Bridal Gowns 2013

During Bridal Fashion Week in New York City, a number of the top bridal gown designers, including Monique L’Huillier, Anne Barge, Michigan-based couture designer Katerina Bocci and many other revered trendsetters created runway displays of their top wedding gown looks for spring 2013, and the overarching trend is soft, romantic and more demure than sexy. To help you find your dream dress, here are the top five trends for spring wedding gowns:

Duchess Kate is still the reigning influence on wedding gowns, with her iconic lace wedding dress ushering in a variety of lace uses. Kate opted to cover her arms and shoulders with lace, and the look continues with a variety of lace styles used for sleeves, for the entire length of the skirt, and for coverage of the chest and shoulders alone in sleeveless dress styles.

Bridal gown designers are now incorporating a look called “nouveau lace,” in which the art is in the patterns of lace, from delicate, small lace patterning to larger, more graphic florals made of lace that may cover the bride’s shoulder blades in the back, or festoon the dress itself. Conservative brides who wish to cover up, or whose houses of worship do not allow bare arms and shoulders, adore the lace-covering look, which ties into the spring 2013 trend of romantic, feminine, with an Old World feel.

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