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Often after enough time has passed, a wedding style that has gone out of fashion is ready to be revisited with a fresh eye. This is happening right now with cascade style wedding bouquets, which had fallen out of favor, after years of being a very popular type of bouquet. Here are some ideas on fresh new ways to design an elegant cascade style wedding bouquet.
If you look at pictures from the 1970s and 1980s, you will see plenty of brides holding cascade style bouquets. In those days, the bouquets were often very stiff and contrived looking, which went well with the over-the-top bridal gowns of the 1980s. After all, when you are wearing poofy sleeves, an intense veil with an elbow headdress and a helmet of hair, you need a bouquet that can compete with all of that! As brides turned towards more simple wedding gowns, they also moved away from the stiff look of the traditional cascade bouquets in favor of the softer style of a handtied nosegay.
Bridal gowns are certainly not returning to the excesses of the 1980s, but there is a trend towards more complicated wedding dresses. If you have been following bridal fashion, you have probably not noticed the reemergence of another popular 1980s style, the one shoulder gown. Back then, the one shoulder look was more for evening gowns than bridal gowns, but today it has been restyled for modern brides. It should be no surprise, then, that brides and florists are also giving a second look to the old '80s favorite, the cascade bouquet.
Today's cascading bouquets are designed to highlight the natural beauty of the flowers. They can be a slight teardrop shape, or they can have elements that trail all the way down to the floor for the most dramatic effect. Beside flowers, cascade bouquets will also include pretty additions such as trailing greenery, ribbons, and even a crystal or two, in keeping with the trend that the bouquet should coordinate with the bridal jewelry. Whether large or small, a modern cascade bouquet should not look stiff or wired like the bouquets of old. And you should never be able to see the handle when the bride is holding her bouquet!
For the most chic and elegant bouquets, choose exotic flowers such as orchids. Available in many gorgeous colors and a large range of sizes, orchids have a graceful draw to them that is ideal for a long cascading bouquet. Other popular flowers include roses, lilies, and sweetpeas. A cascade bouquet is often at its loveliest when it is comprized of only one or two colors, or is made up primarily of a single type of flower. This allows you to include other elements, such as trailing vines or ribbons, without having a bouquet that is too busy looking.
It is important that the bride's bouquet suits both her gown and her size. Petite brides should avoid large bouquets which will look oversized against their smaller frames. A tall bride, on the other hand, can get away with a dramatically cascading bouquet, if she likes. As they are often showpieces, cascade bouquets are most at home in more formal weddings. They can look magnificent against the backdrop of a silk ballgown worn with elbow crystal bridal jewelry. The bouquet will not overwhelm the bride's ensemble, yet it will be able to hold its own in a way that a smaller bouquet would not in a grand setting. The entire bridal ensemble will work in harmony.
Cascade bouquets have come a long way from their origins. If you are looking for an interesting and stylish bouquet for your wedding, you would do well to give cascading bouquets a chance. You just mind find that their elegant draping and beautiful styling are just what you have been looking for in wedding flowers.
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Source by Laura Firenze
