Vera Wang on her birthday.Photo:Photo Courtesy of Vera Wang Instagram @VeraWang
Photo Courtesy of Vera Wang Instagram @VeraWang
Brides pay attention:Vera Wangis giving her take on the season’s biggests trends, from multiple dresses to the return of lace and the mainstay of minimalism!
“I have to say that the biggest trend I’ve seen — which, at first, was daunting for me — for my clients is that it was more than one dress. It was a dress for the engagement dinner, a dress for the afterparty and it became a series of dresses, “ says Wang, who has designed wedding gowns forVictoria Beckham,Mariah CareyandHailey Bieber.
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“When girls are wearing multiple dresses, it’s a very different experience than one dress,” says Wang, whose career has spanned 35 years, adding that she likes the “suitability” of connecting multiple dress styles to various feelings and themes for a bride’s big day.
So, with multiple changes “comes a bigger freedom from a fashion point of view because you might wear a micro mini to the afterparty. Whereas to the dinner or rehearsal dinner, you might wear a very seductive bias cut,” she continues.
Hailey and Justin Bieber at their wedding, 2018.justinbieber/Instagram
justinbieber/Instagram
Wang notes now “that there isn’t one correct dress or way to look. It’s not a commodity anymore. It’s really about individuality, hopefully, and offering the client a wide range of designs we do ready to wear as well.”
In addition to her signature wedding line, Wang has notably designed red carpet gowns for the likes ofSandra Bullock,Anne HathawayandNicole Kidman. She is also celebrating her 12thanniversary this fall with Zales for herVera Wang LOVEfine jewelry collection.
“I think a lot of technical dresses we’ve done influence ready-to-wear. So, there’s been cross-pollination through the years. But I think that the biggest thing is that girls are more open to exploring multiple fashion looks, which did not exist when I started,” she explains.
Wang also says minimalism is wedding day style she holds high, as well as lace.
“I think another very big trend, and I call it a trend, because there was a time when it didn’t mean as much, which is lace work,” Wang says, explaining that while lace was big when she first started, it “went to another place for a very long time.”
Now, “lace has come back with a vengeance,” especially lace work. “We designed our own laces, placed them in a different way. And I think that I would say it’s come back in a big, big way,” she adds.
Wang notes that “no two weddings I’ve ever done are ever the same — and that implies changes of wardrobe.” No matter what trend a bride embraces, “when you dress for a certain location and you dress for a certain time of year and a certain amount of guests — I found that to be true in my own [wedding] — if you’re getting married downtown in a restaurant, it’s not going to be the same as you were getting married at St. Paul’s Cathedral."
source: people.com
