Wedding Dress Sleeves Trends for 2014

Last week the wedding website Style Me Pretty featured an interview with bridal gowndesigner Claire Pettibone. When asked about wedding dress trends going forward, she said,“I am loving sleeves…whether short or long, I think strapless may have finally had itsday.”

This thought has been echoed in several other places recently, with industry expertsseeing more and more of what Wedding Bells magazine called “sophisticated coverage.”

F orthe record,Idon’thave a problem w ith strapless dresses.I’ve seen m any gorgeous ones and w hen Igotm arried they w erevary m uch en vogue.B ut I do know of brides w ho have tried in vain to find som ething w ith sleeves,only to find either a$ 1 0 ,0 0 0 price tag orsleeves accom panied by an extrem ely deep v- neckline.M y dress w as actually a designerknock- off,m adeby a local seam stress for a fraction of the cost.I w anted sleeves,but couldn’t find a dress w ith them for less than severalthousand dollars.

So I w as encouraged by this new s and w anted to pass it along. It’s only a m atter of tim e before this trend finds its w aythroughoutthe bridalindustry.Ithink itallow s form ore creativity and diversity in dress selections,and frankly,m ore peace ofm ind.A straplessdresshasto be fitted so perfectly to give the bride assurance she w on’tlose itin the m iddle ofthe cerem ony.

What do you think? Would you prefer sleeves or strapless, or somewhere in between?