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Paperback, 123 pgs.
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Ageless Bride: Famous Designers Dress, Inspire & Celebrate Brides Over 50! by Gigi Schilling offers an inside look at designer’s creative process in creating timeless dresses for brides over age 50. Gigi Schilling says that brides of this age who are marrying for the first time or are embarking on a new marriage often view their wedding as a more sedate affair, but she says that these women should live out their fantasy wedding because it will be a time they will always cherish and remember. Part of that is the dress, and designers are holding nothing back for these brides, who know who they are and are less insecure.
From Isaac Mizrahi and Zac Posen to Betsey Johnson and Ines di Santo, the dress designs run the gamut of whimsical to sophisticated. Each has a special take on these ageless brides and how they want their dresses to look and feel. Schilling does a fantastic job of asking just the right questions of these designers. It will give brides and others a sense of what an ageless bride is looking for and how she wants to feel on her wedding day. One thing I noted from the sketches was that the male designers (not all) tend to either leave off the heads in their sketches or use faceless heads, while the female designers’ sketches are more whimsical and detailed in the features of the bride.
Schilling also includes five different wedding ceremony scenarios, including one for the first time bridge who is over age 50. There are ceremonies for the encore bride, the remarriage, the city hall ceremony, and the elopement as well. Each of these has a central message, do not deny yourself the wedding of your dreams. There is no reason to. The final section of the book discusses the veil and whether ageless brides will use them and why or why not. From the traditional veil to the veil attached to a fashionable hat, Schilling offers insight into all of them with help from various brides and designers.
Ageless Bride: Famous Designers Dress, Inspire & Celebrate Brides Over 50! by Gigi Schilling is a look at how romance can happen at any age, and for those brides over age 50, it can help you overcome those out-dated traditions for older brides. A romantic wedding of your dreams awaits.
RATING: Quatrain
About the Author:
Gigi Schilling is the Founder of SoAgeless. She aspires to inspire you to Act your Ageless! Gigi is 58 and considers herself ageless. She loves to laugh, wear high heels, and be a curvaceous size 10.
Born in Brazil to European parents, she views herself as nomad living in multiple cultures. Gigi has lived in many places: Miami, New York City, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, the Bahamas, Buenos Aires, and Patagonia. Educated in Rio de Janeiro, she received a Bachelors of Science in Journalism. Her greatest legacy is her 19-year-old son Alexander.
In 2010, Gigi created a community on Facebook called, Over 50 & Irresistible, based on the paradox she coined, “Too old to live at 50 – yet, too young to die at 50?” In 2016, she decided to do away with the number and SoAgeless was born.
In 2017, Gigi published her first book, Ageless Bride, to inspire the over 50 woman to shed outdated rules and allow herself to enjoy the magic and romance of being a bride. Visit her website.
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