🇬🇧 Precious tips for brides

This text has precious tips for brides. My frame of reference is essentially Western. My knowledge of dress and grooming traditions relating to oriental weddings is very shallow, so I won't go into them here.

In principle, I do not recommend wearing a white dress, although this is a strong Catholic tradition. Not even a black dress, also traditional in some regions.

The first big moment of the wedding ceremony is the bride's entrance. She's the centre of attention, and obviously her makeup, how she's styled her hair, and everything she's wearing, especially her dress.

When the bride chooses her own dress, if she has healthy self-esteem and emotional maturity, desirable qualities in someone who is going to start a family, the only reason that justifies getting married choosing the colour and model of the dress just because it is what everyone else wears, or because she thinks the colour is beautiful, is ignorance. A wedding is usually a time when the investment for everything is high, and skimping on choosing a dress without seeking qualified guidance is a sign of low self-esteem. What other reason would lead someone to refuse to pay for professional guidance to get the most out of their beauty on a special date? Low self-esteem and emotional immaturity often lead people to divorce.  So... red flag in sight.

If the bride is not the one organising the ceremony, at least the dress is something she should choose. And then what I said in the previous paragraph applies.

Thinking about imitating what other brides do, to avoid criticism, is a sign of immaturity and lack of emotional preparation for such an important step, but it gets worse because it's also a form of self sabotage. This is because if the person does not assess whether the colour and tone of the clothes values ​​their beauty, the result is a weak or even negative image. In the case of pure white, normal people usually don't have teeth that shade and... you can look at pictures of other people wearing white or even pictures of yourself wearing white on your upper body and smiling to realise that your teeth look ugly in pictures, the smile often looks yellow.  Forcing not to show your teeth is an equally bad choice. But for those who are sabotaging themselves, it doesn't matter. If someone with low self-esteem and emotional immaturity is reading this text, they are thinking that I, who have worked with personal image for decades, do not know anything about the subject. If I don’t, nobody else does.

Dress colour can help an anxious bride remain calmer during the ceremony, when chosen with purpose, and with my guidance through style consulting. It can also express decisions, value the most striking personality characteristics of the bride, among other effects.

The dress model also says a lot about who wears it and can speak very badly of a bride who just follows fads. For full-figured women, for example, the white dress and several other light tones have the power to make the person look fatter. If the skirt is voluminous, the result is even worse. Want to get worse? If you have chubby arms wear a sleeveless dress, one with puffed sleeves or any model with sleeves in the same shade as the dress or lighter than it.

Equally disastrous effects are possible for any body type, for people who are thin or athletic, tall or short.

The choice of hairstyle and makeup are also important, but I'll leave that to discuss with you in the consultancy.

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Nycka the Nomad