Oozing with style and sophistication, the gowns from Alberta Ferretti’s collection are tailor made for cutting-edge brides. Ferretti’s dresses have become synonymous with style, glamour and femininity. Her dresses attempt to enhance the woman’s personality and express her strengths. They elegantly bring out the curves of the upper body while lending a touch of grace and grandeur to the lower body.
Alberta Ferretti
An Italian dressmaker and fashion designer, Alberta Ferretti, opened her first boutique at the young age of 18 in Cattolica, near Rimini in Italy. Her studio still remains there though she has a showroom in Milan. Designing for Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti and for Alberta Ferretti, she has been making collections ever since 1974. The year 1980 saw the release of Alberta’s own eponymous label, which was followed by the catwalk of her ready-to-wear collection in Milan. She is renowned for her cocktail dresses which are ultra-feminine and her gowns in draped georgette, fluffy bolts of chiffon, satin and charmeuse which are red-carpet worthy.
Inspiration
The designer’s inspiration lies in bringing out the inherent beauty of every woman with special emphasis on her strengths. To do this, she turns to clothes that enhance the woman’s personality and highlight all the positive aspects. Being on the shorter and rounded size herself, she says that she understands the problems of women and designs clothes that she herself likes to wear!
Alberta Ferretti’s wedding collection
The wedding collection displays sumptuous fabrics, beautiful yet simple lines and simple bead work. Chiffon, which is precious, light and flexible was chosen by the designer to express that femininity and sensuality which the clothes exude. Whether you are looking for something which is casual and cute or the trendy vintages or the glamorous red-carpet gowns, Alberta Feretti’s collection is what you should look to. Some of the dresses that the collection features are origami bridal gowns, wedding dresses that are of the cocktail-party twenties-sleeved variety, knee-length wedding dresses, off-the-shoulder wedding dresses and minimalist-chic wedding dresses with a finely beaded bodice. Also available are what have been named as the girl-next-door wedding dresses and the embellished wedding dresses.
The Fab factor
One look at the collection and you realize the reason why this bridal wear is doing wonderfully well. The collection has patrons in Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Diane Kruger, Christina Ricci, Jessica Alba, Demi Moore and the Queen Rania of Jordan. And they have become patrons because the dresses enhance their forms and lends ethereal elegance and beauty. By enhancing the feminine and sensual nature the bridal wear definitely cuts off a few years from any woman’s age lending a touch of ‘princess’ rather than that of ‘queen’. This collection is surely a fabulous one combining modern looks and style with traditional beauty in bridal wear.