Black Wedding

17 January 2013

Natalie Portman beautiful as the evil temptress in Black Swan

     "Brides have been wearing white since the Victorian era, so perhaps it is time for a new colour to be introduced?" So says a pundit on the wedding web.

      " When you think of wedding gowns,  a white or ivory confection comes to mind. But recently designers such as Vera Wang have been experimenting with a bold alternative: black. Some may say it can look distinctly Gothic, therefore undermining love, while others  say it is a statement dress that everyone will remember.  It will be interesting to see if this trend will reach local bridal boutiques or will be restricted to the cat walks. Is black the next white?" The pundit continues.

Wedding day bling. Did Klimt get it right is gold the colour of love?

     She definitely wasn't thinking of gold, or to be exact yellow but Klimt's wonderful exercise in bling maybe gets it right.

     The only problem I can see looking at Vera Wang's selection, of predominantly black dresses, on her website is that all the striking girls wearing these witchy black wedding gowns (the designer herself is said to have admitted that they are on the 'witchy' side) would probably look more attractive in white, cream, ivory or almost any other pastel shade. 

    The rebellious, statement making, drama queens who might be tempted to weddings with a gothic look, might be put off by 'gothic' being a bit passé these days, and are surely the girls who would probably find the whole idea of getting 'married' an anathema anyway.

     Better than the designer black perhaps, a scarlet woman?

Ruby red wedding dress for a foxy lady.

   However, I don't think it is the colour black that is at fault. Any bride thinking of a dramatic statement dress might well be tempted by the look above. All it requires is the healthy beauty of a real woman rather than the clothes horse, bag of bones, "you wanna see my skeleton? " image demanded of model girls.

Five lovely bridemaids in black and not a witch amongst them

More Swan Lake than Hansel and Gretel, the black tiara and stunning eye make-up above would certainly set off a black wedding gown. If you then dress your bridesmaids in fluffy white tulle you have all the style, romance and drama that your friends swan like forms can support. 
    You can have the choice between being Odette or Odile, black swan or white, (if I were you I'd base the decision more on Tchaikovski 's ballet than the heart rending cinematic update of the same theme).

    Less  art and ballet and more happy brides on my website