Selecting A Wedding Dress
That Is Right For Your Figure Type
“Your wedding dress must compliment your figure!” How?
By making sure that your dress style enhances your best figure assets and minimizes your figure flaws.
Let's face it... most of us have areas we want to camouflage. So your wedding gown silhouette style should not mirror your body shape in this case. Only if you feel you have no figure challenges should you pick a gown that "exactly"define your shape.
The suggested styles in this guide will be the best style choices to enhance your particular figure type.
“My hope is that this information will save you the time and frustration of trying on wedding dress styles that will not compliment your figure.”
Now you will be able to go into the bridal shop knowing which styles to look at and which ones to steer clear of.
So now that you have done your body evaluation so that you can choose the right bridal gown... which body shape are you?
Also you may need to consider these possible problem areas before choosing your bridal dress.
Could you be the ideal body shape? Hey... You might be. So let’s consider that one first.
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The Ideal Body Shape
This is the body shape designers consider “ideal.” This body type has no figure exaggerations. The bust, waist and hips are balanced, or in other words in proportion to each area.
Bust and hips are of similar circumference with the waist measurement being about 10” smaller. This is the figure type clothing and patterns are designed for. An example of this would be the measurements 36"- 26"- 36".
Strategies: You are fortunate if you fall in this body type. You can choose any wedding gown silhouette you wish. As long as you have the height... at least 5’5” and above and are an average weight... you basically can wear any bridal gown style of your choice.
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Which Body Shape Are You?
Now let’s consider other body shapes and figure challenges. Notice which wedding gown styles work for which figure type?
Take note of the suggestions and strategies used to offset problem areas by using bridal dress styles that will accentuate the positives.
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Why is choosing the right dress your shape important?
Choosing the right dress for your body shape will save you some fitting problems that tend to show up later when being fitted in your wedding dress at the alterations fitting.
I know some brides that I have worked with could have saved money on their alterations by picking a dress that worked with in instead of working against their figure.
So when trying on dresses... look at yourself from every angle in the mirror to make sure that the dress looks good from all directions.
If you are trying on a dress at the bridal shop ask for the alterations seamstress to come out and let you know what can and cannot be altered. Ask about the cost of the alterations needed at this time.
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