Simple Elegant Wedding Dresses

Elegant Wedding Dresses & Elegant Bridal Gowns - The Elegant Woman's Interpretation

In here I illustrate with images (see disclaimer below) of my take on elegant dresses.

*Disclaimer: Please that I've tried to include my own images here as much as I can. While I wish I could organize tonnes of photoshoots for purposes of showing women elements of an elegant wedding dress, instead, it is much easier to show my admiration for other designers as well as credit them.

Those that aren't credited are because the link has expired or I've misplaced information on the picture. The photos here are merely to illustrate "elegant wedding dresses" only

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Simple Elegant Wedding Dresses

Guide to Elegance in a Wedding Dress

I've found a fabulous webpost which describes how to choose the right wedding dress for your frame. It is great, I recommend it: How to Choose Your Wedding Dress According to Body Type

A lot of what is written I've resonated in my wedding pages, but I stand by these principles for elegant dressing, though this is only one person's (me) spin to it.

Adapted loosely from bridechic.com, though I've changed and added my own spin to it.

Go For

The A line dress. A gown with a panel or seam(s) running up the front. The unbroken lines give you height.

Floor length Empire waists are one of your best options. The vertical line gives an illusion of height. It is not recommended if you have a beautiful hour glass figures, where you should be accentuating those curves.

V or U-neck, it gives the impression of a longer neck. This is unless you are not bony at your chest area. Stay away from a revealing or V-U neck which might cheapen the look.

Mermaid cut. If you’re slim and petite consider this style. It’s fitted like an evening gown up top and has all the bounce and swirl of a ball gown below. Not recommended if you have a tummy or imperfect posture but it can be minimized with a girdle.

A-line. As bridechic.com says "Think of it as your very own scaled down version of a ball gown."

Sheath and evening gown silhouettes, long and columnar will flatter your figure.

Focus on "length" over "volume" in your skirt part of your wedding dress.

Sleeves that are long and straight, instead of puffy and big shoulder pads. (Think Princess Diana's gown which looks dated because of puffy sleeves compared to Princess Grace of Monaco)

Bridechic.com says, "Best proportion is a floor length gown with veil or train of the same length." I'm still contesting that theory because I don't entirely agree with this.

Prints, lace, any motifs, beaded/sequined patterns should be scaled down and worn on the upper portions of the body. Busy designs below the waist (even small ones) draw all eyes downward.

Use soft and sheer fabrics like crepe and chiffon that drape to the body, to create a delicate elegance.

PASS UP:

"Any ball gown. The volume in the skirts will consume you." Totally agree. From the very start I never liked ball gowns, unless you are tall and you are in a room full of women in ball gowns.

Belts, sashes and cummerbunds interrupt the vertical lines you want to create - definitely! If you do wear a sash or belt go thin (1-1 ½ inches) and as close to the shade of your gown as you can get.