Samoan brides, in the Polynesian regions, who are about to get married take their time when selecting a wedding dress in order to select one that fits them well and complements their figures. A bride needs to select a wedding dress three to five months in advance to avoid getting disappointed. A person should consider a number of factors when purchasing Samoan wedding dresses such as the prices, a person’s body type and type of wedding.
HOW SAMOANS PREPARE FABRICS FOR WEDDING GOWNS:
Brides from Samoa make their traditional wedding gowns using tapa cloth, which they obtain from the barks of mulberries. Some Samoan brides may make their wedding gowns out of ‘siapo’, which is a cloth they make out of hardwood barks; this fabric is important especially during wedding ceremonies where the culture demands that the bride should put on a wedding dress made of this fabric.
When presenting gifts to a married couple, village maidens and high chiefs also wear the ‘siapo’ cloth. Samoans also dress on cloths made out of siapos and tapas during other festivals such as teuila. Siapo makers cut and soak the bark of hardwood trees in water until they become pulpy; afterwards they lay it on the ground and scrape out the water by use of different shells.
Afterwards they leave the material to dry in the sun for a couple of hours before applying red clay on it and rubbing it by use of wet pads. This makes the fabric soft enough for them to stitch thus enabling them to design a wedding dress out of it. There are also modern wedding gowns made out of silk fabrics but have Samoan designs and patterns.
HOW TO OBTAIN A SAMOAN WEDDING DRESS ONLINE:
A person can rent or purchase a modern Samoan wedding gown via the internet by Blogging onto websites that sell them to get recommendations on where to obtain fair-prices Samoan wedding dresses.
After getting lists of websites, a person should visit each one of them in order to identify the online stores that have the best offers. Online stores in teuila that sell or rent out Samoan wedding gowns normally have visual images of the dresses that are available. It is necessary that a person should have a valid credit card in order to allow the transactions to take place effectively.
Many online stores offer extra services such as transporting the wedding dresses to their customers while some offer discounts to customers who purchase a certain number of items from their stores.
SELECTING A SAMOAN WEDDING GOWN COLOR AND PATTERN:
Samoan wedding dresses normally have patterns on them, which make the dresses more beautiful. A person has the option of selecting black, brown, cream or white background colors for their wedding dresses. Traditional Samoan wedding gowns are colorful because they use barks to make them; a person can select a white wedding dress that has light brown patterns on them thus making the attire unique and attractive. Professional siapo makers in Polynesia decorate the wedding gowns a day or two before the wedding ceremony.