Saying Yes to Your Dress: Shattering the Myths of Form Fitted VS. Ball Gowns

You've dreamed of it...

You've folded the tips of the pages in your favorite bridal magazine to remember the page on which you saw it...

You've seen it in the window of a bridal store...

Some of you might even already gone into the store and tried it on...

What am I babbling on about you ask?  Why, your Wedding Dress of course!

Often times the bride-to-be already has an idea of the style of dress she wants to wear on her big day.  However, sometimes she has never actually tried on the dress to see if it does in fact compliments her body. There seems to be a huge misconception that a curvier bride should stir far from the figure fitting mermaid gowns and opt for the princess type gowns while slender brides should run to the mermaid style gowns and not even dare to try the ball gown styles.  Personally, I believe that there is nothing more stunning than a bride with curves flaunting a lace form figured wedding grown and a slimmer bride walking down the aisle in a empire cut-ball gown.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that a slim bride shouldn't wear a mermaid gown or that a curvier bride shouldn't wear a ball gown.  What I am saying is that some times you should emphasize what you have as opposed to hiding it.  As long as it looks beautiful on you and it adds to your body type, then go for it!

Take a look below, as pictures speak louder than words:

Say what you want about Kim K. but this woman has an amazing body.  Just look at her in this Vera Wang Dress. A perfect example of how a more form fitting dress can compliment your hips instead of hiding them under a Ball gown.

Another Hollywood lady with a gorgeous body is Ice-T's wife CoCo. She opted for a ball gown as opposed to a fitted wedding dress.  This may have been an attempt to cover up her lower section and emphasize her upper body but no amount of organza and tulle was able to do the job quite well.  In my opinion, flaunting her hips in a designer gown like Kim K. would have been more breath taking and elegant. This is a perfect example of why I believe in flaunting your assets instead of covering them up! The asset you may be trying to hide might still end up making an unwanted appearance causing a unwanted topic of discussion on your big day and in many wedding pictures.

 
It's not always all about Kim K. but you have to be honest that the girl can definitely pull off both styles very well with her body type.  She can go from form fitted to Cinderella in a second and still look stunning.

  
Another slender A-Lister who didn't go the form fitting route was Jessica Biel.  In fact she didn't go the white wedding gown route either but nonetheless her pink empire waist ball gown was stunning and complimented her trim figure very well.

 

If you are still on the fence, go for a wedding gown that gives you a touch of both styles like Ivanka Trumph's wedding gown. 

 

Form fitting at the top and hip line but with just enough poof to be Cinderella for the day!

Whatever you end up choosing, at least try on each style of dress before you dismiss one type altogether because you never know how you'll look in it until you try it.  Grab the girls and a glass of champagne and let the dress up begin!