Choosing Wedding Dress Accents for Your Body Shape

Like every bride, you’ll want to look beautiful on your wedding day – to do this, you need to enhance the good qualities of you figure and face, while drawing attention away from your problem areas. In addition to carefully selecting the shape of your wedding gown, you can use various accents to draw attention to or away from certain body areas. For the most part, you’ll find that you can create an enormous amount of difference with just some minor changes in accents and fabric styles.

Necklines

When choosing a neckline for your gown, it’s important to take your shoulder width and face shape into consideration. For example, if you have narrow shoulders, it may help to use a broader neckline to balance out parts of your lower body. On the other hand, if this doesn’t work with your face shape, you might also want to try wearing shoulder pads or puffed sleeves to add bulk to your top half.

If you have a square or rounded face, it’s best to wear a V-neck or scooped neckline. If you have a classic heart shaped face, or an oval shape, you’re lucky – you can wear a gown with almost any neckline. That said, if the gown you’re looking at doesn’t have an ideal neckline, check to see if you can have it altered. One option is to select a strapless gown and have a lace bodice fitted over it in order to create an appropriate neckline.

Body Shape and Fabric Designs

If you want to draw attention to a specific body area, the easiest way to do it is with lace or satin accents. For example, if you have beautiful legs, you may want to wear a satin sheath dress or select a lace pattern and a narrow skirt. Similarly, if your hips are heavy, you may want to use beads, rhinestones or other accents on the bodice instead. Depending on the time of year, you may also be able to use sheer fabrics to create the impression of longer sleeves or other minor stylistic adjustments. However, if you plan to include any of these alterations, it’s best to seek the assistance of a professional seamstress.

Sleeve Designs and Bodice Patterns

Arms can be a trouble spot for many women, so you find it difficult to choose the best sleeve shape for your body. If your shoulders are narrow but your upper body is large, you’ll run into a problem when selecting sleeves. While shoulder pads and a less decorative bodice might help, you may also want to see what you can do to improve your figure. The sooner you start planning your wedding, the longer you’ll have to spend time at the gym or pursue other weight loss and toning options.

Realistically, not every woman has a perfect hourglass figure – although it may seem to you that all wedding gowns are designed for this ideal. However, it is possible to select a gown that helps you to look your best and enhances the more ideal aspects of your figure and face. Even if you’re limited by gown color and style, you may still be able to use fabric and other decorative accents to your advantage. In particular, the placement of lace, satin compliments, and other decorative fabrics can help hide problem areas and highlight the appearance of ideal ones.

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Filed under: Wedding Dresses — vicky at 1:51 pm on Wednesday, July 23, 2008