Run away bride or runway bride?

New looks and ideas for today stylish bride!

I believe most of my brides in the last two years have worn strapless gowns. They are classic, elegantly simple and allow for easy of movement. However that movement sometimes goes south, as the bride spends most of her evening puling up her gown. This of course can be the demise of a poorly fitted gown but non-the less; more is more, if you get my drift!

Designers are pulling for you by creating beautiful new gowns with a variety of sleeves and new designs.

The lines have definitely blurred between what is happening in fashion and what designers are showing for brides. Just as "anything goes" in the fashion world brides are stepping up and branching out into fashionable wedding statements. Stylish photo shoots are replacing the typical magazine shoot. Today's brides have grown up in a visually and audibly stimulated world. Fashion whips across the Internet the day it happens!

Top wedding consultants are telling me their clients are hiring fashion photographers to shoot their weddings. As a stylist I have been bitten by the fashion bug and enjoy doing wedding shoots of the unconventional norm.

90's minimalism is being replaced buy a feast for the eyes!

Asymmetrical lines, lovely deep pleats and puckers are taking shape at the neckline, in the back and at the waist of many current gown designs. Beautiful fabrics are the wrappings of the new bride. Ruffles, soft bustles, sheer lace, and quiet elegant beading swathe her in elegance. Colored nail polish, color on the eyes and unique wedding jewelry are also fun additions to the bride's statement.

This is your day to reign, do it with style and pizzazz!

Have fun! Enjoy!

by Gretchen Maurer, author of The Business of Bridal Beauty and creator of WeddingHair.com.