BRIDAL BOUQUETS

Essentially there are two styles of bridals; "Nosegays" and "Tied Bouquets." Variations include "Colonials," "Cascades," "Semi-cascades," "Arm-bouquets," and "Garden- tied."

Generally the Maid-of-Honor will have a bouquet that is largely representative of the Bride's but somewhat smaller, of slightly less flowers (or lesser quality flowers) and often incorporating some of the additional colors of the wedding theme. The remaining Bride's Maid's bouquets will be consistent with one-another, but will similarly step-down from the Maid-of-Honor's bouquet and will add in more color with less (or no) white.

Traditionally, the Bride's bouquet is of course all white (in reality, SHADES of white). Color may be added to the Bride's bouquet or it may be entirely "in color," but even now the tradition prevails here. The current trend in bouquets however has moved away from the traditional STYLE of arrangement. Whereas the lace bouquet holder (i.e. "nosegay") was once the modus-operandi, today the less formal, more natural, long-stemmed tied-bouquet is taking a prevalence.