Carolina Herrera
I recently stumbled upon the wonder that is New York Bridal Fashion Week. What? How did I not know this was a thing? During the second week of October, New York bridal and fashion gurus sent their offerings for the Fall/Winter 2018 (that’s right, I said 2018) bridal season. And with big-deal designers like Carolina Herrera, Marchesa, and Zuhair Murad in the mix, what’s being shown is legitimately fashionable, and not the parade of frou-frou you might expect. This is no bridal fair!
I don’t usually get particularly jazzed about bridal stuff, but these designers really knocked it out of the park. For example, I never thought the words “bridal jumpsuit” would make my heart flutter, but flutter it did. And the capes! I’m a sucker for a good cape on a normal day, but pair it with a sleek sheath dress and cover it with beads, and I’m a goner for sure.
I tried to cut back on the photos I included in this post, I swear I did. However, I was generally unsuccessful. My bad…
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October 20, 2017 at 6:38 am
I think some of those beautiful dresses need more than just five stars. Happy that you didn’t post the price tags. All of them are beautiful. Hal
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October 20, 2017 at 10:41 am
Ha! I’m sure you’re right about the prices. I confess it didn’t even occur to me to look!
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October 20, 2017 at 7:20 am
Beautiful dresses. There is something about a wedding dress.
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October 20, 2017 at 10:41 am
There really is.
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October 20, 2017 at 9:32 am
Wow, talk about upscale! There was that one where the woman looked like Dracula with the floor length cape, which was a bit humorous IMHO. The rest were gorgeous…especially the small, silver fringy cape which was out of this world. Too bad us 99% will never be able to afford such pretty things, but hey, we can have fun dreaming!
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October 20, 2017 at 10:45 am
My mother taught me that stores that are out of my price range should just be thought of as museums with price tags. Smart lady, my mother.
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October 20, 2017 at 3:37 pm
I LOVE that!
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October 20, 2017 at 3:44 pm
She said it all the time. Then we were at the Met looking at some gorgeous antique furniture, and I said to her, “It’s really annoying that there are no price tags.” We laughed hard!
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October 20, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Ha ha ha! Awesome!
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October 20, 2017 at 3:37 pm
So elegant and I love all the strong lines in the tailoring. It makes me wish I had worn pants and/or a cape for my own wedding all those years ago. In fact, I might just have to get remarried (maybe even to the same bloke if he’s lucky) just so I can wear something more gorgeous than I did for our penny wedding.
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October 20, 2017 at 3:43 pm
That’s a great idea! We were only able to get married in 2009, so my dress regrets aren’t quite as profound as some of my friends. I, too, would go for a pants suit and cape. We can be vow renewal superheroes!
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October 20, 2017 at 3:48 pm
It was 1996 for me and actually my dress has not dated awfully by virtue of the fact that budget necessitated it being very simple. We were poor undergraduates when we married so we were definitely stretching every penny. No regrets on that front but I am not really much of a dress person. I am definitely a trousers person.
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October 20, 2017 at 5:11 pm
I could see you rocking bridal trousers! We have a very posh, fashionable friend who wore bridal separates: a long skirt for the ceremony, photos, and dinner, then she literally tipped it off to reveal cigarette pants when it was time for dancing. But she is unnaturally awesome.
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October 20, 2017 at 5:34 pm
That’s just fabulous!
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October 20, 2017 at 5:38 pm
Dresses to die for. I don’t want to think about what I did with my own wedding dress. A past regret, but hey ho, we can’t go back can we.
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October 21, 2017 at 8:19 am
My mother gave me hers to wear to a junior high costume party, where it was treated to spills and passing cigarette burns and trod-on hems. It was garbage after that. I don’t know what she was thinking.
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October 23, 2017 at 3:37 pm
I just sold mine to a theatre company. No regrets!
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October 23, 2017 at 9:14 pm
That’s a great idea!
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October 22, 2017 at 9:07 pm
I love watching the television show “Say Yes to the Dress.” Don’t know why, probably because I bought my wedding dress off the sale rack. On my lunch hour. I never had the ‘experience’ these young brides are looking for. But I’m still married after 27 years so I guess it all worked out. I notice on some of these wedding dresses and what I’ve seen on TV that sleeves are coming back! Not everything is sleeveless sweetheart neckline mermaid! 🙂
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October 22, 2017 at 9:56 pm
Amen, sister! I love a good sleeve, especially a bell sleeve, and I’m relieved about that, too! Not that I’m in the market for a wedding dress, but I’m still interested.
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October 23, 2017 at 3:38 pm
These are stunning.
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October 23, 2017 at 9:14 pm
They really are. They’ve come so far since the crap I wore in the eighties!
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October 28, 2017 at 8:18 pm
Your bad is good!
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October 28, 2017 at 8:51 pm
Thank you!
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