ME/NA Wedding dress Thread

[Henia 11]

With all the very beautiful ME/NA gowns woren weddings, thought we made a thread, to share what our dresses looked like (you need not be in the dress for safety reasons) or any other traditional dresses woren at ME/NA weddings.

[AngelK96 0]

Mine was something like this, but a longer train, and the Embroidery on the top was around the bottom and around the bottom of the train. I wanted something simple and elegant.

[Meriem_DZ 37]

I am not sure this really is a wedding dress. I found it in Setif last year when I was there. It is a champaigne color. I thought it was beautiful to get married in though.

Meriem

[sereia 0]

What an awesome thread! I've been wondering what kind of dress I'll end up doing. I want a big traditional American wedding with Moroccan influences...then we'll go back to Morocco and have a Moroccan wedding there. I'm still deciding whether to go with a Western style dress for my wedding here....or do a Kaftan. Anyway, If anyone has websites with gorgeous Moroccan style gowns.. HOOK IT UP! Or know of any top designers in Casablanca? Love yours, Meriem!

Edited February 4, 2007 by abdounjen

[AngelK96 0]

I really like that dress Meriem

Here's another on of us. Of course I whited out our faces d/t never know situation ..hahaha

[doodlebug 3]

I wore jeans and a sweater.

Trust me, you did NOT wanna dress up at the dirty gross office we got married at!!!

[Henia 11]

Keep the traditional ME/NA dresses coming ladies.

Here is mine pictured here (but without the accompanying belt and crown):

Some more examples of Algerien style wedding dresses

Traditional Algerien dresss

More modern Algerien wedding dress

Edited February 4, 2007 by Henia

[AngelK96 0]

I wore jeans and a sweater.

Trust me, you did NOT wanna dress up at the dirty gross office we got married at!!!

Doodle I wore Jeans and a Sweater for my islamic marriage, but my picture was during our Wedding Party which was days after our marriage.

[Henia 11]

Some more examples:

Tradtional blaghees (this is more simple then most i have seen in DZ)

[sereia 0]

i'd love something like this in white. hotttttt!

Edited February 4, 2007 by abdounjen

[doodlebug 3]

I wore jeans and a sweater.

Trust me, you did NOT wanna dress up at the dirty gross office we got married at!!!

Doodle I wore Jeans and a Sweater for my islamic marriage, but my picture was during our Wedding Party which was days after our marriage.

Oh for our little luncheon I wore this:

[Ban Hammer 13,583]

here's one that nessa was considering

this is the one she chose which i love

[sereia 0]

ugh it won't let me link to this website

but

femmesdumaroc.com has AWESOME kaftans!!!!!!!

Edited February 4, 2007 by abdounjen

[Meriem_DZ 37]

here's one that nessa was considering

this is the one she chose which i love

That is a very elegant dress, Charles. Great choice.

Meriem

[Henia 11]

The bride is the spectacle, the star of the show, and the focus of all attention. Depending upon the means of the family, the bride may appear in as many as seven different dresses, including her “robe blanche” which is always a traditional Western white wedding gown and usually worn at the end of the evening. The bride is also loaded down with gold and diamond jewelry - forget understated, forget restraint. This is an occasion for her to go all out and display her personal collection, family heirlooms and gifts from the groom.

Constantine style dresses:

Abdelwahab Abdaoui holding this beautiful piece of traditional Constantine embroidery in gold. This will form a wedding dress - one of 9 changes of dress that an Algerian bride wears throughout the day.

Traditional Kabylie wedding dresses:

Edited February 4, 2007 by Henia