Wedding Dresses- What Fits Who Best?

Have you ever wondered what, among the MANY designs of wedding dresses, would fit you best?

Its your BIG day, the dress should Complement your body and not work against it. A great start to your search is to keep your mind open, what fits great, go for it!

We have found that most brides know what they want when they walk through our doors, this is great, shows that you know whats in, you have an opinion. This is a good thing, but don't be too rigid. It helps to know your body type and which wedding dress style would look the best to flatter your body shape

HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL BE LESS CONFUSED WHEN FITTING :)

The Mermaid or Trumpet Wedding Dress

Mermaid or Trumpet style wedding dresses hug the curves closely and are a great choice if you feel like to want to accentuate your curvy figure. This popular style is most flattering to hour glass and rectangle shapes. Women that are petite may find that it shortens their appearance and so may find this  unappealing. This is a beautiful shape for the fit, yet curvy girl. 

The A-Line or Princess Wedding Dress

A-Line wedding dresses are wonderful choices for almost any bride. This flattering dress shape balances out top heavy shapes and helps hide some tummy bulge. Body shapes that look great in an A-Line wedding dress include the Inverted Triangle — because it balances out the top heavy shape, the Rectangle, the Pear and the Hour Glass. This style is also known as the Princess Wedding Dress style. A most forgiving style, it's a great choice for most brides.

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The Empire Wedding Dress

This is a very forgiving wedding dress shape, great for many body types.  It tends to flatter the Inverted Triangle, the Apple, the Pear and the Hour Glass. Classically it has a high waistline and the seam is just underneath the bust and the fabric below the waist falls gracefully to the floor. Slim brides with small busts tend to like this shape as well and pregnant brides find this the most comfortable shape to wear.

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The Sheath or Column Wedding Dress

The Sheath, which is also known as the Column wedding dress runs pretty much vertically from the shoulders down to the floor and the hem does not flair out, like it does in the A-Line, Empire or Ball Gown. These dresses are usually body-hugging wedding gowns and work best for slim brides with balanced figures. It is also suitable for petite brides on the slim side since it tends to elongate their shape. If you are not super confident in your shape, you might want to mark this one off your list, as you want to be happy and confident on your wedding day. A slim Hour Glass may like the body hugging features of this dress style, but the best suited shape seems to be the Rectangle for this Column wedding gown.

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The Ball Gown Wedding Dress

The Ball Gown wedding gown is also called the Fairy-Tale wedding gown, or the Cinderella wedding dress. Usually paired with fitted bodices, these gowns flare out from the hips, adding drama and over-the-top glamor. Pear shapes love this type of wedding dress, but the Hour Glass, the Inverted Triangle, the Rectangle, and the Apple also find this shape attractive on them. A fitted waist is ideal for this shape and petite body types might find these dresses a bit overwhelming to their small frames.



Whatever your shape, you CAN find the perfect dress. Happy Fittings!

The Inverted Triangle

This shape is a bit top heavy with broad shoulders, large bust and narrow hips.  To create the illusion of an hourglass, it helps to balance the lower body with the upper body. Best to wear flowing fabrics, low to medium-low necklines, a well-fitted bra and dresses that flow from the waist. This shape looks great in an A-line or Ball Gown type of wedding dress that has a strapless or sweetheart neckline.

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The Rectangle

This shape is more typically known as the boyish, athletic body type. The bust and hips are roughly the same size and the waist is undefined. This type usually has a small to medium bust and slim legs and arms. Styles that flatter this shape are the Sheath, Empire, A-line, Ball Gown and Mermaid with a portrait or strapless neckline... you can wear it all girlfriend!

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The Apple

This shape is full-figured from the hips up, though your legs can be on the thin side. A fitted bodice does wonders for this shape and styles that flatter included the Empire and the Ball Gown with a sweetheart or strapless neckline. The fitted bodice plays up your ample bust and gives your waist definition.

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The Pear

This shape, know as the pear-shape, presents as the bottom half of your body, hips, thighs and bottom having more weight than your top half. For a more proportioned look, you would look beautiful in an Empire, A-Line or Ball Gown wedding dress  with a strapless, or halter top with circular collar.

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The Hour Glass

The hour glass body shape has the shoulders and hips at almost the same width, as well as a well defined waist. Fitted gowns show off this curvy shape well. Flattering styles include the Sheath, A-Line, Ball Gown, Dropped Waistline, and Mermaid. For a neckline, strapless works, as well as one-shoulder and scoop necklines.

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WEDDING MAKE UP

This one goes out to all brides-to-be. Today, we're talking make up.
Your wedding is a special day in your life so relax, enjoy, and stop worrying about anything going wrong.
after picking out your dress, shoes and accessories, the next thing you need to figure out is the right make up, which will make you look like never before.

Hire a Makeup Artist

First things first - Wedding is a special day so hire a professional make up artist. Take a pre-wedding consultation so your make up artist knows what you want. If possible ask him/her to do the make up so that you know what you extract looks good on you. There is never enough time on the wedding day to experiment. 

Going with this option makes ensures that you are in good hands. A professional has the experience to make sure the end result are The Best.

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Wedding Makeup Tips

In case, you decide to do your make up on your own then visit a cosmetic outlet, give it at least one month before the wedding and see what colours look good on you before buying the make up.

Here are some of the tips that will help with makeup on the wedding day

1. Cleaning Wipes: The first important thing before starting the make up is to make sure your face is clean. After washing the face use cleaning wipes to ensure that its clean.

2. Compact Foundation: If you have dry to normal skin use creamy foundation to get coverage and clean up smudged make-up. But if you have oily skin wear powder, powder foundation will allow coverage and camouflage blurred make-up. Also to make your foundation last for a longer time, use primer before applying foundation.

3. Concealer Or Stick Foundation: A concealer will help to cover the spots on your face, bags or redness, if any. The nice thing about concealer is that it will serve the purpose not only of a cream compact foundation, but is available in different colours. Get a shade matching your skin colour. Dab it onto places where you need and evenly spread on the face. DO NOT overdo it let it look natural.

4. Shiny Eyeshadow: Its your wedding day you could use a little shimmer. Use a light colour eyeshadow or if you like darker tone go for them. Either way , the eyeshadow will do wonders to revive the way your eyes look.

5. Colour Accent Shadow: This is applied just over the lash-line about halfway between the pupil and the outer corner of your eye, blending in a spot about a size of a pencil rubber.

6. Coloured Mascara: Apply vibrant and visible colour to clean lashes and you'll see it quite clearly. Use muted shades such as black-violets, bronze green, plum-browns and blue-black, They aren't dark as black or boring as brown. Make sure to use water proof mascara just in case the tears of joy appear.

7. Blusher: A vibrant blusher is necessary to complete the look. A light coat of pink
or peach could highlight cheekbones.

8. A lipstick And Gloss: The most important thing to complete the look . Also a layer of foundation on the lips could fill in the cracks if any. Then apply a light to medium lipstick. If dark tones look good on you it could look just fine. If you want an extra shine add a layer of lip-gloss.

These easy to do steps should ensure you look stunning on the day you get to say "I DO!" 

All The Best :)

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