you start? We've got all the answers you need to help you start your wedding dress hunting on the right foot. If you start your wedding dress hunting with no idea of a wedding dress, don't feel bad! That's what bridal consultants are for. Remember that your bridal consultant knows everything about wedding dresses! They know every style, every body shape and every little detail. They just need to get to know you. Th
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Bridal Alteration Services
A lot of brides-to-be is worried, they wont find a wedding dress that fits them. Or that the dress will be to big or to small. But bride-to-be, don't you worry! With alterations services, the real magic is happens. The most common alterations on a wedding dress: Shortening the hem. About 99% of wedding dresses will be to long for brides and will have to be made shorter. Train loop and button. For dancing it is best to hook up your train for comfort. Taking in/out at the hips
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Lace Detail Bodice
Most wedding dresses has a lace detailed bodice. It is the most popular bridal gown detail. Bridal lace can be used in different ways and comes in different shapes and sizes. What is lace? Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand. Originally linen, silk, gold or silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cotton thread, although linen and silk threads are still available. Manufactured lace may be made of
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Mix & Match - New to the Bridal Fashion Industry
For some brides, it is important to look different each part throughout the wedding day. The new mix and match style is becoming big in the bridal fashion industry. To look different at the ceremony, reception and photos is something to consider if you are getting married in 2020! You can wear something clean and plain for your reception on your wedding day. Open shoulders and something comfortable to dance in. Or you can wear it other way around, clean and open shoulders fo
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The A-line Dress
The Gabbiano wedding dress range is known for the A-line style wedding dress. A-line style dresses is the most popular and most flattering style for most body shapes. An A-line skirt is a skirt that is fitted at the hips and gradually widens towards the hem, giving the impression of the shape of a capital letter A. The magic in this shape is that it can minimize the midsection, hips and thighs, and draw attention to the bust half at the same time (depending on the neckline) T
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Delicate Frills
Bridal frills is the most feminine wedding dress detail. Frills on wedding dresses started in the 1800's in the Victorian years, when Victorian fashion started. Frills on a wedding dress doesn't just have to be on the skirt. Nowadays the new fashion started with frills on the bodice of the wedding dress, and it is gorgeous! Frills expresses that feminine look, it is fine and dainty. In the early 1900's clothing included a lot of decorations, such as lace or frills. This was a
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Cinderella Inspired
Every bride wants to feel like a princess on her wedding day. And every bride deserves feeling like a princess! When we think...Cinderella, what is the first picture coming to your mind? For most of us, a classic, traditional Ball Gown! Ball Gown style is the most traditional wedding dress style out there! This style is known for centuries. Fairytale volume is what a ball gown wedding dress feel like. Ball Gowns usually have fuller skirts. The skirt of the silhouette starts a
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Petite Beauties
Every petite bride feels like there is no wedding dress so small or short out there. But the good news is that a lot of wedding dresses start from the size UK2, which is South African size 4(XS). And of course there are also alteration services available to fit the wedding dress perfectly according to your exact size. Take a look at our Petite wedding dress inspiration: Choosing something with beautiful detail on the bodice can make the bust look fuller. It is good choice to
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Plus size Beauties
There is so many options for a bridal gown if you are a plus size beauty! A-line styles are the most popular style for a plus size bride. It emphasizes the beautiful small waist and flairs over the hips. Usually brides wants a wedding dress with a sleeve. If you are getting married during the winter season, it is a perfect choice! But if you are getting married during the warm summer months, there is no need for a bridal sleeve. If you want to cover your arms, get something s
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Behind the Gabbiano Wedding Dress
It is always interesting knowing where your wedding dress is coming from. And most brides-to-be wants to know. Read more to find out more about our Gabbiano wedding dress range! More about the Gabbiano Brand: Fabrics and materials When creating GABBIANO wedding dresses, we use only the highest quality of fabrics and jewelry. This visually distinguishes GABBIANO dresses from competitors and ensures durability and better preservation of dresses. Using modern technological sol
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Spring Weddings - Pro's and Con's
Spring is such a beautiful season to get married! The colors is bright, beautiful South African sunshine days and it's green, everywhere! Spring season is from the 1st of September till the 30th of November. For a Spring wedding there is so much you can do. Spring wedding colors is beautiful like your Lemon yellows and peaches, greens and grays, pinks and light blues, blues and whites, fuchsias and oranges, blushes and navy and shades of greens and purple. Spring Wedding Insp
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Autumn Weddings-Pro's and Con's
In South Africa Autumn is April to May. Autumn weddings is romantic, warm and cozy! The colors of an Autumn wedding is usually warm jewel tones, deep green and bright whites, pumpkin, sage and blush, rich shades of purple, trendy mustard and natural greens, elegant navy and gold, Merlot, peach and Boysenberry. Autumn Wedding Inspo: Your wedding decor and theme can be a country theme. With the Autumn colors it goes perfectly with a warm wood look and feel and very rustic decor
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