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Unique Wedding Jewellery
Having spent countless hours searching for your dream wedding dress, don’t forget to fully research your wedding accessories as well. Make sure you think hard about the type of jewellery, shoes and hair pieces that you want in order to complete the look.
Unique wedding jewellery is a great way to stamp your own style on your big day. Whether you choose to have bespoke pieces created for you, source some vintage items or decide to go all out on the flamboyance, your wedding jewellery will add the sparkle of your own personality to your bridal look.
In order to make your wedding day outfit unique wedding jewellery ought to suit your style, your dress, your shape and your hairstyle. If you don’t normally wear yellow gold then stick to silver, white gold or platinum pieces. If you’re usually quite flashy with your choice of jewellery then don’t suddenly become demure and understated just for your wedding day.
Although it’s not always possible to try your jewellery on at the same time as your dress, it’s worthwhile to have a picture of your frock that you can refer to when shopping for your wedding jewellery.
Necklaces ought to be complimentary to the neckline of your dress, decorating your décolleté and creating a focal piece for all your other pieces of jewellery. You can choose a tiny ornate pendant or a massive gemstone, but it’s always best to match the materials to your other items, such as bracelets and earrings.
Bracelets ought to be comfortable to wear and low maintenance; an arm full of jangling bangles is not ideal in a formal church ceremony! Earrings can provide the finishing touch and enhance the shape of your face, so choose carefully to achieve the maximum effect.
It’s always useful to consider what pieces you will be using in your hair, as a vintage inspired hair comb will require a different set of jewellery to a highly embellished tiara, for example. If you already have one of these items, it’s helpful to take it with you to try on when choosing the rest of the ensemble.
Choose items that you’ll want to wear again, both because they remind you of your wedding day and because they were comfortable. Beautifully elaborate earrings are no good if they hurt your ears after half an hour! It’s always worth investing in quality materials for your jewellery, as no bride wants the telltale green rub of faux metal!
Don’t feel like you must have a full matching set; for some dresses the only thing that you need to complete the look is a simple pair of stud earrings, whilst other brides might prefer to only have a bracelet and necklace. The idea is that you are simply frosting your outfit with complimentary items to create a gorgeous, glamorous wedding day look.
