Formal Dresses

This new decade is all about glamour, fun, and the most fashion forward couture designs of the century. For prom, homecoming, weddings, and other dressy events, read about the top hot formal dresses for 2011 before shopping for one. Knowing the latest trends in high fashion couture will certainly help you in your quest for the perfect formal dress.

The Celebrity Look

Formal Dresses for 2011

The number one trend for formal events this year is the head-to-toe celebrity look. From Oscar-inspired gowns to chic red carpet looks, you can now get a hold of some of the hottest celeb designer trends for a fraction of the cost. Celebrities spend tens of thousands on their gowns, but lucky for you, you can achieve the same look for well under an estimated 5% of Hollywood designer originals.
Metallics Galore
Metallic shades like copper, gold, and various shades of silver are hitting some of the most renown runways of the world. Metallic formal gowns are some of the most popular for evening dresses at the moment. If you are not afraid to take risks and stand out, wear a metallic-colored gown and accent it with subtle accessories. This look is our top pick for a modern, futuristic outfit.
Bright, Bold Color

This spring and summer seasons will feature bright hues like aqua, green, coral, fuchsia, and yellow on the hottest designer dresses. Bold and beautiful colors will grace the catwalk with fun, flair, and eye-catching appeal. Opt for colors that are complimentary to your skin tone; warm tones like yellow, coral and pink are great for enhancing a natural tan while cool tones tend to be flattering on peach undertones. The pop of color trend is also making its way into the latest fashion media coverage. A classic black or neutral dress accented with, for instance, red accessories, looks fabulous and very classy at the same time.
Retro Fashion
This year, the vintage theme has been one of the most prominent in high fashion showrooms and designer runway shows across the world. From Victorian lace to antiqued gold to vintage fabrics, designers have been bringing back retro trends of the past and updating them with a modern, artistic touch. Some of the most raved about outfits on the red carpet this year have been vintage-inspired designer looks.
Cut-out Designs
The cut-out trend has been prominent in dresses, fun tops, denim, and other garments this year. Now, this major fashion trend is reaching evening gown couture houses throughout the globe. Sexy cut-out prom gowns usually bare a bit of skin on the sides of the torso or on the back of the dress. The key to this trend, like many others, is not to overdo it. Look for a gown that has a ‘cut-out focal point’ that exposes either the back or midriff areas.
Whether you choose to go with a Hollywood look or a retro-chic trend of the past is up to you! Choose a design that you feel comfortable in and that brings out your personality.

Indian Bridal Dresses | Anarkali Embroidery Designs

A wedding dress is worn by a bride during a wedding ceremony. Fashion and traditional significance of the bridal dress depend on the religion and culture of the wedding participants. In fact, half the fun of Indian weddings lies in dressing up. Indian wedding dresses are very different from Western style wedding dresses. Indian brides are likely to glitter and shine on this marvelous day and this expectation is fulfilled in brightly colored and intricately embroidered bridal dresses. Red color bridal dresses and Anarkali Bridal dresses are always be the favorite for Indian wedding dresses. Since these dresses has religious and cultural significance, this selection is likely to stay in vogue for the foreseeable future. Designers are offering a greater selection of Indian wedding dresses. Traditional Indian wedding dress is gorgeous and very glamorous.

New Variety of Bridal Dresses

Dress Designing – Basic Principles of Color

As color has a tremendous emotional impact and effect on moods and appearance its importance in dress designing is without question; and because of its importance it is well to learn something about it.

SCIENCE OF COLOR

Color comes from light reflected, from the visible spectrum of radiant energy produced by electromagnetic waves. Light and color are composed of atoms traveling in waves at a speed of over 186,000 miles per second.

Various colors in the visible spectrum are of different wave lengths – red has the longest wave length and violet the shortest that the human eye can see. White is the combined reflected light of all the colors of the spectrum; and black is the absence of all reflected light and color.

COLOR IN LIGHTING

The use of colors in lighting differs from pigment colors or paint – and it mixes quite differently. In lighting the primary colors are not red, blue, and yellow – but BLUE, GREEN AND YELLOW RED.

Blue, green, and yellow red light combined produce white light. Blue and green combined produces blue-green light; blue and yellow red produces violet; green and yellow red produces yellow.

Red filters absorb all colors except red, which passes through; green filter absorbs all but green; blue filter absorbs all but blue; and the yellow filter absorbs all but red and green which pass through the filter in combination as yellow.

Green and red filters combined, absorb and stop the passage of all colors. The same thing occurs when blue and yellow filters are combined.

For anyone involved with dress designing who is going to create costumes for the theatre, it is of prime importance to know how the colors of her costumes will react to the colors used for stage lighting.

COLOR IN PAINTS

In pigments, the substance we use to paint or color our material, the PRIMARY COLORS are RED, YELLOW, and BLUE. These are the colors with which we can reproduce all the colors of spectrum. In addition to these, the chromatic colors, we have the achromatic or neutral colors which range from black, through the various shades of gray, to white.

When these are mixed, one or more with another, in various proportions and combinations we can get tremendous variations in hue, value, and intensity.

COLORS COMBINED

The primary colors are red, yellow, and blue.

The secondary colors are midway between each primary color: Mixing yellow with red we get orange. Mixing red with blue we get purple. Mixing blue with yellow we get green.

The tertiary colors are midway between each primary and secondary color:
Yellow and orange produce yellow-orange.
Orange and red produce red-orange.
Red and purple produce red-purple.
Purple and blue produce blue-violet.
Blue and green produce blue-green.
Green and yellow produce yellow-green.

The following pairs of colors are complements to each other:

Red and Green       Yellow-Orange and Blue-Violet

Yellow and Purple      Red-Purple and Yellow-Green

Blue and Orange      Red-Orange and Blue-Green

COLOR SENSE

HUE is the name for a particular color to distinguish it from another, such as red from blue, or pink from purple, etc.

VALUE expresses the tones tints, or shades of any particular color or hue ranging from very light – almost white but with a slight tinge of color – to very dark or almost black.

INTENSITY represents the purity of a color – color which is not neutralized or softened by mixing with its complement.

DOMINANT HARMONY is self color harmony of different values of the same color. Soft effects are achieved by combinations of closer color values, and more striking effects by values farther apart

With these guidelines, those involved with dress designing will be able to choose the colors she needs and which have the most effect.