Fashion Friday: Flower girls faves

We’re so happy to bring you the most adorable looks for your little bridesmaids on this Fashion Friday. Whatever the theme for your wedding, you can keep the young ones stylish and smiling with these sweet outfits that will make them look and feel the part! As to the ‘cute factor’, little girls dressed as princesses will look picture perfect.  

How will you style your tiny tots for the big day? We'd love to hear from you, so leave a comment below or get in touch via Twitter (@WestWeddingsMag). 

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Pink Champagne Tutu Dress by Etsy

This adorable dress is made from lace and satin and it has a laced up back so that it’s easy to adjust the fitting. And with the option to customize the colour and style, your flower girls will feel special on the day and complement your wedding dress.

White Knitted Cardigan by Sarah Louise at Childrensalon

This cute cotton bolero cardigan will keep your flower girls warm after sunset. Soft and stretchy, it features delicate flower and pearls detail on the front.

Pink and yellow flower headband by River Island

For stylish headbands, check out this colourful design from River Island. The pretty flowers will go well with long and short hair, and the stretchy band makes it easy to slide on and comfortable to wear. 

Pink glitter corsage pumps by Debenhams
When it comes to choosing shoes, these sparkly glitter pumps are a winner for your little guests. The beautiful flower corsage adds detail and they are extremely comfy and secure, so they can run around all day.  

Mixed butterfly hair clip set by George at Asda

Keep bouncy curls and long locks tidy with these bright and beautiful accessories from the George collection.The set of 2 hair clips and 2 hair bobbles will brighten up any hairstyle for the wedding day.   

Rustic wedding basket by Morgann Hill Designs on Etsy

This beautiful, naturally inspired flower girl basket is perfect for a garden or shabby chic wedding. Made of wood, handpainted in a distressed finish, it allows your little maids to carry a special message and sprinkle rose petals as you make your way down the aisle - so cute!  

Fashion Friday: Modern Wedding Fascinators

We love wedding traditions, and one of our favourite British ones is the fascinator. As with many traditions, however, as they age they can tend to get a bit stale. Many modern brides and wedding guests are ditching the fascinator altogether - but we don't think this time-honored tradition should die!

To do our part to save the fascinator, we've put together a collection of some of our favourite modern wedding fascinators (and close cousins), for brides and wedding guests alike. Happy Fashion Friday!

While these cover a range of styles and tastes, they all share some common elements: unexpectedness in design, simplicity, and a tasteful amount of volume. These all allow you to partake in the fascinator tradition without making national news. Jewelled hair pins or clips are also a great way to add a little something extra to your hairstyle if you don't feel daring enough to sport a full fascinator.

What do you think? Would these fascinators convince you to get with tradition? Or do you still plan to avoid them? Let us know by leaving a comment, or via Twitter (@WestWeddingsMag). If you have some of your own to share, build your own pinboard on Pinterest or Polyvore and share them with us. We would love to feature it on the blog!

Fashion Friday: Modern Wedding Fascinators by westweddings featuring a feather headband

Four Trends to Incorporate This Wedding Season

We here at West Weddings Mag do our best to keep an eye on the latest fashion trends, and we know our readers do too! Without putting together a particular ensemble, today we wanted to share our favourite 2014 fashion trends that we are trying to incorporate in our ensembles this wedding season.

What's your favourite 2014 fashion trend, and how are you wearing it? We'd love to know! Tweet us at @WestWeddingsMag or let us know by leaving a comment!

4 trends to incorporate at your next wedding by westweddings featuring a full length maxi skirt

1. Full length maxi skirt in rose

This maintains the elegance and sophistication of a full-length gown, without becoming over-done or fussy. It's also lightweight for summer, and its pretty sheer overlay keeps it from looking too staid. We can't get over this blush rose colour either. What do you think?

2. Gladiator high-heeled sandals

This trend is literally taking the gladiator-sandal look to the next level! The outfit you'd pair this with is quite different than the look you'd be going for with the maxi skirt, but nevertheless could be entirely wedding appropriate with a bodycon floral or pastel dress!

3. Cream and gold clutch

We couldn't leave out one of our favourite wedding accessories - clutches. This clutch is understated for summer, but would also transition well into autumn and winter because of its warm cream colour. We love the sleek gold accent as well, which leads us into our next trend...

4. Triangle necklace

With little bunches of pearls on either side, this necklace goes from being simply on-trend to being perfect for a wedding. Simple, understated, and so elegant. Perfect for a dress with a low neckline, or a strapless dress.

Fashion Friday: Dotty for You

This Fashion Friday collection centres around this sleek, tailored, white peplum top from House of Fraser, which we think creates an ultra-sophisticated look. Besides incorporating white into our ensemble, we've also broken another wedding tradition with these spotted trousers, which are the 'ying' to the 'yang' of the staid and grown-up top by adding in a bit of playfulness - after all, what is a wedding if not fun? We've paired them with some pops of colour in the clutch (from Debenhams), as well as some 80s'-vibe lavender nail polish and light pink lipstick.

Love? Hate? Let us know by leaving a comment, or via Twitter (@WestWeddingsMag)!

Top: House of Fraser, £140

Trousers: House of Fraser, £205

Shoes: Zara, £30

Clutch: Debenhams, £40

Cuff: Sass & Bide, £270

Lipstick: MAC, £15

Nail polish: OPI, John Lewis, £12

Fashion Friday: Dotty for You by westweddings featuring a peplum shirt

Fashion Friday: Coral Crush

Today's Fashion Friday features a collection put together on Polyvore by James Leaney Jewellery.

This look jumped off the page to us due to its simple and fresh spring palette, with a generous (but not too generous) helping of glamorous sparkle. These colours are perfect for spring, but also will work well throughout the summer, particularly with the festive hairband.

If you'd like to be featured on Fashion Friday, just create a set using a free Polyvore account and let us know in the comments or via Twitter!

Gown: Dolce & Gabbana, £960
Shoes: Christian Louboutin, £370
Bracelets: Forever21, £3.42
Earrings: Henri Bendel, £28
Hairband: American Eagle, £5.89

Coral Crush by jamesleaneyjewellery featuring a mini dress

Fashion Friday: Deco Chic

Today's Fashion Friday is based on this mint 20's-inspired dress from Frock and Frill. This look has got evening glamour but the colour palette perfect for a springtime wedding.

Carry the vintage glamour look through to your accessories with this feathered headband/fascinator from House of Fraser, silver shoes, and clutch from Net-A-Porter.

Shop the look:
Dress: Frock & Frill, £125
Fascinator: House of Fraser, £32
Sunglasses: Toms, £59
Shoes: Alexander McQueen, £625
Clutch: Marchesa, £2,190

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Fashion Friday: Deco Chic by westweddings featuring 1920s hair accessories

Fashion Friday: That's a Wrap!

We've got all wrapped up with today's Fashion Friday - and we don't just mean figuratively!

Today we were inspired by this gorgeous wrap dress from House of Fraser. But instead of accessorising it the way we normally would - we thought we'd show two ways to wear this look: dressed down (left) and dressed up (right). This shows just how versatile this look could be, whether you're headed for a daytime wedding with afternoon tea, or an evening candlelit soiree.

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Dress: House of Fraser, £29
Sandals: 2B, £15
Pumps: Whistles, £115
Clutch (left): Aldo, £21
Clutch (right): Jimmy Choo, £880

(For prices on other items, click their photos at the bottom of this post.)

Fashion Friday: That's a Wrap! by westweddings featuring Michael Kors

Fashion Friday: Pink Lemonade

Today for Fashion Friday we're celebrating that hint of summer that's peeking around the corner (even if the weather's dreary). This pink lemonade themed look goes pretty bold (or pretty AND bold, as we like to think of it) pairing pink and yellow. But if done well - why not!? This spring or summer ensemble will be perfect for your next wedding.

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Dress: £50 from River Island
Jacket: £24.99 from New Look
Shoes: $44.99 from ModCloth
Watch: £25 at Topshop

Fashion Friday: Pink Lemonade by westweddings featuring gold jewelry

Fashion Friday: Vintage Velvet

Today's Fashion Friday features a pale pink velvet gown from John Lewis, paired with periwinkle pumps and nude & black accessories. This ensemble transitions easily from morning or afternoon ceremony & tea to evening - with dramatic touches in the black accessories.

The warmth of the velvet is appropriate for these chillier spring months, but also gives off that light ready-for-summer feel that we're all beginning to sense in the air.

Let us know what you think, or share your wedding day outfits with us over on Twitter (@WestWeddingsMag), Pinterest or Polyvore!

Fashion Friday: Vintage Velvet by westweddings featuring heart shaped jewelry

Fashion Friday: Royals

For today's Fashion Friday we've put together a royalty-inspired look. The basis for the look is a gorgeous dress from Monsoon: a modern take on a gown truly worthy of the King/Queen's court of yore - but updated and ready to be paired with some gold pumps.

Are you royal enough to pull this off at a wedding? Let us know what you think! Find us on Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest - we'd love to see how you'd style this look!

Fashion Friday: Royals by westweddings featuring Royal Doulton