Bridal Fashion Week: New York Bridal Market Top Trends

We know that finding the perfect wedding dress can be a challenge--especially when you want your dress to feel modern and on-trend.

To help guide you to "The One," we spent the last 72 hours staring at a parade of frothy wedding gowns at the Fall 2012 bridal fashion week in New York City -- a bi-annual event featuring dozens of fashion shows from top designers (Vera! Monique! Reem! Angel!) designed to showcase the latest wearable confections from some of the best and the brightest in the bridal fashion world (yeah, we know: sometimes our jobs are really tough).

Below, a few major themes that stand out from this season's stunning showcases thus far (check back for updates: we'll be adding to this as we see more shows!)

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[Charlotte Vale]

05:40 PM on 10/21/2011

Not everyone looks good in a strapless dress, so why are there so many of them and so little choice?

[ninjasrolled]

03:57 AM on 10/21/2011

Meh...but I've got mine all picked out...blush organza by Vera of course. Now, just a few more paychecks, lol.

[Tayneshia Jefferson]

12:35 PM on 10/19/2011

If this is what a couture wedding gown looks like, I'll take off the rack, thank you very much!

[helensaghy]

04:27 AM on 10/19/2011

A couple of these gowns were pretty but most looked like rags for the fad minded. I won't even get into the way the models look....

[candyazzbb]

03:23 AM on 10/19/2011

they all looked pissed or and or like they just got beat up in a catfight lmao. what happened to the appearance of innocence for a bride?the designers must really hate women

[sunshineallthetime]

02:50 AM on 10/19/2011

Keep the ladies covered up and in wedding traditional gowns please!!!! these models look like they are wearing this years new holloween costumes. "Don't fix what aint broken!" $top the B.S PLease!

[baylormaggenti]

01:03 AM on 10/19/2011

Vera Wang's black wedding dress.... It's for the bride who has been ridding more than Seatle Slew.

[KellyMBray]

12:19 AM on 10/19/2011

The meth head look semms to be still in vogue. I prefer them a bit juicier.

[lotus88]

10:57 PM on 10/18/2011

I thought a couple of the white dresses were rather pretty, but those twigs wearing them didn't do them justice.

[sue1mar3]

09:41 PM on 10/18/2011

The black wedding gown should go over well with the "Twilight" crowd.

[Steven Sanders]

08:52 PM on 10/18/2011

Does anybody else remember the days when models were attractive? Now they all seem to be ugly emaciates stick figures with an attitude.

[Lori Taylor]

10:49 PM on 10/18/2011

i didn't notice the ugly models; i was too busy being repulsed by the dresses...i wonder if anyone would actually wear that at her wedding...

[joannevlavender]

07:55 PM on 10/18/2011

A bridal gown/wedding dress is meant to be demure and modest, not blatant. Looking like Lady Gaga's impersonation of Madonna's coke bottle book might tell the world that your man caught one sexy broad, but is that really what you want people to remember about your wedding--that you had a wardrobe malfunction and you showed the viewing public what was supposed to have been meant for your mate alone?

As my grandmother put it so many years ago...the hint of a promise is far more alluring than a boldly stated fact.

[ladywiccan]

07:11 PM on 10/18/2011

these models look like they took some zombie pills

[ravenmom2800]

07:43 PM on 10/18/2011

You are so right! Fresh off the set of "Night of the Living Dead"!

[cissylynn46]

11:17 PM on 10/18/2011

They look like they are going to funerals not weddings.

[quicksilver55]

01:39 AM on 10/19/2011

At least the ones in the black dresses would be appropriately attired for that!

[smeeg]

07:00 PM on 10/18/2011

whoa. some of the models look like they came from Zombieland!

[rp2par]

07:29 PM on 10/18/2011

So did most of the gowns.

[hman570]

06:53 PM on 10/18/2011

I have better rags to do my car with!!!! I bet the price tags are out of this world for that crap!!!