Put on your red dress and wear your smile!
New Year’s Eve is all about getting that kiss at midnight. But even if that isn’t your goal you still want to look great and grab a lot of attention, so we hope you have found the perfect couture wedding dress already and dance the night away for brides getting married on New Year’s eve. Many people can overdo trends during the holiday season. Keep it simple and you can still look red hot. Strut into the new year in style.

Red wedding dress is trendy enough. This is the time to shimmer and shine. If you want to push the trend, choose a dress with a bow and add high-heel strappy sandals. What would be better than finding a pair of drop-dead gorgeous diamond earrings under the Christmas tree? If you are not the lucky ones to get a 10 carat gem, settle for rhinestones for the blings. Classic white rhinestones are trendier than color mixes, and the bonus is that they will go with everything you own. Sparkle this New Year’s eve. Take some pictures of your couture evening gowns in red and send them to us here at RedHotBrides.com!

Happy New Year
Have a safe holiday and may your wishes for 2008 come true.

Wedding Hair and Makeup

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“In the event of a wedding, everything takes a back seat to the bridal gown. Unless you’re Rapunzel, that means your hair is included.

That shouldn’t rule out the possibility of you going all out on your wedding day hair-do, however. It’s just that certain details of your dress, like the neck and hem lines, need to be considered so everything about you looks well put together, not thrown together. After that, everything else—from the jewelry to the veil, follows.

The hair is still any occasion’s crowning glory though; more so during your wedding day.”

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Deliciously dangerous and bold

Essense of Australia Style D444
Dangerously dramatic! Stunning full gown with strapless bodice and pleated skirt sweeping into an impressive train. Neckline and waistline are encrusted with shimmering crystals, diamantes and sequins. Crystals are also scattered in the pleats, on the bodice and the hem of the train.

Avine Perucci

New Year is right around the corner. Have you found your dream wedding dress and evening dress? Welcome the new year with style and boldness. Make sure that it’s tight and it compliments your shape. Pair the little dress with strappy red shoes and a sparkly red bag. Add some accessories and you will be red hot on fire.

Keep an eye out for that dreamy delicous red dress. It will hit you when you find it with that “ah hah!” moment. Whether its a couture wedding dress, signature designer collection, or something in the clearance rack, make sure you love it is all that counts in the end. While searching for your dream wedding dress, you may hit a road block. Do not forget its not all about the dress, but involve yourself in how you will look in that dress along with the accessories, decorations, and environment. Here are some red inspirations to think about over the weekend.

-Karen Vander

Dance the night away in a red hot evening dress

Alvina Valenta Style #AV9767

Alvina Valenta Style #AV9776

Not enough time to shop for a wedding gown? Consider looking for a red evening dress to grab everyone’s attention. Red evening dresses are easier to find and samples can be tried on in many department stores. Evening dresses makes a wonderful beauty statement for a quick true spur of the moment for the couples eloping for an immediate wedding. In fact, grab a few red evening dresses for each nights going out on your elopement. Evening gowns are much less expensive which allows you to stock up a few or a great way to save some money from buying a full wedding dress.

Walk down the aisle in red style. Wear a red evening dress and makeups. Show the world how daring and bold you are. Make sure to capture some photos of your red evening dress to remind you of your wedding day.

Dessy Style 2500
Full-length strapless Matte Satin dress with draped asymmetrical bodice and sash at hip. (Sizes available 0-28, and 0-28 Extra Length. Optional spaghetti straps included.)

For couples that want to elope and get a non-traditional wedding, why not get married in an exciting place like Las Vegas in a red wedding outfit. With all its glittering lights and jazz of Las Vegas, high rollers, luxury cars, expensive eateries on the strip, and grand hotels, a bride in a red wedding dress goes well in hand. There are numerous hotels, restaurants, chapels, and venues that will provide a place for the bride and groom to hold their ceremony. Elopement to getting married should be no different then having a destination wedding. Having an elopement does not mean you do not deserve all the bridal pampering and preparation your heart desires.

Once the word gets while you are in Las Vegas that you are there to get married, there will be limos and people coming at you from every angle to get you to married at their location. You are going to be the superstar and be pampered once you have settled down and have decided where you will be getting married. Destination weddings smacked of daring adventure and romance. It is the perfect combination of elopement and a red wedding dress to make it a hit!

While getting married in Las Vegas may be a spur of the moment thing, many brides do a little bit of preparations to look their best and be the center of attention. Pick a red wedding dress is going to make you the center of attention among the gazillion brides that are showing up in Las Vegas. Preparations in advanced of having your wedding dress, your makeup, and your accessories ready are going to make your spur of the moment’s decision so much more glamorous. A lot of brides heading to Las Vegas may think it’s a completely spur of the moment thing, but it usually still involves some form of preparations. Let the dear future husband make the travel arrangements while you the red hot bride focus on the dress.

Look for a red wedding destination type dress that will be easier to manage. Avoid the poofy flared out dress such as the ball gown style. Consider looking for a red wedding evening gown then a full formal wedding gown. Strapless A-line and sheath dresses are popular destination wedding dresses choices. Destination wedding offers more varieties in color options and less with traditions. There are less people to please and let opinion being pushed towards your way. A slip dress type is typically offered as a destination type of wedding dress. Slip dresses are sexy and is best for woman with a great proportional figure. Red slip dresses are simply drop dead gorgeous combined with an exotic ceremony, it will be a dream come true for both the beautiful bride and wonderful groom. Whether sleeveless, off-the-shoulder, slip dress or two-piece dress, there’s a look to suit every taste and to highlight the best features of a woman’s body. The destination wedding dress is the most singularly romantic, daring and adventurous purchase a bride can make. Nothing speaks more daring and adventurous then a red wedding dress to start sparks your new life and ignites a lasting red burning flame symbolic meaning for the decades there is to come.

Party like there is no tomorrow in your exotic elopement with your red wedding dress. Have fun planning your elopement (destination wedding)! Make it a dream come true and do it in red style!

-Karen Vander, 2007 Copyrighted Redhotbrides.com

Christmas’s eve may be a terrific time to get married. However a bride getting married on Christmas day is tacky. Whether the bride may be religious or not, the guests may not take it too well. Some see Christmas day as Christ’s birthday and would you want to get married on your father’s birthday? Good luck trying to book church, a hall, a florist, a cater, or anybody for that matter. I personally would be offended if a family/friend asked me to kill my holiday traditions because they want to get married on Christmas day. Not too many people want to work on Christmas day. Finding someone to work the ceremony is going to be impossible. Being that Christmas is a religious holiday, churches are more than likely will not allow a bride to book on that day, because they have their own Mass to worry about.

Red brides or any type of brides to be is recommended to definitely stay away from having a wedding on Christmas day.

Congratulations to the brides that are having their wedding today. There is nothing merrier and more festive then any other day of the year then Christmas’s eve. You have your glamorous jewelry, dazzling décor, favorite songs, colors, and sumptuous flavors of the season. You may be sporting a snowflake tiara or some other whimsical dash of Christmas. It is going to be an unforgettable wedding on Christmas’s eve. You are going to be one beautiful bride dancing the night away with the love of your life.

For future brides considering having a wedding during the cold winter months, though warm in the spirits and heart, be prepared for reality of the weather. 90% of wedding dresses are strapless or sleeveless which are not too practical for a bride who wants to take pictures outside or needs to walk any distance. Look for shrugs, capes, wraps, or dramatic coats. You do not want to get sick for your honeymoon or look funny in pictures with your face turning blue. Christmas weddings are really wonderful. Your friends and families may be in more giving mood and you may end up a lot more richer!

Have a Merry Christmas everyone! Have a safe wedding and party like there is no tomorrow.

-Karen Vander, 2007 Dec. 24th RedHotBrides.com

Whether you have decided or not to wear a red wedding gown, serious consideration should be put towards wearing a red evening gown. If your wedding will be in the evening, red is a terrific color to be sporting as a hot evening gown on your special wedding day. Red goes very well at night in the dim lighting at your party. There is a large variety of red evening gowns to choose from and this search will not be as frustrating as searching for your perfect red wedding dress.

-2007 Diane Red Dress, Picture from http://www.junkoyoshioka.com/

I found an absolutely gorgeous evening gown dress by Junko Yoshioka in her Bonaparte-NY line of gowns while perusing the web for evening gowns. There were no description other then it is being called a “Diane Red Dress” from the 2007 Evening Gowns section. The dress hugs to the body very well and the top trim is done with great details. I also love the matching red shoe.

From reading Junko Yoshioka’s biography at as quoted, “Every dress she designs reflects her belief in the harmony between form and function, and her lifelong dedication to the art of couture fashion” and “Meticulous attention to detail, the finest fabrics, flawless constructions and impeccable craftsmanship are hallmarks of her remarkable line.”
-http://www.junkoyoshioka.com/

Though Junko does not carry any red wedding dresses in her lineup, I still give her my nod of approval for being a terrific designer. Claire Forlani from the show CSI: NY certainly gave her a strong nod of approval by choosing to wear Junko Yoshioka’s wedding gown on her wedding in Pievebovigliana, Italy on June 8,2007.

Here are two other red dresses that I love.

Nicole Miller
Velvet-Trim Silk Gown
Red with burgundy crushed velvet trim.
• Shoulder straps; deep V neckline.
• Flared, softly pleated skirt.
• 100% silk. Velvet trim, 63% acetate, 37% rayon.
• Made in USA. USD $129

Lazaro Style LZ3773
Sienna satin trumpet line tea length dress, gathered bodice, gathered bodice accented with espresso velvet trim at empire, bubble skirt.

A lot of designers are making colorful gowns these days. Red wedding gowns are very popular in Japan as well as Europe. Take a look at the Nicole Miller line at Neiman Marcus, the Tadashi Shoji Spring 2008 collection, David’s Bridal, Lazaro, or Aria’s College (http://www.ariadress.com/) for some ideas. Though most evening gowns much quicker turn around to obtain, give yourself plenty of time to properly order it and a fitting session.