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Uncategorized -- November 19, 2025
Guide to Wedding Veil Lengths
The Ultimate Guide to Wedding Veil Lengths: How to Choose Yours When it comes to completing your bridal look, few things are as timeless—or as personal—as a wedding veil. The right veil doesn’t just complement your dress; it transforms your entire silhouette, adds movement, and gives you that ineffable “bridal” feeling the moment it’s…

UncategorizedWedding Dress Tips -- November 11, 2025
Chicago Wedding Dress Designers That Specialize in Custom Sizing: Your Complete Guide
Quick Summary: Grace + Ivory offers made-to-measure wedding dresses the best overall proportional fit. Other Chicago wedding dress designers who offer various kinds of custom sizing include Mira Couture, Agadesal, Alice Padrul, and Flora & Lane. Custom sizing is included in all Grace + Ivory dress prices. . For Chicago brides who don’t want to…

Uncategorized -- October 24, 2025
First Look: New Wedding Gowns joining the Grace + Ivory collection
First Look at New Wedding Gowns joining the Grace + Ivory collection It was just Bridal Fashion Week in New York, one of our favorite times of year! There are a ton of bridal trends hitting the runways, more corsets and basque waists, to new twists on capes and veils. . For us? Texture and…

Uncategorized -- October 21, 2025
Grace + Ivory Named 2025 Chicago Bears Small Business All-Pros Winner, Presented by PNC
Grace + Ivory Named 2025 Chicago Bears Small Business All-Pros Winner, Presented by PNC . We’re thrilled to share that Grace + Ivory has been named a Chicago Bears Small Business All-Pros Winner, presented by PNC! As a Chicago-born, woman-owned bridal brand, we’re honored to be recognized by our hometown team. From October 15 to…

UncategorizedWedding Dress Tips -- October 15, 2025
A Guide to Custom Wedding Dress Designers in Chicago (and Near You!)
. The journey to your wedding day is filled with a thousand decisions, but none feel as personal or as pivotal as finding the dress. Your wedding dress is more than just an outfit; it’s the embodiment of your personal style, a symbol of your love story, and the gown you’ll wear as you step…

UncategorizedWedding Dress Tips -- October 7, 2025
Mermaid Wedding Dress: Is this silhouette still “in”?
Let’s do a a quick masterclass on wedding dress silhouettes. In particular: mermaid dresses. . Do you remember in the early 2000’s and 2010’s, when mermaid dresses were in? (Think Amy Adams, a la the “Enchanted” red carpet — or Taylor Swift in 2013, below.) Mermaid silhouettes are a dramatic, wow moment. But… . Might…