How to Choose The Right Wedding Dress for Your Body Shape?

Nothing concerns a bride-to-be more than finding an ideal wedding dress before the arrival of her big day. After the popping of the question and the engagement, it becomes the most delightful occasion for a girl who is about to get married. However, finding the best bridal dress requires a lot of patience, and can take a great deal of time as well as thinking. With the large number of options, cuts and styles available in the market, the bride can become overwhelmed and perplexed trying to make a prudent decision.

Things To Consider

Bridal gowns can come in a variety of sizes and shapes. Choosing the right one would be easier if the bride is aware of what complements her figure. Wearing the cut suitable for the body type is important to highlight the best features of a bride’s body. Generally, there are three things that a bride must consider while selecting the perfect dress for herself:

• The type of her figure

• The most flattering cuts

• The small details for making it verily unique

Different Body Types

• Banana - The banana does not have any curves to conceal. This type of body shape is, in fact, the shape du jour and popularly sported by models who are super-thin. Tummy and legs are the best friends of the banana. Brides having this shape must accentuate their legs due to them being extremely thin. Slim legs normally look longer and make a girl seem taller than she really is. Talking about the shoulder-spectacular pears, the uniquely boyish form must accentuate their slim arms and slender shoulders, by putting a little on the top.

• Apple - Girls with apple shaped figure have a certain rotundity, with similar shoulders, waist and hips width that are set off entirely by toned and slim legs and arms.

• Pear - This is the most common figure shape among women, but also the toughest to dress properly. Voluptuous and large lower body along with protruding hips and bold posterior, pear has a strikingly small top half, bust and shoulders. The most beautiful features of pear are a small waist and an exquisitely slim torso.

• Hourglass - Characterised by shoulders and hips of same width, the hourglass has a clear-cut waist and is synonymous with the traditional hot bod of Hollywood.

Wedding Dresses

Wedding dresses to go with the above mentioned body shapes are as follows:

• Mermaid dresses are ideal for imparting curves to a banana’s silhouette.

• Bodices with A-line can be ideal for accentuating the most exquisite features of apples.

• Princess style gowns that maintain balance for the bust and torso are perfect to hide the fuller hips of pears.

• Hourglasses have many different physical assets for accentuating. But the best thing to follow is ‘less is more’.