The Perfect Wedding Dresses for Plus-Size Brides

The Perfect Wedding Dresses for Plus-Size Brides. Choosing a dress to compliment your figure and your budget can be tricky for any bride. Many brides select clothing based on emotion rather than how it suits their personality and body type. Brides want to look their best and feel beautiful for their special day. The hopes and dreams form the dress we construct we imagined in childhood and often is not the one we end up wearing.

Finding the dress requires you to choose based on reality rather than emotion. When you choose your clothing, it is something you will look back at in photos and memories.

Pear shape figure rules:

1. Lightly padded shoulders.

2. A-line skirts, sheaths, and Empire waistlines.

3. Princess necklines, V necks, sweetheart necks, and strapless.

4. Small self-belts.

The rules for an apple-shaped figure:

1. V necks and wrap styles

2. Fullness added to hips, such as bows, flowers, or other embellishments.

3. Gathered and gored skirts (paneled like a 4-gore skirt and other fussy details on skirts.

Hourglass figure rules include:

1. Skinny belts at the waistline.

2. V necklines

3. Lapels around the neckline in contrasting fabric or colors help to create slimming effects.

4. A-line skirts, empire waists, and sheaths.

The rules for round figures:

1. A dress designed to give the appearance of curves, such as a drop waistline with a satin low-slung belt. This helps to create long slandering lines.

2. Necklines that eat scoop neck, deep V, princess necklines, and sweetheart style are the best choices.

3. A well-defined waist. I am using different fabrics, textures, or colors at the waistline.

I have been sewing and making clothing since I was a young child. I learned to sew on a treadle sewing machine at five. My mother let me sew pillowcases that I hand embroidered; it kept me busy and out of trouble.

In college, I began making wedding dresses to earn cash for food. I also worked for a jogging suit company, creating decorative and embellished pre-made sets. My wedding dress creations continue into my retirement; I have specialized in two-piece sewing gowns for large-sized brides.

I also collect, clean, and reinvigorate vintage gowns for sale. I also make christening gowns for children and infants from new fabrics and vintage wedding gowns. I love to sew and will continue to do so until I am too old to see. You can see some of my other lenses with sewing projects here on Squidoo.

This is one of the tops that go to an A-lined skirt for one of my clients. It is a size 30, and the style works well for hard-to-fit figures since this gown has two separate garments.

Choose your foundation garment before you try on dresses. It will give you a realistic idea of how a particular dress will look on that special day.

The asymmetrical ruffle on this dress creates the illusion of a fuller bust. Ruffles are used to enhance areas that need to be filled out. Ruffles on the bodice balance out large hips, they draw the eye across the body and magically give the body a sense of proportion.