My Tights’ Newletter recently wrote on bridal hosiery, see highlights below. Visit their bridal offerings, then have fun looking over all their funky hosiery!

• Looking your best is all about feeling confident, and for some brides-to-be that means shedding a few unwanted pounds before the big day. Try wearing one of the amazing ShaToBu shapers every day in the run up to your wedding. These streamlining shapewear shorts incorporate resistance bands which help your muscles work harder: research has shown that wearing ShaToBu for at least 12 hours a day, 7 days a week can increase your calorie burn by 12% – over a year, that’s 30,000 extra calories burned!
• For a toned silhouette under your wedding dress, a shaping slip can help to smooth out your problem areas. Trinny and Susannah’s All in One Body Smoother is an open front style which will define your waist and slim down the back, tummy, bottom hips and thighs, whilst giving you the freedom to wear whatever bra you choose.
• It is of course traditional for blushing brides to wear stockings underneath their dresses, and for those who love the look Falke’s Seidenglatt stockings give legs a glossy finish and either the off-white or nude shades will finish your look perfectly. Falke’s Tulle suspender belt in white or nude will secure them in style. If you’re more of a thigh-high girl, Trasparenze’s Athena Bridal thigh highs have a gorgeous deep lace top and come in white or ivory so you can match them easily to your gown.
• The super-luxe Mrs Godiva stockings by Bebaroque are hand-embellished with pearls and lace on one leg.
• For a quirky, inexpensive option Jonathan Aston’s Sweet Roses lace thigh highs are available in ivory and would add a touch of vintage style to an elegantly simple ensemble.

When all the formality and glitz and glamour is done. Put on some fun and funky like the mini skirt and tights below with a pair of flats and enjoy the new you!

This look inspired by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, the human skeleton is a running theme in the collection, with gowns featuring motifs running symmetrically along the length of the spine and zippers adorned with skulls. Below, Flor de Muerto dress in bone white tulle embroidered with three dimensional porcelain-coated lace motifs, alabaster stones, crystals and pearls trapped in tulle worn with a bodysuit in fine ribbed knitted silk.