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Tea Length Wedding Dresses

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By Journey *


While I admittedly prefer floor length wedding dresses and the traditional look of them, I am becoming more open minded to the idea of tea length wedding dresses and this hub is dedicated to finding a worthy tea length wedding dress to purchase for your wedding.

After some research, I found that there are quite a few beautiful tea length wedding dresses out there, worthy of the occasion of your wedding.

Shopping for a wedding dress is very exciting and you have so many choices out there. Where do you begin? Well, it is a lot less tiring to review your design choices on-line before going and sorting through racks upon racks of choices. I highly recommend doing your research on the internet first. Once you become familiar with certain designers, you will find yourself consistently liking the same designers' works despite the variations from piece to piece.

The are so many wedding dress designers to choose from. Among them are Vera Wang, Alfred Angelo, Casablanca, and more.

My favorite fashion designers for tea length wedding dresses include some designers that are less well known and that do custom designs.

I hope you like these selections:

photo credit, myweddingdresshop.com "teawd001 Size:2-28/Custom Color: white/ivory Fabric: Satin, lace, Beading Price:US$215"


Tea Length Wedding Dresses

photo credit: myweddingshop.com    "teawd002     Size:2-28/Custom    Color: white/ivory    Fabric:    Satin, organza, lace     Price:US$215"
photo credit: myweddingshop.com "teawd002 Size:2-28/Custom Color: white/ivory Fabric: Satin, organza, lace Price:US$215"
photo credit: myweddingshop.com    "teawd003     Size:2-28/Custom    Color: white/ivory    Fabric:    Satin, chiffon, lace, beading     Price:US$175"
photo credit: myweddingshop.com "teawd003 Size:2-28/Custom Color: white/ivory Fabric: Satin, chiffon, lace, beading Price:US$175"
photo credit: myweddingshop.com    "teawd018     Size:2-28/Custom    Color: white/ivory    Fabric:    Satin, tulle, lace, beading     Price:US$145"
photo credit: myweddingshop.com "teawd018 Size:2-28/Custom Color: white/ivory Fabric: Satin, tulle, lace, beading Price:US$145"

One of the best looking websites I have seen for beautiful tea length wedding dress designs is called: www.myweddingdressshop.com. The site is by KissBridal Wedding Dress Shop. The site claims that depending on the dress design you choose, it may take 21-30 days for it to be made and then an additional 7 days for shipping. So, approximately 1 month from making the decision about your dress and sending payment, the dress can be in your hands. Some of the dresses on this site are also already made and you would just have to choose your size for an even faster shipment.

I did not know about this particular site until doing some research for this article and I am very pleased with these designs. If you enlarge some of the pics on the website, you will see that many of the dresses have intricate and gorgeous beading.

Tea length wedding dresses struggle with maintaining popularity if they are not being purchased for destination (i.e.- tropical island) or backyard weddings because they are often viewed as simply too casual but these particular designs can be considered dressy despite the fact that they are tea length.

My favorite tea length dress designs on the myweddingdressshop.com site are teawd001 (above) as well as teawd002, teawd003 and teawd018. Many of the same dresses are also found on the website, dreambridaldress.com.

Typically, a woman will want to have her wedding dress in possession months before her big day, allowing for time to make adjustments as needed.

When you find a dress on a website, go see the version in person wherever possible. If having the dress custom made, be sure to work with a reputable company and obtain user recommendations/ testomonials wherever possible.

Pay attention to and be familiar with the different types of fabrics used to make wedding dresses. (i.e.- satin, silk, lace) and ask for swatches of the dress material from the designer/ factory.


Beautiful Tea Length Wedding Dress Designs

photo credit, jennyyoo.com  Jenny Yoo Audrey Dress #JYL-012    "Strapless China Silk Dress with Charmeuse Empire Waist Sash and full gathered skirt"
photo credit, jennyyoo.com Jenny Yoo Audrey Dress #JYL-012 "Strapless China Silk Dress with Charmeuse Empire Waist Sash and full gathered skirt"

Vibrant and Rich Details

photo credit, michelleroth.com  Style: Maya  "Michelle Roth 50's inspired Strapless Silk Organza polka dot bodice with full gathered T-length skirt, Diamond White"
photo credit, michelleroth.com Style: Maya "Michelle Roth 50's inspired Strapless Silk Organza polka dot bodice with full gathered T-length skirt, Diamond White"
photo credit, Eden Bridals    Eden Bridals Style 1366
photo credit, Eden Bridals Eden Bridals Style 1366
photo credit, Eden Bridals    Eden Bridals Style 1366 (Detail)
photo credit, Eden Bridals Eden Bridals Style 1366 (Detail)

Best Tea Length Wedding Dress Designers

Some additional designers that I recommend for the tea length wedding dress are:

  • Watters Brides(Featuring WTOO Brides) which always features beautiful and elegant gowns: watters.com. At the Watters site, my favorite tea length wedding dresses (or T-length wedding dresses), with the hemline between the knee and the ankle are: Style 9047B and WTOO Brides Style Lola
  • Jenny Yoo features the lovely Audrey Dress #JYL-012. The cost is $450 with the lace hem or $400 without the lace hem
  • Michelle Roth has designed a 1950s inspired tea length wedding dress that is bright and sparkly in diamond white polka dot. It is available in sizes 2-22 with additional sizes upon request
  • Eden Bridals has the Eden informals collection boasting one of my favorite tea length wedding dresses, Style 1366

 

Benefits of the Tea Length Wedding Dress

1. Chic and trendy.

2. Less fabric= less expensive

3. Less fabric= lower cleaning and storage costs

4. It won't hinder you while you're on the dance floor!

5. Cooling in hot weather

6. Show off gorgeous wedding sandals

photo credit, wedding.lovetoknow.com
photo credit, wedding.lovetoknow.com

What type of wedding dress do you TYPICALLY prefer the look of?

  • The tea length wedding dress
  • More formal long gowns
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Nancy's Niche profile image

Nancy's Niche  says:
6 months ago

What beautiful dresses---I do like the Tea Length...

Journey * profile image

Journey *  says:
6 months ago

Hi Nancy, thanks for leaving a comment!

Eaglekiwi profile image

Eaglekiwi  says:
5 months ago

Oh I so wish Id seen your hub last year , this is exactly what I had wanted , great hub and so flattering ( maybe I can have another wedding lol ) same guy I mean ,oops that didnt look good did it hehe.

Journey * profile image

Journey *  says:
5 months ago

lol, thanks for commenting Eaglekiwi. I'm glad you enjoyed this hub.

jsav  says:
4 months ago

i really like the teawd001 is there anywhere here in the US i can try it on so i know i like the fit? i know they do custom made but I just would like to see it on.. How can I do that?

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Journey *  says:
4 months ago

Hi jsav, I appreciate you posting a comment. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to answer your question. I would only suggest trying different bridal shops with a photo in hand so that you can try on something similar or contacting the proprietors of myweddingshop.com directly. Go luck. I hope you find the dress or another dress that you love!

Smireles profile image

Smireles  says:
3 months ago

Beautiful wedding dresses.

Journey * profile image

Journey *  says:
3 months ago

Thanks Smireles. I'm glad you like the selection.

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