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Although there is also the elegant huasa dress, Chilean china dresses are a favorite of brides who yearn to honor their roots. China comes from Quechua and means servant or maid, and this is how the traditional huasa campesina dresses are known. .

Is this the wardrobe you want to wear at your wedding? If so, then take note and dazzle at your Creole wedding.

What are the Chinese dresses like?

The chilean chinese costume consists of a flowered dress with a voluminous false skirt that cuts to mid-calf, with frills at the bottom, while the sleeves are short and also with frills. The neckline is usually round or square, and may or may not have a lace.

In addition, sometimes a waist band or an apron is incorporated, where the handkerchief is kept. Chinese dresses are accompanied by black shoes with a medium heel and a strap over the instep.

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Printed dresses

If you're planning a Chilean-style marriage, one option is to choose a white dress with a floral print. But make sure it's a flared skirt with short puffed sleeves, so you'll look like a Chinese dress, but still look like a bride.

You can choose a dress with colorful flowers splashed all over the garment, or concentrated between the body and the bottom.

In tune with the groom

One of the advantages of choosing a printed dress is that you can combine the color of the flowers with some of your partner's accessories.

For example, if the print of your huaso wedding dress is predominantly red, it would be a great idea for your groom, if he is also dressed as a huaso, to choose a corral blanket in the same color.

Or if the flowers on your dress will be light blue, ask your fiancé to choose a shirt in that shade.

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Dresses with accessories

Alternatively, you can go for a traditional wedding dress, but you can also go for a traditional wedding dress. ncorpores elements taken from the chilean chinese or huasa campesina dress .

For example, a sash around your waist in a vibrant color, a chupalla-type hat - originally worn by huas in the countryside - or an apron with a handkerchief that you can wear at certain times, for example, to dance a cueca dance.

And a very special detail that you can add is to embroider the handkerchiefs with your initials or with the date of the wedding. You can even give cueca handkerchiefs to the guests as a souvenir.

Chinese dresses 2.0

More options? If you want to honor your Chilean roots with a huasa costume adapted to an avant-garde bride, then you've come to the right place. the modern huasa dresses will be your fascination .

If you can't find one for sale, you can have one made to measure and ask your dressmaker, among other adjustments to the original version, that the flared skirt is shorter, that the back includes a neckline, that the fabric has some embroidered detail or that the model incorporates a veil.

This way, keeping the mold of the huasa china costume, you will be perfect to dance cueca while still looking like a bride.

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The ideal hairstyle

Finally, among the hairstyles for Chilean huasas predominate those with all their hair up .

Braids, for example, will always be a hit, either a thick side braid or two thinner braids, one on each side, and you can complement your hairstyle with a headdress with flowers to match the dress.

But if you are looking for chinese hairstyles to dance cueca and show off on stage with your brand new husband, another alternative is to opt for a ponytail or high ponytail, with stiff hair, so you can stomp your feet without worrying about the hairstyle falling apart.

Whether you choose between modern cueca dresses or traditional designs, you'll steal the show at your wedding with Chilean roots.