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CaitMarae5
I have just started looking at wedding dresses but I dont know what would look good on me. I am 5'7 and a size 24. Does anyone know what style dresses would flatter my body? Thanks!
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When I got married, I was your size, just two inches taller.
I really wasn't sure, either, what would look good til I started trying dresses on. I was hoping to find a very traditional gown, and I really lucked out. Sorry, I don't have a pic or link - but the BEST thing to look out for was a gown with a basque waist - it's extremely flattering (and comfortable) because it is an a-line style, and the fabric just flows over the tummy and hips, hiding things as much as it can! My weight was in my belly, not butt or boobs... (lol) apple. rather than pear-shaped.
Even though I got married in summer, my gown was long sleeved, scoop neck, cathedral train - of heavy bridal satin. It just gave me a lovely silhouette. Wearing a fingertip veil and small tiara worn right in front of the veil kind of just completed the look.
(yes, I know I'm not Avril - and my hair was short)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/super69blonde/avril-lavigne-wedding.jpg
I found the trick was to go fairly classic in style - not too much pouf, but more towards 'flowing'. Don't go strapless - have some sort of sleeve, or straps - it makes the line of your body 'taller' and not dumpy.
Here's an example of some dresses with a basque waist -
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp?stid=1725&prodgroup=10
Click on the 'alternate view' of this one to see the front -
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp?stid=2021&prodgroup=10
http://venusbridal.com/detail.php?did=486
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2470p.html
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2427p.html
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2428p.html
Lots of choices on this site -
http://www.formalsource.com/AURORA%20DPARADISO/ADP_SPR%2006/6837/6837FL.html
Just try lots of different styles on - don't judge a dress on a hanger - try it! Plus, if the choices I've suggested are too formal for what you want, there are tons of informal dresses for plus beautiful women, too!
Happy shopping, and good luck!
*Sorry, know this is already long, but something to add. When I found the gown I wanted, it 'just' zipped up. It was at a small bridal shop, and the very amazing seamstress inserted long vee-shaped inserts under each arm to let out the dress a bit up top. I say amazing because you could barely see a seam where she put in the extra fabric - and it cost about $80 to get this done (gown was close to $800).
When I got married, I was your size, just two inches taller.
I really wasn't sure, either, what would look good til I started trying dresses on. I was hoping to find a very traditional gown, and I really lucked out. Sorry, I don't have a pic or link - but the BEST thing to look out for was a gown with a basque waist - it's extremely flattering (and comfortable) because it is an a-line style, and the fabric just flows over the tummy and hips, hiding things as much as it can! My weight was in my belly, not butt or boobs... (lol) apple. rather than pear-shaped.
Even though I got married in summer, my gown was long sleeved, scoop neck, cathedral train - of heavy bridal satin. It just gave me a lovely silhouette. Wearing a fingertip veil and small tiara worn right in front of the veil kind of just completed the look.
(yes, I know I'm not Avril - and my hair was short)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/super69blonde/avril-lavigne-wedding.jpg
I found the trick was to go fairly classic in style - not too much pouf, but more towards 'flowing'. Don't go strapless - have some sort of sleeve, or straps - it makes the line of your body 'taller' and not dumpy.
Here's an example of some dresses with a basque waist -
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp?stid=1725&prodgroup=10
Click on the 'alternate view' of this one to see the front -
http://www.davidsbridal.com/bridal_gowns_detail.jsp?stid=2021&prodgroup=10
http://venusbridal.com/detail.php?did=486
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2470p.html
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2427p.html
http://www.thebridalworld.com/2428p.html
Lots of choices on this site -
http://www.formalsource.com/AURORA%20DPARADISO/ADP_SPR%2006/6837/6837FL.html
Just try lots of different styles on - don't judge a dress on a hanger - try it! Plus, if the choices I've suggested are too formal for what you want, there are tons of informal dresses for plus beautiful women, too!
Happy shopping, and good luck!
*Sorry, know this is already long, but something to add. When I found the gown I wanted, it 'just' zipped up. It was at a small bridal shop, and the very amazing seamstress inserted long vee-shaped inserts under each arm to let out the dress a bit up top. I say amazing because you could barely see a seam where she put in the extra fabric - and it cost about $80 to get this done (gown was close to $800).
Is it appropriate for a 50-year old Divorcee with grown children to wear white at her second wedding?
Ms. Tradit
One of my dear friends recently got married and when I saw his wife-to-be walk down the aisle wearing an all white gown that was designed for a 20-something year-old body, I couldn't help but feel that it was very inappropriate - almost lacking etiquette, class or taste. This was the second marriage for both and they both have grown children. Am I really that old-fashioned?
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I was a 53 years old divorcee with four adult children when I married for the second time.
I wore garnet red....I felt at my age, while white is just another color, to wear a gown of any color designed for a young woman would look ludicrous on me... and make my age glaringly apparent in a rather very unflattering way.
It certainly would have been tasteless...one should dress appropriate to one's age to look one's best at ANY AGE......
When I was growing up in the 60's we had a group of 60+ ladies the town called "The Go-Go Grandmas " They wore tight very short mini skirts, fishnet stockings, huge dangle earrings, white go-go boots and long flowing hair as if they were a mere 16 years old.....OMG if they only KNEW how they looked to others...it made them look so 'OLD' and not too classy either....
However, their choice.
You are not old fashioned, dear....just sensible with a better grasp of both reality and style than the bride was-who is probably the type who dresses way too 'young' for her age.
She should have gone for a sophisticated rather than a Miss Haversham look...sweet, innocent young styles look silly on a mature body. It does NOT make one look youthfull..it makes them far older than they are.
Once your friend sees how she looks in her pix, unless she has convinced herself she looked young, she may be very disappointed so please, do not say anything as long as she is happy.
I was a 53 years old divorcee with four adult children when I married for the second time.
I wore garnet red....I felt at my age, while white is just another color, to wear a gown of any color designed for a young woman would look ludicrous on me... and make my age glaringly apparent in a rather very unflattering way.
It certainly would have been tasteless...one should dress appropriate to one's age to look one's best at ANY AGE......
When I was growing up in the 60's we had a group of 60+ ladies the town called "The Go-Go Grandmas " They wore tight very short mini skirts, fishnet stockings, huge dangle earrings, white go-go boots and long flowing hair as if they were a mere 16 years old.....OMG if they only KNEW how they looked to others...it made them look so 'OLD' and not too classy either....
However, their choice.
You are not old fashioned, dear....just sensible with a better grasp of both reality and style than the bride was-who is probably the type who dresses way too 'young' for her age.
She should have gone for a sophisticated rather than a Miss Haversham look...sweet, innocent young styles look silly on a mature body. It does NOT make one look youthfull..it makes them far older than they are.
Once your friend sees how she looks in her pix, unless she has convinced herself she looked young, she may be very disappointed so please, do not say anything as long as she is happy.
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