It is almost every woman’s lifelong dream to look perfectly beautiful on her wedding day. Clad in a beautiful white dress, the perfect shoes, a long-terrain veil extending all throughout the church aisle, a bouquet of rich, fresh flowers, the perfect wedding decorations, all family and friends present, and of course your handsome groom to spend eternity in love with. While this may all seem wonderful and magical, searching for that perfect wedding dress may turn out to be a nightmare instead of a dream come true when you’re a size 14 and up. You may end up squeezing into your beautiful white dress looking like you’re about to explode or simply end up with no wedding dress to fit you at all.
But whether you’re a regular-sized girl or a plus-size woman, we all deserve to be beautiful and happy on our special day. Thankfully enough too, modern designers and wedding dress manufacturers today have become sensitive to this fact and have been creating amazing wedding dresses to fit women of all shapes and sizes. Here are tips to find the perfect wedding dress if you’re an especially big girl.
Shop for your bridal gown as early as possible. The earlier you look for a wedding dress, the less stressed out you will be when the big day draws near. Moreover, the more chances you will have of finding that perfect, beautiful white dress. Instead of flipping through bridal or wedding magazines that usually show only abnormally petite or skinny women wearing equally unrealistic small-sized gowns, check professional photographers’ portfolio instead. Most of the time, they have a complete collection of brides of all shapes and sizes wearing different kinds of wedding dresses to suit each personality and style.
Do not choose a wedding dress several sizes smaller thinking you will lose enough weight in time for your big day. Be realistic and choose the right size that fits you comfortably. In fact, it’s better to choose a size bigger that you can alter if you lose weight later on than to choose something small that will take a lot of work or even impossible to make bigger, even ruining the whole dress in the process. Wedding gowns can get quite uncomfortable later in the affair so your dress should be comfortable most of all.
Try on your bridal gown with the underwear you are wearing on your wedding day. This will give you an idea if your underwear will show beneath your dress. Choose a perfect-fitting panty with a tan or skin tone color to blend with your skin instead of ruining your perfect look with an inappropriate peek-a-boo. Try standing, sitting, walking and dancing in your wedding dress to get the feel on the actual day.
If you have a beach, garden or other outdoor wedding, informal wedding dresses also look wonderful on plus-size women. In fact, modern brides seem to prefer a beautiful white dress in simple or non-traditional design for a more fun and comfortable appeal. It all boils down to the bride’s theme and personality. And instead of the classic pure white, you can opt for lighter tones of white like cream, vanilla, off-white and chiffon for a subtler, more relaxed look.
Whether you’re looking for a wedding dress or a beautiful white dress to wear to a party, even the simplest design with the right fit and comfort will spell purity and femininity in a simple elegance only found in a white dress.