Oscar de la Renta: A bride's dream dress

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Oscar de la Renta: A bride's dream dress. The most in-demand label for bridal wear is all about couture techniques, beautiful seamwork, and lots of layering of different fabrics. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00The Oscar de la Renta house is a fashion house, and we primarily do ready-to-wear.

00:16So I believe a lot of the bridal influence comes from ready-to-wear, comes from couture,

00:22comes from all the fashion houses, you know, going back to the 20s and the 30s.

00:26So I think that's where they look for influence, for inspiration, not only for bridal but for

00:34ready-to-wear as well.

00:35So I think they go hand-in-hand.

00:36For bridal in America, you know, I'm seeing a lot of very long sleeve, illusion necklines,

00:46very deep V necklines, deep V back necklines, very close-fitted gowns, very long trains.

00:53That's what I'm seeing that's going on in the market right now.

00:57Very lots of siren shapes, very provocative in a way.

01:03But with Oscar de la Renta, that's not so much the case.

01:06I think that we don't design based on trends.

01:08I think we, you know, we have a different mindset.

01:12And I think for us, it was about couture techniques, beautiful seam work, lots of layering of different

01:18fabrics to create that diaphanous, ethereal feel, lightweight fabrications, removing a

01:25lot of the crinoline under the skirts and the underpinnings and creating volume through

01:29texture.

01:31But that's what I've noticed has been a big trend for us this season.

01:36File is our signature fabrication that we've been using for ready-to-wear for many years

01:40and we also incorporate it into bridal as well.

01:43Has a beautiful structure, really, really nice hands.

01:46We worked with a lot of file this season.

01:53To be honest, in the bridal industry, all the designs will go back, you know?

01:57Like the ones of the 50s and 60s are going back in a more modern, but you still have

02:03the twist of the 50 or the 60.

02:06Like you still have the bride who comes and she wants the typical Kate Middleton dress,

02:11which is all lacy and built up.

02:14So in the bridal, you cannot go a bit crazy, you know?

02:20You just have four types of brides, you know?

02:23You just have the romantic, the princess, you have the hipster who really wants the

02:29sheathed gown and she just want to have a small wedding.

02:33You will have the natural bride who likes her wedding would be in a garden.

02:39She wants like two lathes, very fresh.

02:42And yeah, so you have the romantic girl, she will have all lace.

02:50But yeah, based on the trends, it's all like they will change the fabric, they will

02:54come up with the new styles, but mainly the cuts are the same.

02:58The princess cut, the A-line, the trumpet.

03:01They have changed a lot.

03:02Like back then, they used to wear a lot of white and beadings.

03:06They have changed a lot.

03:07Now they want the off-white.

03:09They don't mind having a bit of peach and light blue inside the dresses.

03:14They are going more towards the simple with a touch of the fabric would be very luxurious.

03:20It would be silk.

03:23More than heavy beading and big stones.

03:26So they are going more towards the European style, much more.

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