What to wear as guest for the wedding of the year!

I have decided that 2012 is the year of the wedding alongside my own I have a further three I have been invited to, which got me thinking about this weeks blog about what to wear if you are invited to a wedding.

Those who know me well I work for a well known British retailer as my day job and that I live and breathe clothes as well as the world of ecommerce so I thought that I would use my knowledge to guide you through the world of wedding fashion.

Obviously there are the well known guidelines that we all know for how to dress on the day; not to wear white, ivory or black and the most important not to outshine the bride. However we all want to look our best for those picture perfect moments.

Department stores have really made this area their own and have started to create wedding botiques within their web sites to tap in to this market with House of Fraser http://www.houseoffraser.co.uk/Wedding+Boutique+Home+Page/WeddingBoutiquePage,default,pg.html and John Lewis http://www.johnlewis.com/ recently launching their wedding areas to complete the perfect look. These offer a great starting point for those who are not shop-savvy.


For those of you have something in mind, I personally love Shopstyle http://www.shopstyle.com/. Shopstyle is a fashion version of google where you can type in what you are looking for and it shows you the product and what store get the item from.

Me and the high street are currently love the mid-length for its lady-like elegance.  

http://www.topshop.com/

For those of you who like to invest in trends that are going to last past SS12, we are currently seeing a strong art deco trend comign through with it carrying through in to AW12 so if you select wisely your outfit could see you through the christmas party season.I absolutely love this little number from French Connection called Pearl Queen with its stunning geometric designs.

www.frenchconnection.com

We have also seen the return of the stunning floral and vintage prints for SS12 which I love. Whilst shopping on saturday trying to find an outfit for my multiple weddings,I stumbled across this beautiful dress from oasis which is also a steal at £65

www.oasis-stores.com

Whilst on the theme of vintage style there has also seen an increase in 1950s styling pulling through on the high street. I found some beautiful examples of this styling @ Free People clothing who sell vintage and new.
This was my favourite example from the site and I was hoping my hunt was over but this dress is tiny!

http://www.freepeople.com/

Well thats all for this week

Ruby x http://www.rubysvintageteaparty.co.uk/