Wedding Dress Styles According to Specific Body Types

Choosing wedding dresses is perhaps the bride's most difficult task. Imagine, you have to make yourself the most beautiful woman in the room - and you have to make this happen, along with taking care of the other wedding preparation details. Certainly, the thought of deciding which wedding favors to give, which wedding cake to buy and which design of bridesmaid dresses to take is already too stressful!

Still, you cannot just delegate the task of searching for the perfect one among the millions of wedding dresses to anyone. After all, it is you who will be getting into that dress.

So here's a little guide for you so that searching for your perfect wedding gown becomes more enjoyable and less stressful. This guide is so simple; this is just regarding one and one point alone: choose the style that's appropriate for your horizontal body type.

Horizontal Body Type
First things first, what is horizontal body type? Simply said, it is the relationship among your chest, waist- and hipline. If you are fond of watching beauty pageants, then you have an idea on what this relationship is referring to. 36-24-36 is a perfect figure. Why? Because the bust-line is the same size as that of the hip line, as a result, the waistline is clearly defined.

Note that the exact size of these three body measurements (bust, waist and hips) is less important than their relative proportion. Meaning, 36-24-36 is just as perfect as 34-24-34!

Now, with this piece of information in mind, you just need to check your horizontal body type. Here's a run-down of the most common types:

The Hourglass,
If you have an hourglass figure, then you are one of the few lucky women in the world. Everyone strives to be in this perfect shape: your hips are as wide as your shoulders and your waist is well-defined.

If have this body style, then looking for wedding dresses is pretty easy for you. Almost everything will suit you. You can go for fitted clothes with soft and flowing fabrics. Of course, you have all the right to choose wedding dresses that have defined waistlines.

The Inverted Triangle
This is a term used to describe those who are top-heavy: you have broad shoulders, large busts but narrow hips. With this body type, you should go for wedding dresses that provide an illusion of the hourglass body shape. This is done by drawing attention to the lower part of your body.

As such, wedding dresses with three-quarter length sleeves are perfect in concealing your broad shoulders. You can still go for flowing fabrics and dresses with low necklines.

The Triangle
People call this type as the pear-shaped body or the bottom-heavy. You still have a well-defined waistline but your shoulders are narrow while your hips are wide. Your busts range from small to medium.

You can then choose wedding dresses with short-sleeves and skirts that are straight or a little flared. This style of gown takes attention away from your lower torso and somehow balances it with that of your upper body.

These are just three of the many body types. There are still more. But you don't need to know all of them if you want to know which style of wedding dress is best for you.

Simply put, this article tells you that you must know which body part you want to flaunt and to hide. When you are certain of that, you just need to find the styles that will do those jobs. Simple, right? No need to know all the technical terms in body proportion and dress styles.