About Beach Wedding Dresses

Beach weddings are considered more informal than their church counterparts. Full formal skirts and poufy headpieces aren’t required. Instead, a sleek, casual style is called for. That isn’t to say your day will be any less special or glamorous than that of a church wedding, it only means you’ll want to go with a different type of dress or gown.

An informal wedding dress looks classy and elegant for your beach wedding, without being too over the top. It has many different styles, a halter or strapless top or sleeves for those who prefer to cover up a little more. All are slim but flowing with various lengths.

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Wedding Dresses

Welcome to our new 2007 range of wedding dresses. You may also be interested in our range of bridesmaid dresses, flower girl dresses and mother of the bride dresses

We also have an exciting range of wedding dresses in halter neck and wedding dresses in off the shoulder style, including fitted bridal gowns and strapless gowns.

Smart Bride also presents a great range of two piece wedding dresses in cream, gold, silver, pink, or blue, full skirt wedding gowns, plus many more custom tailored, couture and off the shelf wedding dresses.

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Wedding Dresses Gowns

The most exciting and memorable part of preparing for the big day, Getting the wedding dress you have always dreamed of. Many Brides will have an idea of style in mind and more often than not end up with something completely different so bear this in mind when searching and trying - you may surprise yourself.

Have a look through the hundreds of wedding dresses available; we aim to cater for all brides and all budgets.

The wedding dress is one of the most important factors of the day so take your time and enjoy the most beautiful dresses and gowns from the top UK designers.

A Wedding to Remember: Shopping for the 'Perfect' Dress

It's secondary only to finding the man of her dreams. Industry insiders call it the "Oh, mommy" moment: when a bride-to-be finds and falls in love with "The One" — her dream wedding gown.

Sometimes, however, a bride's dream gown is at odds with the gown her loved ones envision for her. Herein lay the crux of another "Primetime" hidden camera experiment.

The objective: to find out whether honesty is the best policy when a bride-to-be has found "The One," even when it's completely wrong for her. Should friends and family be supportive and hold their tongues, or should they tell the truth if they think the gown is terrible?

Watch the story on "Primetime" tonight at 10 p.m. ET.

For this experiment, ABC News asked real brides-to-be to invite their family, bridesmaids and friends to the upscale Manhattan bridal emporium Kleinfeld to bear witness to a fitting of their supposed dream gown.

ABC then paired each bride with outrageous bridal garments, some of which were actually for sale, that were sure to elicit strong reactions from their loved ones.

ABC also invited Carley Roney, editor-in-chief of the wedding Web site TheKnot.com, to watch the experiment from our control room and provide insight into some of the scenarios as they played out.

When the brides stepped out of the dressing room and stood in front of their guests, hidden cameras were there to catch every jaw-drop and every eye-pop.

Dutiful Friends and Bridesmaids

Andrea Sinkin, a 28-year old trend consultant, wanted to put her friends and bridesmaids to the test. On the day of her fitting, Andrea stepped out of the dressing room donning a gown that looked like every Goth girl's vision for prom circa 1984: a scarlet red heap of lace, chiffon and tulle.

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Eco-friendly wedding dresses

Depending on your romanticism and your love of weddings you may see the wedding dress as an iconic item, a memento, an heirloom, a symbol of beauty, purity, femininity or a puffy thing that wastes a lot of fabric for just a few hours.

Or, perhaps you have an ecologically mixed view of the dress. So how do you have a gorgeous, symbolic dress within your budget and stay eco-friendly? I can only offer a few suggestions.

Threadhead Creations offers off-the-rack and custom designed dresses. The designer uses hemp, cotton, peace silk, raw silk and bamboo to make her dresses. You pick the fabric, the style, the color and the train.
Within a few months you have an ecologically friendly dress made by hand. Prices range from $450 to $2,000. The dresses tend to be classic and simple. Don't expect bustles. Think hippie.

Wholly Jo's is a UK-based dressmaker that uses exclusively fair trade and organic fabrics. You can also recycle material from another wedding dress for a new creation. With this shop you can be sure one woman is making a unique dress designed for you, but you've also got to allow at least six months time and be prepared to pay. £350 to start on wedding dress designs, fittings etc. Fabric not included.

Conscious Clothing based in Santa Fe, New Mexico is another clothier with the environment in mind. Their fabrics are all hemp blends, including hemp/silk, hemp/floral jacquard and hemp/silk/satin. They also have pure Vegan fabric. The dresses are fantastic, but the prices are to be expected: $700 - $2,000 as a starting point.

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