Blushing brides
By Never teh Bride
Because the Anne Klein shoes posted yesterday by The Manolo were so delicious, I wanted to find a nice blush gown to go with them. Though I know there is a great debate among brides and bridal enthusiasts like myself regarding the whole straps versus strapless, I still love this tulle number from Raylia Designs. The gown features a bodice with striped beading and a gathering effect at the hip for a very full skirt. But, at the same time, it’s fairly simple, which may lend itself nicely to the little jewel accents on the shoes. Um, provided the bride is tall enough to let us see her feet, of course.
So, let’s say you decide to get married in blush. What does your choice say about you? Well, pink is often presented as the color of universal love. According to this site:
Universal love, of oneself as well as others, is just one of pink’s numerous connotations. Kindness, courage, energy, loyalty, purity, romance and, yes, even passion, are just a few of the key words associated with the color pink. Pink is also symbolic of bounty, fertility and abundance, as exemplified in the “Full Pink Moon” of April, a title derived from herb moss pink and wild phlox, one of the most abundant wild flowers of spring. The “Full Strawberry Moon” of June is also reminiscent of pink, known in the farming community as the moon of the strawberry harvest.
Pink also contains elements of fire and air, passion and oxygen combined, thus summoning to the mind images of life, ripeness, hunger and succulent pleasure. Even the definition of pink carries positive connotations. Pink is no longer merely a color, reddish in hue; it is also denotative of “the highest or best degree,” as in “the pink of health”.
Of course, you may simply be too pale for pure white.
February 20th, 2006 at 2:07 am
i think this dress is so pretty! I now find the idea of wearing very pale pink intriguing, rather than rejecting our of hand