Anne Barge wanted to design bridal gowns since she was a child, when at the age of 3 her mother, an accomplished pianist, began taking her to the weddings for which she played. The beautiful gowns she saw inspired her to design dresses for her paper dolls and school friends.

Every bride wants to look stunning on her wedding day and when you see the names of the collections at Blue Bridalwear you know you will be getting something truly special. Elegance, Movie and Hollywood are just some of the collection names from wedding dress designer Angela Pitcher Dowdell who established Blue in 1991. Blue’s [...]

One designer wedding dress label that is a well known throughout Europe and particularly favoured by the brides of Spain is Pepe Botella. You can be anyone you desire in one of their wedding gowns and their designs just keep getting savvier.

Widely regarded as the most influential young designer in Paris at the moment is Lebanese born Elie Saab and visitors to the Paris Fashion Week were treated to a giant helping of his beautiful wedding dresses from his Winte 2010 collection. Any fashion aficionado will know the relatively new up and comer’s name and brides [...]

The Paris Couture Fashion Week hit the runways this month displaying the 2010 collections from some of the top designers in the world. Forever showcasing the designer’s ideas, fashion on the runway is portrayed as an inspiration of dreams and a wedding dress traditionally closes a designer’s show. The identity of each designer lights up [...]

Italian designer Alberta Ferretti has launched a new collection of wedding dresses. Ferretti is known for her used of chiffon within her normal collections and it also features strongly in her all white bridal range along with silky satins.

The label, Le Spose de Gio was created by the De Capitani sisters in 1975. Each design is still made in Italy and encapsulates everything that your bridal outfit should be elegant, beautiful and timeless. But the Le Spose di Gio collection also looks at the bridal outfit with a modern eye, their is a shift style dress and [...]

For brides living in the United States who would like to add a touch of European design to their wedding day, try visiting Joan Gilbert’s studio in San Francisco. Joan, a dress designer herself, stocks a number of gowns from Italian, French and English designers, made to your exact measurements. Viewing is by appointment only, so you [...]