Pearls and weddings go great together since ancient times, despite the common myths and superstitions you may have heard about. Ancient Greeks considered pearls to be the tears of gods themselves and plenty of other cultures and civilizations revered these precious gems. Always associated with high-end tastes, pearls are integrated into bridal jewelry pieces in spectacular designs nowadays. And if we are to talk about the prejudice of pearls causing the bride to shed tears, those tears will be of joy and pride.

Today we will take a fresh new look at bridal pearl jewelry and talk about some novel and unconventional ways of incorporating pearl jewelry into your bridal attire. And not just yours – modern grooms can also wear some discrete and refined pearl jewelry as well!

Choose Your Pearl Jewelry According to Your Wedding Style

Pearls are true heirlooms, passed from one generation to the next and speaking of a girl’s becoming into adulthood, marking her most important life moments. Some women love to wear their mother’s or grandmother’s pearls, while others want pearl jewelry in contemporary designs. However, before you decide on a specific pearl jewelry piece, you need to match the pearls to the overall wedding style.

• If you opted for a very traditional ceremony, including a cathedral and a formal party, then you should consider wearing white pearls.
• If you opted for a less traditional and non-informal / casual party, then you can wear colored pearls to match the beach, garden or urban chic setting. Remember that pearls can sport a myriad of colors in sweet pinks, fabulous lavender hues, and a large family of greens, blues, purples and grays.
• A wedding theme party with specific influences (a gothic-inspired one, a retro-inspired one and so on) requires out of the box pearl jewelry in novelty colors and montages.
  
  

Choose Your Pearl Jewelry Depending on Your Wedding Dress

The dress is the main element that sets the tone for all the other accessories and you should always choose it according to the rules. Some dresses are so complex and intricate in design in the chest area, they cannot be styled up with pearl necklaces and pendants. However, you can always fine tune the bridal outfit with a charming bracelet or a pair of pearl studs. The color of the dress is also something to factor in when you pick bridal pearl jewelry.

• If your dress is formal, traditional and crispy white you should pair it with white pearls and maybe style it up for a little glam with jewelry mixes of pearls, rhinestones, diamonds or crystals.
• If the dress is less than white (ivory, eggshell, light beige) you should think about colored pearls in warm hues like gold and champagne.
• A pastel dress with pink or gray hues definitely requires some jazzing with colored pearls in silver or pastel nuances. South Sea pearls sport some of the most amazing colors, ranging from sparkling silver to warm gold. Such pearls style up the entire outfit without looking too flashy – they add just a hint of high-end elegance when worn as studs, pendants or hair pins even.

A theme-party dress in an unconventional design for a highly unconventional wedding party allows you to get as creative as you can: you can wear a highly striking pearl statement necklace in multi-colored pearls and precious metals, a stylish bracelet in black pearls, a cocktail pearl ring or a combination of pearls with beads, gemstones and stacked necklaces.

Before anything else, remember that the first rule of wearing pearls is to match them to your skin tone and personality.

• Pearls should flatter and complete your look, highlighting your facial features and adding glow to your skin.
• Pearl sizes should match your age – this is one of those unwritten rules that are not always followed, but stylists do agree on the fact that smaller pearls go better with teenagers and younger women, while larger pearls work fine with more mature ladies.
• Keep in mind that not all pearls are round – in fact, few of them are. Pearls come in a wide range of shapes, from near-round to baroque, drop shaped, button shaped, and oblong and so on. Traditional and formal weddings do leave room for spherical, classical pearls, while non-traditional and unconventional weddings make the best scene to display rare and unusual pearl shapes.
  
  

Can Grooms Also Wear Pearls at their Wedding?

Men have been wearing pearls even before women did – in ancient times, of course. Today it is not unusual to see a man elegantly sporting a pair of pearl cufflinks, a shirt stud, an ascot pin, and a tie tack and so on. The bride’s and groom’s small accent pearl accessories should match – and together should match not only the wedding style and theme, but their personal tastes and styles.

Pearls can be incorporated into bridal attire in many sophisticated ways and if you really want to shine at your wedding, don’t dismiss pearl jewelry. After all, it is still one of the most powerful symbols of wealth, wisdom and harmony – and this is what marriage should also be built on.