By making sure that your dress style enhances your best figure assets and minimizes your figure flaws. Let us face it.... most of us have areas we want to camouflage. So your wedding gown silhouette style should not mirror your body shape in this case. The suggested styles in this guide will be the best style choices to enhance your particular figure type.
1. Rectangle body shape
Figure Description: This figure appears to be the same width at the shoulder, waist and hips. Very little waist indention . . . waist circumference is 7” or less than hip and bust areas.
Strategies: Choose wedding dress styles that will make the focus of attention draw upward toward your face or down toward the hem and away from the mid-section. You want a wedding gown style that will give the illusion that you have a waistline. Also, the focus can be directed toward either the neckline or sleeve interest, not both equally.
2. Pear shaped body type
Figure Description: This figure type is smaller in the bust and waist areas of the body when compared to the hips, seat and/or thigh areas. Hip circumference measures 2”or more, larger than bust circumference.
Strategies: You want the focus of attention away from the hip thigh area and more toward the face. The shoulders and/or bodice will need something there to add width in this area. This will create balance to the bottom half of the figure.
3. Inverted triangle
Figure Description: The inverted triangle figure type has broad shoulders with narrow hips.
Heavy arms can make your upper torso appear wide and top heavy if you have narrow hips. If you feel your shoulders are too wide... then the following suggestions will help you balance your shape.
Strategies: Balance wide shoulders by adding details at the bodice especially at the hip area and details to the skirt to draw attention to those areas instead.
4. Apple shaped body
Figure Description: An apple shaped body type has very little waist definition.
Note: your mission is to divert attention away from the mid-section and have the attention brought up to your face or focus on your legs.
Strategies: So to bring the attention upward means you need to choose a flattering neckline such as, V-neck, Scoop Neck, Sweetheart or square neckline, Off -the -shoulder, Choose wide shoulder straps over spaghetti straps, and avoid high neckline. The best bridal gown silhouettes for your body type are: empire waist, A-line, Some Dropped waist styles, some ball gown wedding dress styles as long as your stomach doesn't protrude further than your bustline.
5. Hourglass body shape
The hourglass body shape is considered the ideal figure type by many. You can wear any style you wish.
6. Busty Body shape
Figure Description: this kind of body, the bust circumference is quite a bit larger than the hip area
Strategies: Create width below the waist to balance the upper body. Make sure the bodice section of your dress doesn't have details, which will make your bust become a focal point. Choose dresses that have details around the waist, hips and skirt section of the gown creating another focal point.
Take note of the suggestions and strategies used to offset problem areas by using bridal dress styles that will accentuate the positives.
1. Rectangle body shape
Figure Description: This figure appears to be the same width at the shoulder, waist and hips. Very little waist indention . . . waist circumference is 7” or less than hip and bust areas.
Strategies: Choose wedding dress styles that will make the focus of attention draw upward toward your face or down toward the hem and away from the mid-section. You want a wedding gown style that will give the illusion that you have a waistline. Also, the focus can be directed toward either the neckline or sleeve interest, not both equally.
2. Pear shaped body type
Figure Description: This figure type is smaller in the bust and waist areas of the body when compared to the hips, seat and/or thigh areas. Hip circumference measures 2”or more, larger than bust circumference.
Strategies: You want the focus of attention away from the hip thigh area and more toward the face. The shoulders and/or bodice will need something there to add width in this area. This will create balance to the bottom half of the figure.
3. Inverted triangle
Figure Description: The inverted triangle figure type has broad shoulders with narrow hips.
Heavy arms can make your upper torso appear wide and top heavy if you have narrow hips. If you feel your shoulders are too wide... then the following suggestions will help you balance your shape.
Strategies: Balance wide shoulders by adding details at the bodice especially at the hip area and details to the skirt to draw attention to those areas instead.
4. Apple shaped body
Figure Description: An apple shaped body type has very little waist definition.
Note: your mission is to divert attention away from the mid-section and have the attention brought up to your face or focus on your legs.
Strategies: So to bring the attention upward means you need to choose a flattering neckline such as, V-neck, Scoop Neck, Sweetheart or square neckline, Off -the -shoulder, Choose wide shoulder straps over spaghetti straps, and avoid high neckline. The best bridal gown silhouettes for your body type are: empire waist, A-line, Some Dropped waist styles, some ball gown wedding dress styles as long as your stomach doesn't protrude further than your bustline.
5. Hourglass body shape
The hourglass body shape is considered the ideal figure type by many. You can wear any style you wish.
6. Busty Body shape
Figure Description: this kind of body, the bust circumference is quite a bit larger than the hip area
Strategies: Create width below the waist to balance the upper body. Make sure the bodice section of your dress doesn't have details, which will make your bust become a focal point. Choose dresses that have details around the waist, hips and skirt section of the gown creating another focal point.
Take note of the suggestions and strategies used to offset problem areas by using bridal dress styles that will accentuate the positives.
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