Now, what if you are a bride who absolutely loves the fairytale wedding, Prince Charming, happily-ever-after idea but don’t quite have as many millions (or billions) as those royals? Fear not! Semiformal can still make you feel like a princess bride! [Actually, between you and us, all brides should feel like princesses on their wedding day! Should and can!]

For those brides who may want to save their money for something else after the wedding, here is how a semiformal Princess Bride typically looks:

• Floor-length gown either with an (at most) elbow-length veil or none at all
• Headpiece optional
• Jewelry and gloves a must (or at least preferred)
• For evening weddings, the bride can choose among floor-, tea-, or ballerina-length wedding dresses

Read “Still a Princess Bride”

As the bride, you set the style and tone of your wedding (along with everything else) the way you want it, just by what you choose to wear. Granted, your wedding dress and the level of formality for your wedding aren’t always solidly connected. If she really wanted, a bride can certainly choose to don a less formal wedding dress for a formal evening wedding or whatever she decides even if it doesn’t fit the occasion just right according to wedding purists out there. There are general guidelines though when it comes to the famous and fabulous wedding dress and how formal the wedding can become.

Read “How to Look Like a Princess Bride”

It’s been said over and over so many times that it’s highly unlikely that even a single person would not know the apparel requirements for the blushing bride on her wedding day. The ol’ rhyme goes something like this:

Something old,
Something new,
Something borrowed,
Something blue,
And a sixpence in the shoe.

So let’s break it down, shall we?

• Something Old - It should come from a happily married woman to insure happiness. Now, for hygiene sake (and common sense), as the happily married woman, don’t offer the hankerchief that you used at your wedding. It’s considered bad luck and, well, kinda gross. But any other item from this happily married woman is fair game.
• Something New - Any type of apparel would work for this so you don’t need to go out buying anything more since you’ve already got a beautiful wedding gown!
• Something Borrowed - Borrow gold to insure fortune and wealth although there are other ways that seem, well, a bit more practical. It seems the creator of this cute little rhyme knew a little something about the financial responsibilties of having a wedding!
• Something Blue - Blue is symbolic of true love and the heavens. That’s nice and blue looks lovely with white so thats wonderful!
• Sixpence in the Shoe - Luckily the shoe part isn’t required anymore. Brides can wear things like a garter that has a sixpence, which is a dime in the US. Or the bride can have the coin placed in her bouquet or just carried in her wedding purse, something cute like above where the sixpence is also wearing a garter! What a cute match! Oh and the sixpence also insures propserity. Lots of propserity omens!

While some may brush this off as a silly rhyme, others take it to heart. What do you think? Let us know by leaving a comment below about your thoughts. Either way you look at it, it’s still a cute rhyme that is at least fun to play along with!