With funky flair, feminine touches and bright colors, these beautiful baubles from Elva Fields would make great adornments for your bridesmaids, or a lovely finishing touch to your own bridal gown or rehearsal dinner dress. Owner and designer Emily Wheat Maynard has a passion for jewelry that has taken her to flea markets, auctions and shops all over the world, scouting for unusual vintage and antique pieces to use in her designs. Her finds are […]

Happy Monday Junebug readers! Just as we promised you last week, today is a special giveaway day! In Thursday and Friday’s Real Wedding blog posts, we introduced you to the amazingly stylish and beautiful bride Cherise, who also happens to be one of the designers behind Omelle shoes. Cherise and her design partner Nicole were two young, shoe-obsessed women who met at L.A.’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and came together to create a […]

The always fun and whimsical fashion designer Cynthia Rowley has just launched a new bridesmaids’ dress collection through The Dessy Group (one of our fabulous blog sponsors) and we’re loving the way she has combined her playful aesthetic with classic and elegant dress silhouettes that are flattering and easy to wear. Check out the collection at Dessy.com where you can choose from a nearly endless palette of gorgeous colors to customize the dresses for your […]

We are huge fans of Jennifer Behr’s stunning wedding veils, headbands and hair accessories here at Junebug and have written about her collections a number of times, that’s why today we’re SO excited to announce a Jennifer Behr giveaway! As a great way to start the spring and summer wedding season, Jennifer is generously giving away one of her lovely Crystal and Silk Chiffon Skinny Headbands to a lucky Junebug reader! The headband, shown above […]

Just in time for all those deliciously playful and preppy outdoor weddings that are being planned for this spring and summer, Brooks Brothers has just unveiled a new line of reversible silk bow ties in vivid colors and graphic patterns, and we’re in love! The iconic all-American brand teamed up with K. Cooper Ray, the founder of the manners, men’s style and etiquette blog SocialPrimer.com to put a twist on the classic Brooks Brothers look, […]

Short wedding dress above from Monique Lhuillier   To round-out the blog posts about our favorite trends from the recent bridal market collections, today we’re having fun with the most carefree of all the looks – short wedding dresses! Some are casual and playful, some are demure and sophisticated, and some are just mini, mini, mini. In our opinion though, all could be fabulous wedding fashion options for just the right bride! Short wedding dresses […]

There’s nothing quite like a bold necklace to brighten up an outfit and make it really sing, so wouldn’t that apply to your wedding day too? Check out this fun collection of PD Couture necklaces from Prismera Design and imagine all the wedding fashion possibilities! Each piece is carefully cut, layered, sewn, and draped by hand, and the combination of materials used gives them such rich dimension. Whether worn as a daring part of your […]

Tulle wedding dress above by Oscar De La Renta via AisleDash.com Following up on last week’s post about wedding dresses with floral embellishments, another bridal fashion trend that I’m loving from the Spring 2011 bridal runways is the use of tulle! Layers and layers of fluffy, floating, diaphanous, tulle! Whether as the skirt of a ballgown, a tiny decorative detail, or an overlay to an entire dress, there’s just nothing as sweet or romantic as […]

Bridal market week has come and gone and I’ve been having a blast checking out all the new wedding dress designs that will be in stores soon! One of my favorite trends from this season? Floral embellishments. From large and architectural fabric roses to tiny, sparkling, beaded floral accents, flowers were all over the runway this spring in every shape and size. Here are a few of my favorite new floral wedding dress looks… All […]