Tiggerprincess
01-04-2006, 04:31 AM
Wedding Dresses For Your Body Type
All wedding dresses are beautiful and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Choose a wedding dress that compliments your particular body type, reflects your personality and shows of your best features.
Plus Size Brides
If you are a plus size bride the best wedding dress style for you is an A-Line. An A-line silhouette lengthens the whole body without drawing attention to your waistline. Another good choice is a wedding dress with an empire waist. The empire waist wedding gown has a seam just below the bust and allows the fabric to skim over your waist and hips.
Many plus size brides tend to want to cover up their arms and chest. Don’t be afraid to reveal some skin, showing your arms and decollage is very sexy and can often make you appear smaller. Wedding gowns with deep V necks and scoop necks flatter curvy figures and always look best on full figured women. Create height by wearing your hair upswept and draw attention to your face and neck area with gorgeous jewelry.
Petite Brides
A-line wedding dresses are also flattering on a petite women. Try to stay away from very full skirts which may be out of proportion to your height. Sheaths will tend to make you look shorter also. A petite woman may have to lift her arms to reach up to her new husband and a strapless dress may not be the best choice, instead choose a cap sleeve, it gives the feeling of a strapless wedding dress and also serves a practical purpose by holding the gown in place. Tiaras and veils add height as will strappy sexy shoes.
Big Busted Brides
Off the shoulder gowns look wonderful on a full bust. It draws attention upward, emphasizes the shoulders and minimizes the chest. Try to keep the skirt of your wedding dress narrow. By wearing a full skirt you may look large on top and bottom. Sexy hemlines ae made for you - show off those gorgeous legs!
Pear Shaped Brides
Women who are larger through their hips and buttocks should look for a wedding dress that focuses on their upper body preferably with a full skirt. A corset dress works well to draw attention to the upper body, away from the hips. Try to show off your arms and back and bustline. Wear your hair upswept to give the illusion of height and show off your neck and shoulders.
Covering Problem Areas
Tall and Slender
Many tall and slender brides have a small bust area. To hide small bust choose a wedding dress that has beadwork or other details in the bodice.
Full Figured
Find an a-line wedding dress. This will draw away from problem areas in the stomach, hips, and thighs. Avoid sleeveless, shiny, and velvet wedding dresses, all these can create the illusion of being heavier.
Petite
Wedding dresses that have a princess or empire shape design makes one look taller, which is what is needed in this case.
Large Bust
Avoid sleeveless wedding dresses; these only draw more attention to the bust. Consider styles that have thick shoulder straps, and wear with a full support bra to reduce the look of being top-heavy. Styles with a bow, or tie just below the bust are also flattering on large busted woman.
Wide Hips
Try on wedding dresses that focus on the upper body in design or style, while covering the hips. An empire waist wedding dress with embroidery and beadwork is popular on wedding dresses and can easily be used to draw attention to the upper body, while hiding the hip area.
Thick Arms
There are many ways to cover up thick arms. Choose between wearing a light waist-high coat, a dress scarf (lay it over shoulders), or a long sleeved wedding dress.
Tummy Troubles
Hide problem are in a wedding dress that has a design across the stomach area, or choose one that has a bow or tie that is placed just below the bust line to draw off attention from the area.
The key to finding a perfect wedding dress fit is to know the problem areas, and know how to hide them while enhancing other body features. No one has a perfect body, but that does not mean that one cannot look radiant in a perfect fitting wedding dress.
D.D.
Hope this helps make your decision easier..I'll give u an update if i find anything more..
All wedding dresses are beautiful and beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Choose a wedding dress that compliments your particular body type, reflects your personality and shows of your best features.
Plus Size Brides
If you are a plus size bride the best wedding dress style for you is an A-Line. An A-line silhouette lengthens the whole body without drawing attention to your waistline. Another good choice is a wedding dress with an empire waist. The empire waist wedding gown has a seam just below the bust and allows the fabric to skim over your waist and hips.
Many plus size brides tend to want to cover up their arms and chest. Don’t be afraid to reveal some skin, showing your arms and decollage is very sexy and can often make you appear smaller. Wedding gowns with deep V necks and scoop necks flatter curvy figures and always look best on full figured women. Create height by wearing your hair upswept and draw attention to your face and neck area with gorgeous jewelry.
Petite Brides
A-line wedding dresses are also flattering on a petite women. Try to stay away from very full skirts which may be out of proportion to your height. Sheaths will tend to make you look shorter also. A petite woman may have to lift her arms to reach up to her new husband and a strapless dress may not be the best choice, instead choose a cap sleeve, it gives the feeling of a strapless wedding dress and also serves a practical purpose by holding the gown in place. Tiaras and veils add height as will strappy sexy shoes.
Big Busted Brides
Off the shoulder gowns look wonderful on a full bust. It draws attention upward, emphasizes the shoulders and minimizes the chest. Try to keep the skirt of your wedding dress narrow. By wearing a full skirt you may look large on top and bottom. Sexy hemlines ae made for you - show off those gorgeous legs!
Pear Shaped Brides
Women who are larger through their hips and buttocks should look for a wedding dress that focuses on their upper body preferably with a full skirt. A corset dress works well to draw attention to the upper body, away from the hips. Try to show off your arms and back and bustline. Wear your hair upswept to give the illusion of height and show off your neck and shoulders.
Covering Problem Areas
Tall and Slender
Many tall and slender brides have a small bust area. To hide small bust choose a wedding dress that has beadwork or other details in the bodice.
Full Figured
Find an a-line wedding dress. This will draw away from problem areas in the stomach, hips, and thighs. Avoid sleeveless, shiny, and velvet wedding dresses, all these can create the illusion of being heavier.
Petite
Wedding dresses that have a princess or empire shape design makes one look taller, which is what is needed in this case.
Large Bust
Avoid sleeveless wedding dresses; these only draw more attention to the bust. Consider styles that have thick shoulder straps, and wear with a full support bra to reduce the look of being top-heavy. Styles with a bow, or tie just below the bust are also flattering on large busted woman.
Wide Hips
Try on wedding dresses that focus on the upper body in design or style, while covering the hips. An empire waist wedding dress with embroidery and beadwork is popular on wedding dresses and can easily be used to draw attention to the upper body, while hiding the hip area.
Thick Arms
There are many ways to cover up thick arms. Choose between wearing a light waist-high coat, a dress scarf (lay it over shoulders), or a long sleeved wedding dress.
Tummy Troubles
Hide problem are in a wedding dress that has a design across the stomach area, or choose one that has a bow or tie that is placed just below the bust line to draw off attention from the area.
The key to finding a perfect wedding dress fit is to know the problem areas, and know how to hide them while enhancing other body features. No one has a perfect body, but that does not mean that one cannot look radiant in a perfect fitting wedding dress.
D.D.
Hope this helps make your decision easier..I'll give u an update if i find anything more..