As you walk down the aisle, and you can feel all eyes upon you, filled with an inexplicable jubilance. The whirlwind of emotions stirring inside you that subsides subtly giving way to a warmth and a natural crimson blush. The sun gently caressing the silken fabric draped perfectly on your contours.
Capturing every contour, squeeze, dimple and quiver. The ivory white trail cascading as you walk down the aisle. Those gleaming eyes behind the veil exuding grace. Every eye
admiring the flawless perfection and the only one that matters standing at the altar in awe.
Transfixed as you slowly walk towards the love of your life, that moment right there is surreal. No matter how cliché it might sound but the truth is, it indeed is a once in a lifetime experience which is unique for every single one of us. For a moment so surreal, for a day so dreamy how can you have a dress anything less than a piece of art? It is for your D day.
Yes, you are going to wear it once but that is the reason it has to justify the occasion. Not that one perfect fit but the one that is tailored for you, that is exclusively for you and no one else impeccably.
The Silhouettes
Before you delve into the glittering world of wedding dresses and gowns head first, there are a few things you need to be aware of. The general jargon which is absolutely compulsory to move forward and reach your goal. You need to pick a silhouette that perfectly suits your body type.
Here are a few to list:
Ball gowns: the ultimate princess dress it has a fitted bodice and the huge flared full skirts. They can suit almost all body types but the ones with a smaller
frame need to be careful while wearing it
Sheath: These are the go-to choose for petite frames. Since they are form fitted, they give an overall look that is pretty neat and ideally more suited for the athletic or lean frames.
A Line: These if chosen carefully work for all body types and look extremely elegant. The dress flows down gracefully and the skirt subtly conforming around the body shape.
The mermaid: Embrace your curves and show off your figure. These kinds of dresses are fitted throughout the body and are flared at or below the knees. Best suited for curvy women.
Empire waist: Can be customised to suit any of the body types. This is the kind that has been in vogue since a very long time. The flare starts right below the mid-section of the body.
Trumpet: fitted at the hips and flared at the mid-thigh, also called fit and flare.
Well suited for hourglass body types and petite frames.
Seek and ye shall find, but start looking at the right places first. Make Pinterest your new bff, not just for wedding dresses but for all innovative ideas. There are a plethora of options and related information like websites and other stuff that you had not thought about that would also come up which you can use. Know your body type only then can you proceed with what kind of dress you want and what will suit you best. The aim is to bring out the best in you in every possible way and the most efficient way are to know your body type.
It helps you to pick a dress that accentuates the best parts as well as shit the emphasis from the parts that need a little help. It definitely is an arduous task but start looking and decide on the overall look you want to achieve. Always have that big picture in mind before actually going out hopping boutiques.
Comfort Over Show
As important as it is for the dress to be perfect, it has to be something you feel comfortable in. Do not get incited by opinions or suggestions, although they mean good and want the best but wedding day is not the one you should experiment with. If you want to try a style which is extremely out of the box, make sure you try wearing those kinds of dresses well in advance so that you know what all dress malfunctions can possibly happen and you know how to handle it or drop the idea altogether.
Definitely it is a good idea to be open to suggestions and try things that are not what you would usually go for but the fact remains that it is you that has to wear the dress and hence you need to think of every aspect. Just because it is for a few hours does not mean you are ready to wear corsets so tight you cannot breathe. Comfort and confidence are essential.
The Dress Drama
Although it is needless to say that such details have already been thought over and ladies have very specific things that they want in the dress they are going to say yes to but still it is strongly recommended that if you are indecisive about what you want, because of the myriad options available and the pressure to get your hands on the latest designs can be quite overwhelming which ultimately leads to a lot of ambiguity. It is okay to be indecisive, but only when you can afford to do so. It’s just one week to the wedding and you still haven’t finalized the wedding dress, that is the definition of one of the worst nightmares for the bride to be. Having enough time in your hands to decide upon the final dress is a sagacious approach yet buying the dress 6 months in advance might land you in trouble, because six months is a long period for your body to change and if the dress doesn’t fit you perfectly at the time of the wedding, all the efforts would go in vain.
THE TRAILS
Book appointments at the boutiques and parlours well in advance and make sure, you have the look in mind and dress up in a somewhat similar look. Keep your hair the way you want it on your wedding, maybe open or tied up. Wear heels and not just any heels, the size and height you plan to wear on the day of the wedding as well. This will help you get a better idea after you try on any dress as to what you would look like on that day. Do you remember that moment when you are looking into your partner’s eyes? enraptured by what they are saying, listening to them and then a flash of realization hits you that this is “the one”? Like finding the one whom you plan to spend your entire life with is difficult, now looking for “the one” in which you want to get married to your one and only is a task even more difficult.
Somewhere, in one of the stores sits a dress, that is one in a million made just for you, just like the person you are going to marry. Get second opinion, take a best friend who will guide you and will give honest opinions about how you look, not your aunt or nana or mom who just have the same opinion about all the dresses, overwhelmed by seeing you in a wedding dress you, for them you look beautiful in each one of them. It is always better to have more than one perspective about the dress. The people who accompany have to be highly rustworthy, this is a matter of life and death for the bride and she CANNOT choose wrong.
D Day Dress Check List:
A: Decide on the budget up to which you are ready to pay. Otherwise there is no point in picking out dresses you know you cannot afford. Then one of those super expensive ones would be “The” dress but you could not buy it.
B: Be specific on your body type and research the kinds of dresses that would suit you best and make a list.
C: Enlist the primary things you necessarily want in your dress.
D: Beware of the jargon that is commonly needed for the wedding dress hunt.
It is a wedding dress and you plan on doing it one time so the bar is set quite high for one piece of clothing but then the stakes are high for a perfectly valid reason. You can do it, have faith and take all the time you need. This is an important decision no matter what everyone else says. What matters is your opinion and decision. Go out there and lay your eyes on that one perfect art, Happy hunting!