Gorgeous Kate, a Champagne Wedding Dress and Beautiful Bridesmaids

Pictures of beautiful Estilo Moda bride, Kate.

40% Off Our Gorgeous 50s Style Vintage Wedding Dresses

Get our stunning Vintage 50s style Wedding Dresses for only £449.99 this month only (July 2013). The normal price for these gorgeous dresses is £750.

The dresses are all tea length tulle strapless base neckline dresses that come with a choice of 3 illusion tops. One is cap sleeve, another is sleeveless and the third one has three quarter sleeves. Pictures below. 

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Contact us if you need any more information regarding this offer or any questions regarding our 50s Style Vintage Wedding Dresses.

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Phone: 01908925152
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Wild and Weird Wedding Dresses

We've designed more styles, colours and designs of wedding dresses than we can count but we can't say we've ever been asked by a bride to design any of these styles in the pictures below. What do you think? Do any of these float your boat:

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Which of these gives you the worst vibes?

Have a great week and happy wedding planning.

Many blessings,

Lisa xx

Wedding Diet Death Traps You Should Avoid!

 He thinks you are perfect just the way you are and would marry you at any weight but it’s not all about him, it’s also about feeling fabulous in that dream dress; or so you tell yourself.
I have perhaps met only a handful of brides who have no intention of losing weight to fit into their dream wedding dress.  In reality, when about 50% of the brides I meet come back for their dress fittings, they have failed to do this.
This is blog post which has been influenced by an article in weddingideasmag.com explores what you are doing wrong and what you can do to achieve that dream size to dazzle in your dream wedding dress.

1. You have sworn off fat completely!

This may be counterproductive as natural fats found in many foods such as meat, cheese and nuts are important for a balanced and healthy diet. If eaten in moderation, they should not cause you to pile on the pounds excessively

What to Avoid: Man-made fats such as saturated, hydrogenated fats, trans-fats found in margarine,   fast foods etc.

2. You have cut down your portions to the equivalent of two peas and a carrot!

Oh dear, this is probably driving you mad as you find that you are constantly hungry and snacking on most likely very unhealthy foods in between meals. You tell yourself they are not real meals but the calories do add up. Zoe Harcombe, leading nutritionist and author says you are better off eating sensible and adequate portions of unprocessed foods, salads and brown rice. This will help you avoid those crazy cravings that send you to the biscuit cupboard every thirty minutes. 

What to Avoid: Snacking on unhealthy or processed foods excessively in between your “ minuscule” meals.

3. You are eating less portions more times!

This provides another diet death trap as we intend to eat small portions more times during the day but we end up eating small portions of really unhealthy snacks that multiply our calorie intake unhealthily. Zoe states that it is better to eat your three square meals in healthy portions and containing the nutrients that would keep you filled up until the next meal. 

What to Avoid: Grazing on crisps, cookies, cakes and drinking lots of coffee and tea to keep the hunger pangs at bay. 

4. You have banned all forms of take away!

Ha, I’m laughing at this one as I have tried it before and it did not work. We all live such busy lives these day; both men and women and after a long day at work, the last thing on your mind is cooking. The trick here is to order smartly. Most restaurants now have calorie conscious options that you can choose from. Go for foods that are chicken or seafood based and come with lots of vegetables. 

What to Avoid: Foods that are high in carbohydrates like white rice and dough based foods

5. You have gone on a No-Carb Diet!

Everyone has tried this at one point or another. It’s hard and can sometimes be dangerous as the body needs a daily dosage of complex carbohydrates to produce healthy and sustained energy levels. What you should do is reduce your intake of sugar and flour based foods and increase intake of vegetable, wholemeal bread, fibre based cereals and skimmed milk. 

What to Avoid: Simple carbohydrates found in many sweet foods such as chocolates and cakes. 

I wish you all the very best in your wedding diet efforts and would love to know if you have any hints or tips to add to these.

Many blessings,

Lisa xxx

Is Your Wedding Stressing You Out? Here's how to deal with it

Bride in Therapy
Picture Borrowed from Lovemydress.net

Is your wedding planning making you feel like you will need therapy when its all over. Trust me, you're not alone.  If I had a pound every time a bride told me that she is struggling with one issue or another regarding her wedding, I would have been living it up in the Caribbeans by now.

Stress comes with the territory when it comes to wedding planning. Its that desire for perfection for our big day that makes it so difficult to see things through rose tinted glasses rather than the total catastrophe that it seems like at the time.

There are ways to deal with this and I am now sharing some of the techniques I used to get through the issues that caused me the most stress during my wedding 4 years ago and I hope these help you too if you come across such matters.

Here goes...

Estilo Moda Vintage Wedding Dress Collection

1. Its your wedding, do it your way. You and your groom would need to come to an agreement on exactly what is most important to you concerning your wedding and what you want your memories of the day and even the planning period to be. You would inevitably have family and friends trying to help but don't be afraid to be firm where you need to be in expressing your opinions and preferences for the day.  Agree on a budget and try as much as you can to stick to it. Money causes the most stress for most couples during their wedding planning period.

Click Here to view the Estilo Moda themed Indulge Wedding Dress Collection showing you dresses to suit a Vintage wedding, Romantic wedding, Fairytale wedding and Destination wedding.

Estilo Moda Wedding Planning Checklists

2. Create a checklist of things that you have to do before the day. This makes the daunting task of planning a wedding more manageable. It may seem overwhelming where you don't know what needs to be done, how to do it or when to do it but if you have a checklist, you can tick things off as you achieve them. Click Here to find our amazing checklist that we have created specially for you giving you timelines and providing you with all the tasks that are typical of wedding planning.

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3. Make sure you choose bridesmaids and grooms men that will help and not hinder. The worst thing ever is to have bridesmaids that make your planning just awful. I have heard horror stories about bridesmaids that sabotaged weddings and made the bride's life a living hell. Choose your nearest and dearest and don't bow to family pressure regarding this matter.
Click Here to see our stunning range of bridesmaids dresses.

Estilo Moda Indulge Wedding Dress Collection
Satin Dress - Worn 4 Different Ways

4. Don't get too hung up on a certain dress or certain look for your wedding. In fact, we always say to the brides who come in to our Bridal Boutique before they do to come in with an open mind and readiness to be spoiled :). Not many people have ever worn a dress as glamourous and detailed as a wedding dress therefore, its the one dress you just never know about. You must try on different dresses. You never know which one would look best on you until you try it. We believe that you should focus more on the fit of the dress and how comfortable you are and all the details can be changed around to suit you. In fact, we specifically change  details of a dress every time a bride requires it to suit her tastes and expectations. Click Here to view more of our innovative 2013 Estilo Moda Indulge Wedding Dress Collection and get more ideas on how a single dress can be changed until its perfect for you.

STOP Wedding Planning

5. Schedule a weekly no wedding planning day. This is very important for you and your groom's relationship. You don't want the beauty that existed between you to unravel during the period where you're planning a celebration of being joined in holy matrimony forever.  Find something else to do that night or day every week; go and watch a movie, go for dinner, cook a meal for each other and just talk about everything else in your lives not wedding related. Its easier said than done but believe me, it will be a day much looked forward to each week and something special to get you through that stressful time.

Estilo Moda Client - Aine and her handsome groom
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My final tip is that you should remember throughout the whole planning process that the most important part of this is that you will be joined with the love of your life and everything else will pale in comparison. Everything will work out at the end and you'll have a fabulous day.

Very many blessings and happy planning.

Love,

Lisa xxx

We Love Lace Wedding Dresses! Do You?

Over the past year, we at Estilo Moda Bridal have seen the rise and rise of lace wedding dresses. 30 out of an average of 40 brides we see every week is requesting for a wedding dress designed with lace fabrics.

It goes without saying that lace in its various forms is absolutely beautiful. Now don't get me wrong  I have seen some lace fabrics that made me wonder 'whose idea was this' but from one fashion season to the next, lace has been found on the catwalks and in the look books of many a designer. Lace has also been featured on the wedding dresses of many royal brides such as our very own Kate Middleton who had a long sleeve, V-neck lace bodice on her very lovely wedding dress.

Check out some sketches of lace wedding dresses we have created in the past and would be designing in future collections.  Tell us which ones you love and would love to see in our new Autumn/Winter collection which will celebrate all things lace.

Lace Mermaid Style Wedding Dress with pleated bodice and pearl beading

High Neck, Long Sleeve Fifties Style Short Full Skirt Wedding Dress

Lace and Silk Taffeta Peplum Wedding Dress Plus Paneled Skirt

Lace Applique Covered Bodice Wedding Dress with Lacy Straps and Silk Organza Tiered Skirt

Side Lace and Taffeta Mermaid Wedding Dress plus ruched bodice and Side Pleated Skirt

Lace High Neck Short Sleeve Wedding Dress plus Front Button Enclosure and Ruched Mermaid Skirt

Lace Bodice plus top pleats and Full Skirt Ball Gown Wedding Dress

Lace Off Shoulder Wedding Dress plus tulle frill bodice fringe

Lace Long Body Side sweeping pleats wedding dress plus full skirt embellished with lace applique

Lace Cap Sleeve Sweetheart Neckline A-Line Wedding Dress plus side pleats

Lace Sheath Style Bateau Neckline Wedding Dress

Which of these do you love the most and which would you like to see featured in the Estilo Moda Bridal new A/W 2013 Wedding Dress Collection?

We would love to hear from you!

Many blessings,

Lisa xxx

Win a Free Bespoke Wedding Dress and Lots More

Design your bespoke wedding dress and enter our competition for us to create it completely FREE - No Catch. Must End 28th February 2013

Also win FREE veil, jewellery, shoes and bag, lingerie, garter and great discounts off hair, make-up, nails (www.toriharrismakeup.co.uk) , favours (www.chocolatatoi.com) and stationery (www.jmscreative.co.uk) Plus an amazing voucher for a night's stay for 2 with bed and breakfast and leisure Spa at the luxury Whittlebury Hall in Buckinghamshire (www.whittlebury.com)

There are fabulous 2nd and 3rd prizes as well.

To Enter the Competition, you MUST complete the entry form on our website via this link www.estilomoda.co.uk/competitions. 

You can gain multiple entries into the competition for a better chance to win your dream wedding dress by Liking Us on Facebook, Following us on Twitter or Following us on Pinterest

Also see a sneak preview from our new collection. More on our website www.estilomoda.co.uk

Good luck,

Lisa

Estilo Moda - 2013 Indulge Wedding Dress Collection - Vintage Theme

How to Choose a Wedding Veil with Success

Many Girls have dreamt about wedding day since they were maybe 5 years old and some of them even put the entire wedding together long before they even get proposed to.  When the time finally comes to plan the actual wedding, brides find out that there are millions and millions of choices for everything that she wants to include in her wedding.  One of these is the wedding veil.

The wedding veil; most of the time comes as an afterthought after the bride has already selected her dress.  Even though the veil historically was mostly used by brides getting married in a church, the veil is fast becoming very main stream.  Do you know that the wedding veil originated from ancient Greece where people believed that the veil would protect the bride from evil spirits determined to steal her away from her groom before their happy joining in holy matrimony?

Anyway, back to the post.  Most wedding veils are created with a soft sinewy tulle fabric and come in different edgings such as pencil, cut, satin trimmed or lace trimmed.  You can also have a variety of embellishments on your veil such as lace appliques, rhinestones, swarovski crystals or pearls to give your veil the wow factor.

Wedding veils come in many different lengths and I have met many a bride who has been very confused regarding the different veil lengths and which ones will suit the wedding dress she has chosen.This article will focus on the most popular wedding veil lengths and the styles of wedding dresses each of them is best suited to.

Shoulder Length Veil - These are the shortest in length of all wedding veils and as the name describes, the edge of the veil will rest on your shoulders. The shoulder length veil looks amazing with 50s style tea length wedding dresses but ensure that you have your hair up.  It looks a bit weird to have your hair peeking our from under a shoulder length veil. Check out Audrey Hepburn looking amazing in the picture below.

(Picture from http://theveilblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/06/choosing-length-part-6-shoulder-length.html)

Elbow Length Veil - The elbow length veil is also sometimes referred to as the waist length veil.  As the name describes, the hemline of this veil rests around your waist line mostly at around 25 inches from the comb to the hemline. This veil looks lovely on wedding dresses with longer bodices such as mermaid style or A- Line wedding dresses.  Avoid wearing this style of veil with a ball gown that cinches in at the waist and flares out sharply into a big skirt. 

(Picture from http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Af-UrRRfL.jpg)

Fingertip Length Veil - The fingertip length veils sits at around 36 inches from the comb to the hem line.  Its a lovely length on a veil and it goes with most styles of wedding dresses.  You can see a similar length of veil on Kate Middleton on her wedding day.  She donned a delicate silk tulle, lace trimmed finger tip length veil and it made her look really ethereal. Here's a good picture of her wedding veil.

(Picture from http://www.aliceinweddingland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Kate-middletons-wedding-veil.jpg)

Waltz Length Veil - This length of veil typically sits at 56 inches from the comb to the hem line somewhere between the knees and the calves.  This length of veil is fairly tricky to pull off and your dress would probably need to be not very flamboyant for it not to look too awkward at that length.  

(Picture from http://s.dressfirm.com/images/product/9/9642/9642023_1_m.jpg)

Chapel Length Veil - The chapel length veil is a stunning length of veil that sits a few feet away from your legs at around 108 inches from the comb to the hemline. I love this length of veil because it looks amazing in pictures.  Its long and wispy enough to look utterly romantic when it is lifted by the wind but its not so long that it becomes a bit clumsy and too heavy to do much with.  The best part is that is also works with a wide range of wedding dress shapes and styles.  My only advise is that if your dress is very busy, then go for a cut or pencil edge chapel length veil with little or no additional embellishments or give it a miss altogether and go for a more tempered style of veil.  Check out this amazing picture I have borrowed to show you what it can do for your pictures.

(Picture from https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2a-dxgLqcOvfzgCL0sugPC2qj2in5GGur4hqXtu14lYoH6KnJYG3n_6IoRoI03qWX7LXIugrrVcPRKQ3Nxr7c5LKejZ8EfjZOfKgyblcwtpJkonZJS4k-3sb4nXS-Aa83ItZx_6EEQ/s400/veil+js.jpg)

Cathedral Length Veil - This is the longest of the typical veil lengths and usually sits at 144 inches or more from comb to hemline.  It truly is a magnificent veil and I always say if you are not getting married in a large venue, then steer well clear of a cathedral veil.  This style of veil demands much space and attention and you would benefit from wearing a wedding dress that can compete with it. Have a gander at this super dramatic cathedral veil in the picture below and note how the venue is grand enough to accommodate its splendour.

(Picture from http://www.lovemydress.net/.a/6a0120a65f64b9970c0134868d6273970c-580wi)

I hope you have enjoyed learning more about wedding veils.  Let me know how your search is going and if you feel you need any help finding a veil, then do contact Estilo Moda Bridal Shop in Milton Keynes.  We'll be happy to give you some wedding styling tips and advice.

Check out our website via www.estilomoda.co.uk

Take care,

Lisa xx

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