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A-Line Wedding Dress

An A-line wedding dress is a bridal gown whose silhouette resembles the letter A: fitted or gently shaped through the bodice and upper waist,...

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Ascot Tie

An ascot tie is a wide, elegant neckwear accessory traditionally made from silk and worn folded around the neck, often secured with a pin or tucked into...

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Brush Train

A brush train is a short wedding dress train that lightly brushes or sweeps the floor behind the bride. It is also commonly called a sweep train in...

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Cathedral Train

A cathedral train is a long and highly formal wedding dress train that extends far behind the bride, creating a grand ceremonial effect. It is...

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Chapel Train

A chapel train is a classic wedding dress train that extends behind the bride to create a formal, elegant and distinctly bridal silhouette. It is...

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Court Train

A court train is a wedding dress train that extends behind the bride in a moderately formal length. It is longer than a brush train or sweep train but...

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Drop-Waist Wedding Dress

A drop-waist wedding dress is a bridal gown in which the waist seam or visual waistline is positioned below the natural waist, often around...

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Empire Wedding Dress

An empire wedding dress is a bridal gown with a high waistline placed just below the bust and a skirt that falls from that raised seam. The...

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Frock Coat

A frock coat is a formal men’s coat with a fitted upper body and a longer skirted lower section, historically worn as daytime formalwear and adapted in...

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Lavallière Tie

The lavallière tie is a wide, soft and decorative neckwear accessory tied in a loose bow or flowing knot at the base of the neck. In wedding fashion,...

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Makeup Artist

A makeup artist, often abbreviated as MUA, is a professional who designs and applies makeup to enhance, correct, transform or stylize the face and...

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Mermaid Wedding Dress

A mermaid wedding dress is a fitted bridal gown that closely follows the body through the bust, waist, hips and thighs before flaring outward...

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Morning Coat

A morning coat is a formal daytime coat traditionally worn for weddings, ceremonial events and certain official occasions. In French, the term jaquette...

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Negafa

A negafa is a specialist in traditional bridal presentation, ceremonial dress, and wedding ritual coordination in the Maghreb, especially in Moroccan...

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Nekacha

A Nekacha , also spelled nekkacha or nakacha in some transliterations, is a traditional bridal beauty artisan associated especially with Moroccan and North...

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Princess Wedding Dress

A princess wedding dress is a bridal gown defined by a fitted bodice and a voluminous skirt that creates a dramatic, fairy-tale silhouette....

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Sheath Wedding Dress

A sheath wedding dress is a close-fitting bridal gown that follows the natural line of the body from the neckline through the waist and hips to...

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Spencer Jacket

A Spencer jacket is a short, fitted jacket that ends at or slightly above the natural waist. In wedding fashion, the Spencer jacket is an uncommon...

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Straight Wedding Dress

A straight wedding dress is a bridal gown with a vertical silhouette that falls relatively close to the body without strong flare, heavy...

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Suit

A suit is a coordinated set of garments, usually a jacket and trousers, made from the same or harmonized fabric and worn as formal, semi-formal or business...

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Tailcoat

A tailcoat is the most formal jacket in traditional menswear and one of the most ceremonial garments that can be worn at a wedding. It is characterized by...

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Three-Piece Suit

A three-piece suit is a formal suit composed of a jacket, matching trousers and a waistcoat. In wedding fashion, the three-piece suit is one of the...

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Tie

A tie, also called a necktie, is a long strip of fabric worn around the neck and knotted under the shirt collar so that it falls vertically over the chest. In...

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Tie Knot

A tie knot is the method used to secure a tie around the neck and shape its visible form under the shirt collar. In wedding fashion, the tie knot is a...

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Tuxedo

A tuxedo is a formal evening suit traditionally worn for black-tie events, gala dinners and elegant weddings. In many French-speaking contexts, the garment...

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Uniform

A uniform in a wedding context is an official service, military, police, gendarmerie, firefighter, naval, academic or ceremonial outfit worn by a bride,...

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Watteau Train

A Watteau train is a distinctive wedding dress train that falls from the shoulders, upper back or neckline rather than extending only from the skirt....

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