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I'm personally going for a birdcage. I'm having a vintage themed wedding though & it suits the theme much better than a regular veil. I don't much care for the look of regular veils either. Birdcage veils seem classier to me.
I'm doing a shorter regular veil, not birdcage. Birdcage wouldn't look right with my dress.
I wanted a more traditional feel so I went with a regular veil. I hated the pouffy style on me (like the one in your pic) so I kept mine as minimal as possible: low and sleek underneath a low chignon.
I love birdcage veils, but what sold me was the style with my dress. The birdcage was the wrong era for myt 30's glam gown, the birdcage is more modern than that, its more 40's and 50's. Can we see your dress?
I havent chosen a dress yet but I am thinking of a ball gown with pickups. My FI likes the birdcage veils and I like regular. LOL.
I will post a pic of a dress I tried on that I really like
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I wore a birdcage veil because it looked best with my dress. Also, I liked that it was different - while birdcage veils may be all over the world of wedding blogs, I have never seen one worn in a real-life wedding I've attended. On the "con" side, I think this is a trend that will come and go. Longer veils are timeless.
Birdcage veils look really cute with certain dresses and are very "in" right now.
On the downside, they are trendy and may look dated/out of place in the future when you are looking at yoru wedding pics.
I think a traditional veil would look best with the type of dress you are interested in.
I love the birdcage but my fiance doesnt. Im an older bride and felt it would be better suited for my age. I think I have decided to just wear some rhinestines in my hair but THAT, like everything else is subject to change. It might not look good with my dress anyways. Im wearing a satin off shoulder A- line corset gown.
I love a birdcage but when I showed my FH, he told me it looked like I have a fish net caught on my head....
Neither! I thought a hair flower would be "bridal" enough looking. But I'd say traditional gowns are best with traditional veils and birdcages are best for dresses with a retro/vintage feel.
My dress doesnt call for a bridcage veil, it needs more of a longer one, but I am contemplating having a jacket made and if I do that, then the birdcage veil would be perfect. Plus I got this super chic and gorgeous champagne fascinator with my dress so I think the two would go great together.
Pros:
Great with tea-length or otherwise informal gowns
Great with some vintage gowns (such as the ones from the 40s - for the 60s a bubble veil is better)
Great when the wedding palette has splashy colors
Cons:
Can't be worn with a formal dress (such as mermaid, ballgown) without it to look "off" (as if you were wearing tennis shoes on your prom gown, to be precise)
Focuses the attention on your face (so if you have blemishes, or your teeth need some work, or you have wrinkles this isn't the best option)
Needs vibrant make-up (like in the 40s)
I decided to do a tiara afterall. LOL, I keep changing my mind. But I found a gorgeous tiara made with porcelin pink roses and pearls and will wear it more like a headband.
I agree w/ some of the other posters. I LOVE birdcage veils and really hate regular veils. If I wear a veil, it will be BC. However, my dress is kind of vintagey-looking so a BC works with it. I don't think it would go well with a formal ballgown :-/ If you want something other than a traditional veil though, you could certainly look into flowers or headbands etc. I would love to have several white flowers tied into my hair somehow.
Given the style of dress that you are interested in, I would not pair a birdcage veil with your dress style. Princess style ball gowns often look disproportionate with smaller birdcage veils. Also Birdcage veils come with a certain vintage quality and feel to them and while your gown is beautiful, it is not of the vintage style. A simple finger tip length veil with pencil edging and no blusher would look perfect with the dress in the picture.
I actually strongly dislike birdcages and much prefer regular veils. Birdcages look too "costume" to me! Sorry!
Regular veils- I think birdgage is SUPER trendy right now and growing old on me.
Regular! I like birdcage but I just didn't think they suited me, or my dress. Here is what I'm wearing:
Both- chapel length for the ceremony, Birdcage for the reception. Couldn't decide so I decided to go with both!
Personally I think birdcage veils, when done simply, are really elegant, but it definately takes a certain 'look' to pull them off. Regular veils can be lovely too - and are definately the more popular choice.
I think most wedding pictures will end up looking dated eventually - even if you keep your dress and veil ultra classic. But isn't that the charm of old wedding pictures - that they evoke the essence of the time they were taken?
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