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However, lighter fabrics are more common for summer. Organza, dotted Switt, embroidered voile and cotton Cluny or favorite cool summer wedding fabric choices. Lustrous satin and rich taffeta make popular foil and winter gowns. Velvet it a dramatic December wedding fabric choke. There or three lengths of bridal trains. Brush trains or very short and "brush" the floor. Chapel trains are about on to three feet long. The most formal cathedral trains is over six feet in length. All or about the width of a church aitle. They are usually a bock-lin- e extension of the gown ond may be cut down without destroying the style. Trains are chosen to be suitable to the formality and location of the ceremony. Few would consider o cathedral train appropriate at a garden wedding. The style of the bridal gown and degree of formality of the ceremony guide the choke of a veil. too. A long veil covert the dress train and measures V yard longer than the extended train. 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