Moveover unimaginative, out-of-style, demure brides; the fashionable woman in her designer bridal-wear has arrived! Gone are the days when any ill-fitting white gown would suffice for the one special day in a woman’s life. For the bride these days, looking gorgeous is what weddings are all about and she is willing to go the extra mile to achieve it. She wants nothing but that one creation that she feels was made for her.
Not surprisingly, bridal-wear brands are vying with each other to meet this growing demand for fashionable wedding gowns. Designers like Vera Wang, Alfred Angelo, Oscar de la Renta, Melissa Sweet, Oleg Cassini and Manuel Mota have become part of the vocabulary of every young bride-to-be.
Even if she is not a perfectionist in any other field of work, women are known to have spent days and months looking for that ultimate work of creation that they care to wear for only a few hours!
But it all counts in the end, because all we tend to remember at post-wedding gatherings are how beautiful the bride looked!
So where does one look for this magical dress? We are not all blessed with amiable magic-wand-wielding fairy godmothers, so the next best place is to look for that designer label which suits the pocket and the person best.
Riyadh these days is abuzz with the opening of Rosa Clara’s exclusive bridal boutique where, needless to say, women are being spoilt by choice.
This world-renowned fashion house has opened its doors to the women of Saudi Arabia with designs well suited to the tastes and culture of the region. So perhaps, weddings here are going to get that much more glamorous!
The Rosa Clara label also has other internationally famous designers like Jesus Del Pozo, Christian Lacroix and the flamboyant Karl Lagerfeld on board with their exclusive luxury collections.
The label had gained in popularity ever since it opened its first store in Barcelona in 1995 and has since acquired a prominent pride of place in the bridal fashion world.
The boutique in Riyadh is an awe-inspiring experience for a young bride in waiting. The pristine white floor contrasts starkly with the jet black boxes that hold the designer wear. Little white tables with catalogs are placed for the bride to sit and choose her dresses with a helpful female shop attendant ready with all the information she might need. From here she can enter a private room with mirrors on all sides to try on her dream dresses with the tailor hovering around to make any changes she requires.
These rooms are spacious and provide just the privacy required for making up one’s mind. The boutique also stores Rosa Clara’s collection called Fiesta, which are stylishly cut cocktail dresses in vibrant colors and fabrics ideal for parties and celebrations.
