“Accessorizing Your Wedding Dress: Expert Tips for a Fabulous Look”

Marti E. Andera | March 20, 2025

Accessorizing your wedding dress is just as important as finding “The Dress”. Adding accessories is a chic way to add personal touches and style to your wedding 

While creating looks and sourcing outfits is my favorite activity, I know it can be overwhelming for some. The good news? I’m here to make the process easier. This post offers time-saving tips, inspiration on what’s trending, and how-tos on choosing the perfect accessories to complement your wedding dress. Keep reading to make your bridal look even more unforgettable!

1.Why Accessorize Your Wedding Dress?

When creating an accessory look for your wedding dress, minimalist or maximalist styles do not matter because it’s about your accessories being right for you; because, your look is always the most chic.

• The beauty of accessories is that they work with all figure types and add another design element to your look, hence elegance/glam.

• Added elegance and style with accessories is also a cost-saving to your wedding day look. Many styles are available and can be found at any Bride’s price point.

• Adding Vintage, family heirlooms, and borrowed accessories is a worthy tribute to the women in your families or friend circle.

2. What’s Trending in Wedding Accessories?

• Bridal scarves – Pair beautifully with all gown styles

• Capes and Bridal Illusion Wings – a chic look for a veil-alternative

• Evening gloves in an opera length and fingerless evening gloves – an option to have a sleeve-look without sleeves. Adds modern elegance to your overall wedding day look and gives you a different chic look when you remove the gloves for the reception. 

• Pearls on everything from hair accessories, gloves, capes, veils of every length to shoe clips for your shoes. 

• Vintage -inspired gowns and accessories especially the Voilette (French for “Face veil”).

• Sunglasses in your signature shape and color are forever chic accessories.

 

3. Choosing  Wedding Accessories Based on Wedding Dress Style

• Coordinate rather than match your accessories to the specific color of your wedding dress.  For example, if you like pearls and find the style of necklace, you may also be looking for a jeweled comb, earrings, and/or a bracelet for your other accessories. Getting close to the same shade of pearl color is good. It’s more important to find the exact style and length of the jewelry piece than to find an exact color match.

• For higher neckline wedding dresses, look for earring with a longer drop or dangle and for dresses with a lower neckline shop for earrings with a shorter drop or dangle. Find more ideas at “How to Accessorize Based on Your Wedding Dress”

• It’s ok to not follow fashion rules and go with your instincts on what looks chic for accessories for your dress. It’s always Your Way • Your Day • Your Look. Your style is always in!

4. Our Best Tips for Accessorizing

• Consider coordinating rather than matching your accessories to the specific color of your wedding dress. For example, if you like pearls and find the style of necklace you like, you may be looking for a jeweled comb, earrings, and/or a bracelet for your accessories. Getting close to the same shade of the pearl is good. It’s more important to find the exact style and length of the jewelry piece than to find an exact color match.

• When choosing jewelry to wear with your dress, consider your style first, then the piece’s color, texture, and weight.

• To avoid being surprised on your wedding day, wear your wedding accessories before your big day to ensure you’re comfortable and they give you the best vibes.

• Adding color to your wedding day look is another way to add style, fun and chicness to your wedding dress.

5. How Marti & Company Can Help You Accessorize Your Wedding Dress

An appointment at Marti & Company gives the Bride unlimited time to browse and shop for bespoke bridal veils & headpieces, a curated bridal jewelry collection, embellishments, and other finishing touches that let your personality shine and enhance the beauty of your wedding day look.

• My Boutique is open by appointment only, ensuring the ultimate shopping experience.

• Accessory shopping appointments are one-on-one, and your appointment is the only one scheduled, so you’ll have the Boutique all to yourself.

•A Bridal Accessory Wish List service is available for creating and sharing with family and friends. Click on the above link for more information and to book an appointment.

I hope one of these tips helps you find the accessories you’ve dreamed of for your wedding dress and all of your wedding outfits. Let us know in the comments which tip is your favorite.