Not long ago, we assessed the best outfits from the last Bridal Fashion Week in New York. However, the bride should like the dress not only in the picture, but also in real life, that is, it should fit her figure perfectly. Let’s figure out which outfits will beautifully highlight and, if necessary, adjust the silhouette of a “pear” (“triangle”), “apple” (“circle”), “banana” (“rectangle”), “inverted triangle” and “hourglass”.
Wedding dress for an hourglass figure
Who is this type? Owners of harmonious proportions - a clearly defined waist and equal width of shoulders and hips
How to choose an outfit? The dress should not hide your best asset - your small waist. Sheath dresses (sheath dress), straight-cut outfits (column dress, also known as trumpet dress), mermaid style, Greek style a la a fitted or belted long tunic and A-line, bustier dress with a corset or corsage and fluffy floor-length skirt.
Carolina Herrera, spring-summer 2022
Monique Lhuillier, spring-summer 2017
What to avoid? Dresses with a high (in the Empire style) or low (in the 1920s style) waistline, excess frills and tiers that visually increase the volume of the body.
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The perfect dress hides flaws and emphasizes advantages. This is why it is so important to choose a wedding dress that suits you, because on this day you really want to be perfect.
Conventionally, all female figures can be divided into five types:
- rectangle
- triangle
- hourglass
- oval (apple)
- inverted triangle (pear)
Each of these types has certain flaws that do not fit into the concept of an ideal figure. If you don’t want to see a single flaw in your wedding photos, it’s better to determine your type and choose a wedding dress based on your body type.
Wedding dress for pear shape
Who is this type? Owners of proportions with an emphasis on the bottom - narrow shoulders, small breasts, pronounced waist and wide hips
How to choose an outfit? The main goal is to reduce or hide the volume of the hips and emphasize the bust and waist. Appetizing “pears” go for dresses that look like a princess ball gown, A-line dresses, Empire style dresses, the narrowest part of which is under the chest, as well as strapless dresses, with puffed sleeves and open-shoulder ones. It would be good if the top was decorated with textural details - embroidery, tucks, lace trim and the like. This way you can create the necessary visual balance between what is above and what is below the waist.
Anne Barge, spring-summer 2022
Marchesa, spring-summer 2017
What to avoid? Multi-tiered and mermaid styles, sheath dresses, column dresses. Also, the American armhole (halter collar) and stand-up collar can play a cruel joke on “pears” - they will draw the visual emphasis, thereby enhancing the contrast of the narrow top and wide bottom.
Wedding dress for apple body shape
Who is this type? Owners of a round figure - proportional shoulders and hips relative to each other, full breasts and an “elusive” waist
How to choose an outfit? The object of the search is a dress that will help “make” the waist. Therefore, “apple” brides are good in dresses with a trapezoidal cut with a corset, wrap dresses, A-line dresses, with a low and, on the contrary, high waist. Accessories can place accents in the right way and visually elongate the proportions of the body - a long necklace, a belt, as well as a V-shaped neckline, vertical inserts made of fabric of a different color or lace and generous decor (thread embroidery, rhinestones, fake pearls, etc.) or tops, or the bottom of the dress.
Oscar de la Renta, spring-summer 2022
Jenny Packham, spring-summer 2017
What to avoid? Outfits with mermaid and trumpet silhouettes; princess dresses with a short fluffy skirt; outfits with peplum and thin straps, which look ugly on plump shoulders and can cut into them; dresses with a closed chest (many would envy your neckline!).
Decor options for wedding dresses with straps
The wedding image must sparkle, creating as much as possible a solemn aura around itself. This cannot be achieved if the dress is not decorated with various decorative elements, supplemented with some details, for example, lace or rhinestones, a huge brooch or flowers. All this and much more can add festive colors to the wedding decoration and beautifully play up one or another element of the dress, for example, straps. Take a closer look at the listed options for decorating wedding dresses with straps.
Lace and embroidery
What could be more beautiful than delicate French lace? The openwork design of wedding dresses has always been extremely popular among girls going down the aisle. From time immemorial, it has been considered a classic wardrobe option for beautiful representatives of humanity, which emphasizes the femininity, tenderness and sexuality of their image.
The lace can be so thin that you will think it is glued to the bride's body or painted on. Use this idea to play up the straps of your wedding dress in an original way. An alternative to expensive openwork fabrics can be original handmade embroidery. This is another appropriate option to beautifully decorate the straps of a wedding dress.
With stones and rhinestones
Stones and rhinestones are the most common, but most attention-grabbing option that you can use to decorate the straps of your wedding dress. The way these objects shimmer and play in the sun often remains beyond any competition with any other decor ideas. However, the main condition here is not to overdo it with the number of rhinestones sewn throughout the dress. Let it be done modestly, but tastefully, rather than thickly, but creating an overloaded image. Decorate the straps with stones just a little so that they shine brightly in the light along with the entire bride's outfit.
Brooches or flowers
You can decorate the straps of your wedding dress in an original way with iridescent brooches with stones. This can be done, for example, by placing them symmetrically on each strap, imitating small stars on the girl’s shoulders. If you're wary of overdoing your look with too much statement jewelry, use one brooch in the center of an asymmetrical wide strap that sits diagonally across your shoulders.
Another option for beautifully decorating a wedding dress is artificial rag or fresh flowers, such as lilies or lush asters. Buds can be completely different: from the smallest to the largest. It all depends on your imagination and creativity. There are many interesting ideas to extravagantly decorate the straps of a bride’s evening dress, for example:
- Densely sew artificial flowers onto a small strap. It will look like an additional accessory to your wedding look. It will be better if you use this tip to decorate a dress with one strap. And in order to find out how you can easily create a flower from fabric with your own hands, watch the video attached below:
- Take a live flower, such as calla. Invisibly thread a wire into its stem to achieve the effect of flexibility. Next, you will need to carefully wrap each strap in the form of a large wave with this flower. Let the bud gracefully adorn the middle of each of your shoulders.
- If you don't want to take risks and are afraid of ending up with a too variegated look, take a large live aster in a soft pink color. Carefully, in the chest area, attach the flower bud with a pin to one of the straps of your dress.
Additional advice to ensure that fresh flowers retain their fresh appearance throughout the day: before purchasing, contact an experienced florist who will pre-treat the buds you like with a special solution. Everyone who sells flowers uses these little tricks to ensure that they remain as freshly cut for a long time. And for the wedding day - this is simply necessary to be the most beautiful bride.
Wedding dress for banana body shape
Who is this type? Owners of unaccented proportions - visually equal in width to shoulders, waist and hips
How to choose an outfit? Representatives of the fair sex with a fragile and slender boyish figure need to highlight the waist and create the illusion of more feminine proportions, such as an “hourglass”. This problem is solved by cut and trim details that create additional volume on the chest and hips: ruffles, bows, draperies, peplum, decorative embroidery. “Banana” beauties are suitable for A-line dresses, dresses with a corset and a fluffy hem, mermaid style, dresses with an open shoulder or strapless, with a high or low waist. And trouser suits suit this body type like no other.
Carolina Herrera, spring-summer 2022
Temperley London, spring-summer 2017
What to avoid? Sheath dresses - they emphasize the rectangular silhouette and “weight” it. The American armhole and stand-up collar are also not recommended: visually, such a neckline makes the shoulders narrower, and as a result, the impression of the dress will not flatter your waist.
Hair and makeup
If girls want to look beautiful in everyday life, then at a wedding they want to look simply stunning! Are you planning a ceremony during hot weather? Avoid heavy lipsticks and shadows, and a thick layer of foundation. Makeup should be light and delicate so that you do not sweat and it does not lose its original appearance. Cosmetics with UV filters will protect your skin from the scorching sun.
The hairstyle should also provide not only beauty and style, but also guarantee comfort. It is recommended to avoid heavy styling and copious amounts of varnish and styling products. Buns, French braids, braids - everything is permissible, the main thing is that you feel like a real queen!
Wedding dress for an inverted triangle body type
Who is this type? Owners of proportions inverse to the “pear” - wide line of shoulders and chest, clear waist, hips narrower than shoulders
How to choose an outfit? The ideal wedding dress for “reverse triangles” is something that visually enlarges the bottom of the figure and narrows the shoulders. A fluffy floor-length skirt, draperies, pintucks or peplum on the hips, pleating, abundant decoration at the waist and below (embroidery, bows, etc.), low waist, vertical details and inserts - these features of the outfit will help equalize the proportions of the body. “Inverted triangles” are good in A-line dresses, bustier dresses and wide straps; dresses in the Greek style, with an open shoulder, an American armhole (also known as a loop collar, or a halter), a stand-up collar or a V-neck, raglan sleeves; dresses with a corset, corsage. A light bolero cape also “shortens” the shoulder line.
Reem Acra, spring-summer 2022
Elie Saab, spring-summer 2017
What to avoid? Dresses with a voluminous, richly decorated top, a boat-shaped neckline, and puffy sleeves.
Strap design
To focus attention on the upper part of the body, to show off delicate shoulders and chic breasts in all their glory, it is worth choosing models with thin, thickened, lace or falling straps. Any of the options is a bold and stylish solution.
Wedding dresses directly from the manufacturer are complemented with straps of a variety of designs:
- — thin “spaghetti”, decorated with delicate falling straps and a revealing “heart” corset;
- — embroidered straps that are integral with the bodice, complemented by a medium-length neckline;
- - continuation of the tight corset in the form of transparent thick straps that are barely noticeable on the shoulders;
- - falling lace, transparent and airy straps that make a bright accent on the shoulders and catch the eye on the bold cutouts of the corsets;
- - strict, plain, wide straps that continue the minimalist corset.
All you have to do is choose your favorite models that can impress every modern fashionista.
