Wedding Alterations: Why You Can Not
Avoid Them Even If You Were Measured
When trying on your wedding dress you notice it's too big in places. Now you have wedding alterations costs you weren’t expecting. What happened? Wasn’t this dress being made to my measurements, you ask?
Over the past 24 years as . . . a wedding dress alterations specialist serving Virginia and parts of North Carolina . . . this question has come up from time to time in my line of business.
The answer lies in knowing the reason why your measurements are taken. And it’s not for the reasons you might think.
There is a good explanation for why this situation happens more often than not.
Why you will most likely need wedding dress alterations
Wedding bridal gowns are designed for what is considered the ideal figure which is a balanced body shape. The standard height for the ideal figure used for designing a wedding dress is about 5’9”.
There are---no figure exaggerations on this figure type--- thus creating what is considered the balanced body shape.
The bust circumference is about 10 inches larger than the waist. And the hip circumference also is about 10 inches larger than the waist measurement. Remember hearing these measurements 36-26-36. These represent the so called balanced proportions. Some wedding dress designers will vary a little from this 10 inch proportion formula.
The point I want you to know is . . . "if you don’t match the designers’ ideal figure proportions. Guess what will happen? You should expect to need bridal alterations."
Are there some gowns made to measure? Yes in some instances some manufacturers will do some made to measure areas on a wedding dress.
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