Bold Red Wedding Dresses for This Year

     Whether you choose a simple flowing gown or complicated wedding dress with ruffles and embellishments, wearing a red wedding dress will not only take you in a different direction than most traditional weddings but will also make your wedding day special and memorable. Red is the color of love and in Chinese culture it is a color of luck. Wearing red may not be traditional for Western weddings, but the color of red is very traditional in China and India. If you decide to wear red for your 2010 wedding, here are some top designers with great dresses for you to choose.

Maggie Sottero has one of the most popular red dresses in this mermaid-style dress known as the Amara Royale. Embellished in either silver or gold, this strapless dress flares out to the floor with white lace accents underneath. The corset fit makes your figure look like a mermaid with curves around the hips, and this dress starts at $400.

Maggie Sottero strikes again with this Fiorenza dress that is Spanish or Italian style that folds up the fabric into flower motifs with a long train out the back. A matching hairpiece comes with it. Embellished in crystal and beads, this lovely dress is available for $750 from Online Formals.

David's Bridalkeeps their wedding dress collection fresh with a white dress with red trim and a train for $450. The red has lace highlights all around the front and on the train. While not wholly red, this dress is beautiful with deep red and white combining for a romantic strapless wedding dress.

Zoom Bridal has a red cathedral dress for only $210 if you are on a budget and want a red wedding dress. White embroidery embellishes the dress all over on this sleeveless floor length dress. If you are Cinderella going to the ball, this budget dress will do nicely and still look good on you.

Forever Yours also has an affordable red wedding dress for $206. Made of taffeta, there is a flower motif along one hip and a train out the back. The toga-wrap around style is strapless and flows in a beautiful and simple design.

Here is one last dress from Maggie Sottero, not because I have to because I want to. Maggie Sottero has the best wedding dresses, period, including the best red ones you can find for a good price. This Capri strapless will have you feeling like a queen with this perfect ball style gown with gathers all over the bottom of the dress in taffeta. If you really want the best red dress, stick with Maggie Sottero and William Browning.