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Wedding Inspiration for the Dallas Bride

We were thrilled when our friends at Warren Barrón let us invade their Dallas bridal boutique to get creative with their beautiful gowns and accessories. As you can tell from the resulting inspiration boards, we do love the freedom of choice! The gowns showcased below include Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang and Monique Lhuillier. Special thanks go to the ever amazing creativity of Dallas wedding planner Jordan Payne and Dallas wedding photographer Celina Gomez.

About Celina Gomez

Quirky, passionate and talented, Celina Gomez “loves everything” about wedding photography – the anticipation of the event, the dress, the details and the look on the grooms face when he sees his bride for the first time.

About Jordan Payne

Outgoing and zealous wedding & event planner Jordan Payne of Jordan Payne Events makes it her passion in life to design and implement Dallas/Fort Worth’s most elegant and modish events. Known for her attention to detail, Jordan brings to life the dreams and desires of each client as well as offering the latest approach in wedding and event design.

About Warren Barrón

Warren Barrón is so much more than a beautiful store with beautiful gowns. They pride themselves on offering undivided attention by scheduling private appointments for each bride. The time spent with them is spent ensuring every guest feels like they have been listened to and given the best possible service.

2012 Wedding Gown Collections

These beautiful wedding gowns are part of the 2012 collection. Many thanks to our bridal partner, Warren Barron Bridal for sharing these beautiful wedding gowns which will be available for ordering at the designer’s fall trunk show at Warren Barron.

Elizabeth Fillmore’s Nuria is silk poult strapless gown with “woodland” flower embroidered bodice and tulle peplum.

Lela Rose’s The Archive is a seed bead and crystal encrusted tulle high neck gown with faille skirt and detachable peplum.

Marchesa’s embroidered illusion dress with full tulle skirt is a vision.

Oscar de la Renta’s white floral guipure strapless gown with white floral guipure bolero.

Monique Lhuillier’s Waltz from the Platinum Collection is blush silk gauze strapless bodice gown with full embroidered skirt and grand bustled bow at back.

Ulla Maija’s Aimee is a white reengineered French floral lace with a keyhole back and soft white double charmeuse undergone.

Vera Wang’s Henriette is a guipure lace build-up ballgown with swirling honey comb tulle and horsehair confection skirt.

Vera Wang doesn’t just do gowns: She has wedding tips and ideas, too

With a client list that includes A-listers Mariah Carey and Victoria Beckham, Vera Wang knows a thing or two about dressing brides for their big day. Now Wang is taking her expertise to the Web.

Building on her 2001 book Vera Wang on Weddings, VeraWangOnWeddings.com offers a registry and shopping portal for Vera Wang products, which include everything from mattresses to lingerie. In addition, users will find bridal gown photo galleries and video of Wang offering wedding tips and ideas.

“This is our way of leveraging all of our wedding knowledge, and also my desire to tap into that emotional vocabulary of weddings from every- thing from our fragrance all the way to our new beddings and linens,” Wang says. The site is set to launch May 20.

Wang is confident that most brides can benefit from her site, even if they can’t afford her pricey designer gowns. “Brides will get me,” she says.

Wang offered a sneak peek at her top wedding season tips and trends:

Tips

• Determine what kind of bride you are. Whether you’re a romantic, modern or exhibitionist bride, Wang says, you must do what makes you comfortable. “I think you really have to be who you are on that wedding day.”

• Decide how you’re going to live. Take into consideration what kind of life you and your partner want, and stick to it. “What’s the use to have china that is $30,000 a set, you need four staff to wash it and you bring it out maybe two or three times in your life?”

• Make planning couple-centric, not bride-centric. Some brides become so caught up in the hype and glamour of their big day, they forget they’re part of a couple. “Just because you like one type of mattress doesn’t mean your spouse does,” Wang says. Decisions are “about the bride and the groom together.”

Trends

• Multiple dresses. Many brides are opting for a few costume changes on their big day, including a ceremony dress as well as a dress or two for the reception and after. “I haven’t been lucky enough to have brides buy all three from me!”

• Destination weddings. Beach ceremonies and exotic locales are getting more popular, which means brides are showing more skin. “We’ve seen a surge in (destination weddings), hence lots of short dresses, lots of soft dresses, lots of bare dresses and lots of minis.”

• Color. White remains the standard for the wedding dress, but some brides are looking for a shot of color. It’s for “an individual who really is brave and confident and wants to make a fashion statement.”

By Arienne Thompson, USA TODAY