Custom Veils

Carly's Bridal Salon can create a custom designed Veil for your wedding or alter your existing one. Please see our price list below and call or email me to make an appointment for your private consultation.

If you have some design ideas of your own, or you would like some special touches added to your veil, like ribbon colour, bridal veil colour, reworking a vintage piece that you have, I can send you some ideas and a quote for pricing.

Veil colours available: White, White Shimmer (very soft sparkle), Diamond (goes with silks and all the new soft white bridal satins), Ivory, and Ivory Shimmer.

About Veils

Bridal veils have a long history in the wedding ceremony, from protecting the bride from evil, to a sign of her chastity, and sometimes as a surprise for her groom! Today, veils are simply a statement of style, and a wonderful enhancement to the bride"s total ensemble. Veils can be fun, worn with just one layer, at the length of your choice, to compliment the style of your dress, or more traditional with two layers. The shorter layer, or blusher, can be worn over the face for the walk down the aisle, and then lifted for the ceremony.

Styles of veils are unlimited. Veils can have a cut edge or a variety of ribbons, pearls, flat cord, satin cord, or metallic and decorative thread edges. Veils also can have different cuts; regular veils are cut 108" wide. If you want a smaller or more delicate look try a veil cut at 72" wide. The regular cut has a two-tiered look gathered at the top comb, the trimmed edges framing the entire veil. Oval cut veils are two-tiered with the trim along both parallel bottom edges, but starting at the shoulder as opposed to the top of the comb.

Once you’ve chosen the length of your veil, and the edges and so on, you may want to wear it with a tiara, flowers, decorative hair pins, or with an heirloom piece from your family. Veils can be worn with their existing combs, or Velcro can be added to a head-piece and veil. Snaps can be attached to a tiara for removal at the reception. Some brides even make the longer veil detachable from the blusher veil, and then just wear the shorter veil with a tiara for the rest of the evening. There are no rules! Whatever suits your style, it’s your day!

Made-to-Measure Veils

Call or email us to make an appointment for your private consultation. If you would like to order a veil, you can online, make a note in the comments for the type, and letter for your size.

Double Layer Veils consist of a long veil and a shorter blusher veil on top.

1. Establish where you are going to wear your veil, at the front of your head by itself, behind a tiara, or at the back of your head on a bun wrap or wreath. Measure with a cloth tape measure from where you’re wearing it down to where the long veil will stop.
2. Next, measure the blusher or shorter layer. It should be between 2″ to 8″ shorter than the longer layer. Then choose what edge you would like on your veils. All veils come attached to a comb. If you are buying a hairpiece, or tiara, decide if you want snaps or Velcro for attaching the veils.

Use the longer veil layer for pricing.
For example: if you want a 38″ veil with a blusher of 32″ trimmed with 1/8 ” ribbon, just go across till you find your long veil length, and slide down till you find the edge, and at the intersection will be your price. In this case $85 dollars.

Veil Charts

Made to measure single layer veils.

Measure from where you want your veil to start, at the top of your head behind a tiara or at the back of your head behind a bunwrap or wreath. Measure down to where you want it to stop. Pick the type of edge you would like and go across to the length column and you will have your price. For example: A 38" single layer veil with a 1/2" ribbon would be $90.00.

Have any questions?  Ask me!