There are so many gorgeous options when it comes to wedding dress shopping, and with limited time at your bridal appointment, along with the added pressure of wanting to look your best, it’s good to go in armed with knowledge on what will flatter your body type. To help you navigate the overwhelming world of bridal fashion, we’ve compiled this handy guide to find the silhouette that suits your shape.
A-Line - Best for Pear, Apple, Straight
This dress style is an iconic design that suits an array of different body shapes. Featuring a fitted bodice that draws the waist line in and a flared skirt that skims the hips. It balances out hips and shoulders to create curves where they may be lacking and gives the illusion of a smaller waist - An extremely flattering design.
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Empire Line - Best for Pear & Straight
An Empire line cut features a slightly higher waistline than the A-line style, hugging your upper torso with a straight flowing skirt. It’s a simple but stylish dress that flatters straight or athletic body types, yet also flatters the hip and tummy areas for our pear shaped girls by drawing attention to the normally embellished neckline.
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Ball Gown - Best for Hourglass, Triangle, Pear & Apple
The ballgown, the classic princess style. With its fitted bodice and full layered skirt, it cinches us in. Perfect in assisting pear shapes to feel extra confident with their smaller waists, and with its full skirt hiding every imperfection, it’s ideal for those that may be insecure of their curvier lower half. A sophisticated and timeless design that highlights the bust, arms and shoulders, while disguising hips and waist - very flattering for our hourglass girls.
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Sheath - Best for Hourglass & Straight
This style boasts a slim and fitted design in a figure hugging material that doesn’t flare out. With its unforgiving cut and slinky material, that fits tight across the body and elongates your silhouette, this design is suited to the slender figures of straight and hourglass shapes that want a minimal yet elegant look.
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Mermaid - Best for Hourglass & Triangle
An extremely sexy style of gown, it is fitted at the bust, hips and waist to showcase your natural feminine features, with a dramatic flare at the knee or mid thigh for extra definition. Best suited for brides with a slender hourglass figure, as it contours your shape and draws attention to all your best assets, or with a mid-thigh flare can suit a triangle shape, as it cinches the waist and flatters the hips.
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