advice on veils please =)

vanmarie

Hi everyone..I need some help

I've been considering a birdcage veil, but not sure if it will go with my dress. I'm getting married on the beach and don't know if i should wear a veil at all. Please help.
Birdcage veil, traditional, or nothing at all???

Here's my dress

Thanks

jagore08

Your dress isn't showing up.

vanmarie

Sorry..I thought i did it right.

Here it is:

lala90

I think birdcage veils only go with non-traditional dresses.  I think your dress will be fine with a birdcage.   Your dress is a bit playful.

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I kind of disagree with the PP simply because I believe I have seen a couple of very traditional gowns paired with very non traditional headpieces in certain bridal magazines(like full blown ball gowns).

Don't ask me to actually remember the magazines, right now I don't have time to research which ones(my wedding is in less than 32 days and I don't have enough time to count my own fingers).

My view is this: you ARE the bride. The mix of modern and traditional is usually something the runway models are told to do by people who are paid to have larger brains.  This is your chance to have all eyes on you.  If you believe that this headpiece is perfect then don't be afraid to match it up to your gown.  This is the one single day you can get away with a fashion statement.  Go with your gut and don't doubt yourself.  I am fine with matching cage veil with your dress; my sense of aesthetics is not offended.

It's different.  But different can be good.  Go with your gut and feel the groove. So you know, I think mixing this very traditional dress with a cage veil is a delightful contradiction--it really makes the viewer take a double take: look at the dress, then the veil, then the dress again. If  you chose these two elements to stand out  on your own as an expression of you then they are meant to go together:  view your outfit on your wedding as "this is me--this is who I am! And I am proud of it!" You should never have to conform who you are to fashion trends as a bride--all those who believe they set fashion trends actually read what we do as brides and then try to cater to us, telling us what we were thinking months if not years before hand.

With regards to REAL bridal beauty, we, and not those who tell us the trends, are the true pioneers. We are the ones on the front line determining what bridal industry follows. This is the one chance in your life to show the stick thin runway models where they cannot go and where they can never be quite like you(though you are at a point in your life that many of them envy you), ever.  The roles are reversed, for once--enjoy every second of it! 

bostontoLA

A birdcage veil will definitely go with your dress!!  I wore one- info in my bio of where I got it in case you are interested!

vanmarie

Thanks!!!!!