Guide to Wedding Dress Silhouettes

Are you ready to start shopping for your wedding dress? Let us do what we do best, babe - share our pro-tips to make you a bridal guru for your appointment or Luxe in a Box try-on sesh. So bring on the basics, because knowing the silhouettes is key to better understanding your style! Find our ultimate guide to silhouettes below:

 

Drop Waist: Fits loosely from shoulder to hip, transitioning into a pleated or gathered skirt at the hip, rather than the natural waistline

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Drop Waist Wedding Dresses

 

Fit and Flare: Encompasses many distinct silhouettes, including trumpet and mermaid, all sharing the feature that the skirt begins at its "join line" [the point where the dress begins to flare], below the low hip

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Fit and Flare Wedding Dresses

 

Mermaid: Fitted on the body from the chest to the knee, then flares out close to the knee

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Mermaid Wedding Dresses

 

Sheath: Fits close to the body and can have a hemline that hits anywhere from mid-thigh to mid-calf

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Sheath Wedding Dresses

 

Short: Skirt falls above the knee

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Short Wedding Dresses

Trumpet: Fitted through the body and flairs mid-thigh

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Trumpet Wedding Dresses

Now that you know #allthethings, shop our full collection of bridal samples here! + if you have any questions, don't hesitate to schedule your very own virtual consultation to speak with one of our knowledgeable stylists!