Choosing Perfect Bridal Bouquets for Your Wedding Day

Bridal Bouquet is the next most important accessory other than your weeding gown. A well designed bridal bouquet can serve as a complementary accessory, bringing out the elegance of your wedding gown. Or they can be another focal point with bright and lovely colors.

Bridal Bouquets comes in different designs, shapes and sizes. By understanding these elements of the bridal bouquets, you can find out which bouquet matches your wedding gown, and which bouquet is definitely a no go.

• Round Bouquets. This is the most traditional type of bridal bouquet. The idea for this type of bouquets is to keep the colors simple, focusing on giving the rounded shape bouquet one or two prominent colors. Roses are the number one flowers used in round bouquets.
• Oval Bouquets. They are similar to round bouquets, but with a bigger volume of flowers arranged into an oval shape.
• Cascade Bouquets. These bouquets have a round top with flowers cascading over the bride's arm, thus giving rise to the name "cascade bouquet". Orchid goes well with this type of bouquet as it drapes over the bride's arm more naturally than other flowers.
• Nosegay Bouquets. They are made up of small and sparse flowers closely packed in a bouquet, with more greens than other bouquets. Some of the more popular flowers used in these bouquets are tulips, lilies and roses. Ribbons are wrapped around the stems of these flowers to provide a touch of elegance to the bouquet.
• Arm Bouquets. Flowers with long stems are used for this type of bouquet, and the bride carries the flower like cradling a baby in her inner arm. Delphiniums and calla lilies are commonly used in these bouquets.
• Flower Bracelet. These bracelets are made up of small flowers attached to an elastic wristband. These bouquets are specially made for brides who prefer to leave their hands empty instead of clutching onto a bouquet of flowers all the time.

The recommend method for choosing a bridal bouquet is to select a matching bouquet that complements the design of your wedding gown.

Sheath wedding gown. This type of wedding gown is a slim and fitting dress. It outlines the contour of the body and is suitable for brides who are tall and have a good figure. A bridal bouquet with a flow line is recommended for this type of gown. The type of bridal bouquet should be either round, oval, cascade, or arm.

Princess line wedding gown. This type of wedding gown stretches all the way to the floor with big and fluffy hems. Hence, a similar fluffy bouquet can be equally exciting for the bride. Recommended bouquet design should be either round, oval, or flower bracelet.

A-line wedding gown. This gown resembles the letter A, with the skirt gently spreading in volume from the waist all the way down to the bottom of the skirt. This type of gown is well suited for different body types and flowers  such as round, oval, and cascade bouquets are all wonderful choices.

Mermaid line wedding gown. This type of wedding gown mimics the body shape of a mermaid with the skirt splaying from the knees to the end of the skirt. Bridal bouquets in the shape of round, oval, cascade, arm and flower bracelets are all suitable.

Empire wedding gown. This type of wedding gown is elegant, with a high waistline dress running from below the bust line all the way to the end of the dress. Suitable bridal bouquets are the round, oval, cascade, nosegay and arm bouquets.