Worn as an accessory to your hair style or as an enhancement to your dress or just as an excuse to add glamour in your day, a wedding veil is an important part of your wedding wardrobe to complete that signature look of yours and enhance your style.
When should you shop for your wedding veil - the perfect time to choose your wedding veil is after selecting that exquisite dress for your perfect day. Choose your hair style and lastly go and purchase that glamorous veil that will make people turn their heads when you are walking towards the aisle.
Wedding veils and where they came from - in ancient times of Hebrew and Romans wedding veils were worn by brides to bring good luck, present purity and for protection against evil spirits on the wedding day. During traditional times like these, wedding ceremonies were arranged by the groom’s and the bride’s families and therefore the bride and the groom were not allowed to see each other until their wedding day, as it was considered bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding day.
Today a wedding veil is something important to complete the total look of your wedding wardrobe. Choose according to your dress type and style.
Types of wedding veils - there are several types of wedding veils see the picture. Adapted from http:theringbearer.ca/images
Fly away
Elbow
Finger tip
Ballet
Chapel
Cathedral
