How to choose your bridal gown by Celest Thoi
11 Jan
Courtesy of Murphey's law blog
When Carrie finally got her proposal from Mr. Big she also landed the dress of her dreams, a beautiful Vivenne Westwood creation, which true to SATC form was delivered straight to her door. For the rest of us though, our dream dress may need a little bit more old-fashioned hardwork and research. TWG spoke to LWB vendor Celest Thoi from bridal boutique Pretty in White to find out the dos and don’ts of choosing your perfect bridal gown:
Courtesy of Wiki: Bodyshapes
Celest’s advice:
Choosing your bridal gown is a lot like finding any other evening dress. You simply want one that suits you and makes you look the best you can be. Remember these body charts? We are all different shapes and sizes so it’s important to find out your body type and start from there.
Banana:
A sheath dress with a trail
The Banana is a straight-down figure which is less curvy but somewhat evenly proportioned. For a girl with the ‘banana shape’ she can opt for the Princess or Sheath dress. The Princess has an A-line shape which helps to enhance the bust-line. The Sheath looks good on slim figures as it’s body hugging – also if you’re petite, it will make you look taller!
Pear:
- The ball gown dress
Pear shape women are smaller on top and heavy on their bottom half. To balance out their figure, we’ll try to have feature embellishments on the top of the gown to help draw attention more towards the upper body. A ‘ball-gown’ dress poofs out at the bottom looks great on pear shaped women as it hides full hips and accentuates the waistline.
Apple:
The 'Princess' cut
The apple shape is the opposite of the pear shape – instead of being heavy on the bottom, this figure has a broader top body and narrow hips. For this shape, you will want to make your hips look larger and your top half smaller. Consider a princess or empire gown but with a bodice that will create the illusion of a narrower top body while the A-line skirt makes your hips appear bigger (in a good way!)
Hourglass:
Mermaid gown
The figure all women crave for, a narrow waist with evenly proportioned bust and hips. For this lucky girl – any dress suits you! You can opt for a mermaid or bias cut gown to accentuate your figure.
Photo credit: Photographer: Jenny Sun Gowns: Pretty in White
ehhh… I think i am a pear lah… :(
Fancy a coffee Stephanie?
I don’t understand, pear shape is for those with big hips but the bottom of the ‘ball-gown’ dress is bigger than the princess or empire gown for apple shape, how will the ball-gown dress actually hide the hip?
The hips only look big when you’re wearing a fitted dress that hugs the lower part of the body. When you have a ball gown dress it accentuates the waist esp since the bottom of the gown is a big, poofy skirt. It leaves onlookers with the illusion that you should have an hour glass figure underneath given your defined waist…
A case of what you don’t see leaves more to the imagination? :)