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to make your wedding the
hottest event of the season By Shannon Sigafoos

YOUR WEDDING Every year and season brings new wedding trends and ideas,
takes center stage from the ever-changing designs of wedding dresses to new
takes on décor and lighting, desserts and even the way the event itself
is captured (hint: live event painting is the new photo booth). Summer
weddings are perfect for incorporating the romanticism and beauty
of the warmest season of the year, but summer is also the perfect
time for throwing bashes that could happen either indoors or outdoors,
giving brides and grooms the opportunity to take advantage of trends
that will have their guests talking about their event long after the “I
Dos” are said. Here are some of the season’s local trends to make
your event one of the hottest of the summer, or even to help you plan
for a fall ceremony.

WEDDINGS | SHOWERS | EVENTS Romantic lace
Lace has always been a bridal mainstay, but this summer seems
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“Summer brides are wearing soft, flowing lace and tulle in form-
36 | indulge • June 2017 fitted silhouettes, flared at the hemline, and sheer bodice overlays in
trailing lace designs on front with emphasis on the sheer back look,”
says Susan Kolar, owner of Susan Kolar Couture in Easton. “What
I find most interesting and beautiful are the unique combinations
of different types of lace appliquéd in collages to create a depth of
pattern, which creates interesting texture and detail.”

“We have brides coming in looking for lace dresses,” Victoria Klotz
of VK Bridal Couture in Walnutport confirmed. “Brides tend to order
their dress in ivory and even ivory over a blush or gold.”

As for the wedding party, bridesmaids are wearing soft-flowing
fabrics such as chiffon and tulle, and soft pastels in fleshy pinks,
seaglass greens, lilac and gray. Brides have loosened up, however,