Fatah – the same essential attribute of the wedding as a wedding ring. The custom of decorating the bride fatuous even older tradition, put on a wedding dress. It is a long-coated translucent veils in IV century appeared as the first woman in front of her future husband. Symbols of the veil over the centuries much has changed, and was originally a transparent veil over a woman’s head was a symbol of virginity.
According to the beliefs of the ancient Germans, the veil was to protect the bride from evil spirits and strange lustful looks. Another objective of the veil was to hide facial features girl. The groom may lift the veil only after it has been accomplish wedding ceremony. Only then it was time for a pleasant or unpleasant surprise at the sight of the girls face. After the bride for a certain kind of young men chosen elders. Today, hardly anyone of the men agree to a marriage blindly. Fatah does not need any more to hide, but its relevance is still not lost. Expert in bridal fashion again talk about trends in the desires of the brides walk down the aisle with a veil and veil.
New traditions
Modern veil has acquired new traditions and superstitions. Today, for example, a fairly common belief that only the bride herself may be attached to your hair with the veil. Entrust is a matter of honor and sensitivity to another woman, and she certainly, as claimed by experts of wedding ceremonies, family break up and would lead her husband have a girlfriend. Therefore, many brides do not trust the veil attachment to the hair even barbers engaged in styling.
Another common superstition regard to the mandatory removal of veils from the head of the bride at midnight. It symbolizes the transition of the bride in another honorary category of married women. In some countries, is still popular tradition is to share happiness with the bride’s friends, handing out the next day grafts veils unmarried girls. Possible another option toss veils at midnight with a cry of “Come on, who the first is getting married?” And the more a piece of reclaimed from friends veils, the greater the chances of girls in early marriage. There is the opposite belief, according to which the veil in no case be peredarivat or sell.
Replaced the barbaric tradition of tearing to shreds the veil in hopes of a speedy marriage, came a new tradition – the wedding car the bride and groom decided to decorate with ribbons as a sign of a strong bond of Brac. Appeared more sensitive way to choose the nearest candidate for a marriage proposal: freshly baked wife blindfolded by her veil, and she blindly in a circle of girlfriends picks the girl that is destined to soon become a bride.
Strict regulations on size, color and shape of the veil there. It can be short or long, passing in train, single-or multi-tiered, and even with layers of fabric of different lengths, or pleated. A short veil over the bride’s face became known as “blush”. Its use during the wedding ceremony and combined with a long veil, attached under the girl’s hairstyle.
Fashionable hit wedding head wear – a Spanish mantilla. It is oval and scalloped sides that frame the bride’s face. After the wedding shawl can be worn on the shoulders as a stole. Veil “to the shoulder” is no longer than 60 cm medium length veil was named “up to the elbow” or “waist”.
By the hair bride can be fitted Fatah, Fatah fountain and poof, is gathered in many frills and cascades of fabrics with the crown. Fata, “the cathedral” always goes the train of at least the same length, and often 3 or more meters. It is considered the most interior decoration of the bride’s head and used to pompous events marking the wedding of the young. Also long, but does not require the presence of page’s, veil-waltz. Its length is approximately equal to the length of the wedding gown and the bride reaches the edge of the stop.
What kind of veil you choose?
In choosing a veil important color and shape. They should be in harmony with the dress and match the material from which it is cut. For the veil, are generally used tulle, chiffon or silk. It is also important to head wear fit to face and hair bride.
General rules for choosing the veil
- The longer the wedding dress, the longer the veil may be.
- Fatah should impress, but do not detract from the bridesmaid dresses.
- Who question what kind of veil to choose, it is better to resort to a generic version – a veil to the elbows. This style is almost everyone.
- The bride in a dress model “Duchess” will go very long veil.
- With the veil of “Waltz” well look tight dresses.
- By the silk dress suits with veils lace trim.
- Long hair bride’s veil to attach better to collect a high hair weave or decorate.


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