Wedding dress shopping is such an exciting and emotional once-in-a-lifetime experience. While you’ll be prepared with questions you’ve got for your consultant, inspiration pinned on Pinterest, and dresses favorited on our website, you’ll be still wondering, “what will look best on my body shape?” Well, we’ve got the scoop! study which wedding dresses will work best on your somatotype , below.
Rectangle
If you’ve got relatively equal measurements from your bust, waist, to hips, then you’re presumably a rectangle or straight shape. You’re not particularly curvy, so you’ll need a silhouette that shows off the curves you are doing have. Our pick for you’d be a sheath style—body hugging but not too tight, this silhouette will give off an illusion of more curves. Adding a belt or choosing a method with an outlined waist also helps to make the illusion of curves.
Hourglass
If your hips and bust are nearly equal in size and you’ve got an outlined waist, you’re presumably an hourglass shape! boast your curves during a body-hugging mermaid or fit flare silhouette—they are both perfect to enrich your proportions.
Inverted Triangle
Apple (or inverted triangle) shapes have shoulders and a bust larger than their narrow hips and legs. Because you’re more top-heavy, accompany a method that balances out rock bottom half, like an a-line or ball gown! A voluminous skirt creates more even proportions. Learn more about shopping as a busty bride, here.
Athletic
Women with an athletic shape usually boast equal shoulder and hip measurements with a rather smaller waist and defined shoulders. Lucky for you, you’ve got an excellent décolletage and shoulders to point out off—do so during a halter, racerback, or strapless style. Give your waist a touch of definition with a belt, and persist with a slim sheath or fit and flare silhouette.
Triangle
If your shoulders and bust are narrower than your hips, you’re sporting a pear or triangle shape. With that, you would like to settle on an a-line or gown style that emphasizes your small waist and bust but doesn’t hold close your hips—creating the illusion of an hourglass. If you’ve got a very small bust, try a method with visual detailing on top to make more of that hourglass shape, like sleeves, a stimulating neckline, beading, or lace.
