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Crowdsourcing!
As I'm driving myself nuts with indecision, I'm going to crowdsource ideas for hats/fascinators/whatever for the wedding.
This is the dress. This is what I look like in it. (The color of the inset I ordered is more like it is on the website than on the sample I tried on. They call is mahogany, but it's really a burgundy. The rest of the dress is ivory, not white) I will also be wearing a shrug to cover my arms so I don't have to be self-conscious about them.
Not particularly interested in a traditional veil. Toby's already voiced his objection to a birdcage veil, because he thinks they look weird. My hair won't be substantially longer (and it will be fire-engine red) than it is in the picture. My mom, thinking of what I wanted when I was 16 in the 80s, suggested a big floppy garden hat but (a) toootally not stylish now with a big dress and (b) it'll cover my hair and my wee tiny head will vanish in this giant sea of ivory. Not opposed to the sort of cocktail hat that looks like something just perched on my head and may fly off again at any moment, although not a tiny top hat as I am not dressing steampunk or Lolita.
Here's an example of something I like the colors on but not how it sticks out like a handle straight out from the model's head. (There's a bit of veiling, but it doesn't go over her face.)
This is the dress. This is what I look like in it. (The color of the inset I ordered is more like it is on the website than on the sample I tried on. They call is mahogany, but it's really a burgundy. The rest of the dress is ivory, not white) I will also be wearing a shrug to cover my arms so I don't have to be self-conscious about them.
Not particularly interested in a traditional veil. Toby's already voiced his objection to a birdcage veil, because he thinks they look weird. My hair won't be substantially longer (and it will be fire-engine red) than it is in the picture. My mom, thinking of what I wanted when I was 16 in the 80s, suggested a big floppy garden hat but (a) toootally not stylish now with a big dress and (b) it'll cover my hair and my wee tiny head will vanish in this giant sea of ivory. Not opposed to the sort of cocktail hat that looks like something just perched on my head and may fly off again at any moment, although not a tiny top hat as I am not dressing steampunk or Lolita.
Here's an example of something I like the colors on but not how it sticks out like a handle straight out from the model's head. (There's a bit of veiling, but it doesn't go over her face.)
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I like the teeny hat thing you linked to! Yes!
On the shrug, you could do a white one for church and one in a colored fabric that harmonizes with the insert for the reception. It could even be reversible. Again, a good use for Japanese kimono silks.
Hair color: get your hair dyed to match the dress.
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I basically only know Etsy... so
http://www.etsy.com/listing/83989871/mauve-and-burgundy-fascinator-headband
This one still has to be mounted on something
http://www.etsy.com/listing/76432208/ivory-satin-flower-hairpiece-with-red
This is another headband - maybe it is too white? But it's classy and simple I thought
http://www.etsy.com/listing/85193810/new-burgundy-hydrangea-flower
This lady offers a choice of pins to fasten the flower to, but they are all meant for hair. I like two of them for your gown colour choices - the second one in organza ought to be extra light, but I'm not sure about the red
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65425602/red-and-ivory-hair-flower-or-brooch-pin
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65690232/red-and-white-hair-flower-or-pin
Here's a lady who does burgundy flower hair pins and combs in different sizes so I'm pasting the query
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ClassyWedding/search?search_query=burgundy+hair&search_submit=&search_type=user_shop_ttt_id_5536743&shopname=ClassyWedding&langid_override=-1
AND NOW - for the piece de resistance
http://www.etsy.com/listing/61799511/queen-mabs-wedding-faery-circlet-tiara
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The dress silhouette makes me think 1860s... which was an era of small hats and bonnets and flower wreaths. A wreath of silk flowers with a bit of veiling at the neck? Perhaps some trailing ribbons? You could get a graceful drape in back and a slightly larger outline to your head.
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