Pick the Wedding Dress that Compliments Your Body
| Tags: Body |
For those of us who don’t look like Pamela Anderson or Halle Berry, picking the correct style wedding dress can be crucial to your overall look. Worrying about if you picked the right dress is the last thing you want to worry about on your wedding day. We all want to look our best and when you look “good” you tend to feel good. This article will give the Do’s and the Don’ts for your body type. Here are the different body types and their definitions: Apple- for those who gain weight primarily around the waistlinePear-for those who are wider on the bottom and smaller up topHourglass- weight is evenly distributed between the hips and chest areaSquare- weight tends to be evenly distributed throughout the bodyInverted Pear- as you might expect those who have large chests and/or broad shouldered and small on the bottom
The Dos and the Don’ts
Apple Body Type
Dos Empire waistlines- camouflages a big waistline V-necks- make the body look more sharp and less round
Don’ts (the following maximizes the waistline) Corsets Skirts with lines that cut across the middle Full skirts Elongated bodices
Pear Body Type
(the following balances out the top and bottom)Dos Padded or puffy shoulders Don’ts Narrow shoulders Body hugging sheaths Full puffy skirts
Hourglass BodyType
(to maintain a balanced physique)Dos Strapless Dresses-flatters your shoulders Body hugging sheaths V-necks Off the shoulder dresses-shows off shoulders Don’ts Beaded or highly decorated bodices-puts on a few pounds Full skirts-attracts attention to the hips
Square Body Type
(to create the illusion of curves)Dos Beaded or decorated necklines Full skirts Padded, puffy or oversized sleeves or shoulders Horizontal detailing Don’ts Clingy slim gowns
Inverted Pear Body Type
Dos Simple sleeves Full Skirts Don’ts Puffy sleeves Empire waistlines Slim skirts
Victoria Williams is the editor of the online magazine www.nuptialparadise.com. You can reprint and redistribute this article as long as the bio is included.
About the Author
Victoria Williams is an author for the online magazine nuptialparadise.com

![View XML Feed [XML Feed]](../tempimages/xml.gif)
![Validate RSS feed [Valid RSS]](../tempimages/valid-rss.png)