A New Look at Cascade Bouquets

It should be no surprise, then, that brides and florists are also giving a second look to the old '80s favorite, the Back then, the one shoulder look was more for evening gowns than bridal gowns, but today it has been restyled for modern brides. If you have been following bridal fashion, you have likely noticed the reemergence of another popular 1980s style, the one shoulder gown. Bridal gowns are certainly not returning to the excesses of the 1980s, but there is a trend towards more complicated wedding dresses. As brides turned towards more simple wedding gowns, they also moved away from the stiff look of the traditional cascade bouquets in favor of the softer style of a handtied nosegay.

After all, when you are wearing poofy sleeves, an enormous veil with an elaborate headdress and a helmet of hair, you need a bouquet that can compete with all of that! In those days, the bouquets were often very stiff and contrived looking, which went well with the over-the-top bridal gowns of the 1980s. If you look at pictures from the 1970s and 1980s, you will see plenty of brides holding cascade style bouquets. Here are some ideas on fresh new ways to design an elegant cascade style wedding bouquet. This is happening right now with cascade style wedding bouquets, which had fallen out of favor, after years of being a very popular type of bouquet.

Often after enough time has passed, a wedding style that has gone out of fashion is ready to be revisited with a fresh eye.