Plus-Sized Wedding Fashions: Wedding Dresses for Bigger, Beautiful Brides

Brides are beautiful regardless of their size, but plus-sized brides face a challenge in finding a wedding dress that makes the entire planning of your special day pale in comparison. The wedding dress of your dreams is out there, but if you’re a plus-size bride, you will often run into the problem that most traditional bridal shops don’t even carry your size.

Bigger brides (we like to say voluptuous) have hope. There’s no reason to starve yourself or start feeling ashamed of your body; first, we’re going to look at ways of accentuating your beauty and then we’ll tackle the harder task of finding someone to give you what you want – a wedding dress that makes you feel like the goddess you are as you walk down the aisle.


Playing up the Positive: Plus-Sized Fashions that Work

As with all fashions for the plus-sized woman, wedding dresses should accentuate what you like most about yourself and subtly play down the things you don’t like. When you begin your quest for the perfect dress, keep in mind the following guidelines that will help you get something perfect even before you try it on:

1. A-Lines: A-line dresses are close-fitting at the shoulders and gently flare away from the bodice to create a long, flowing line. There aren’t any cinches or waistbands to accentuate not-so-flattering curves around the belly, which is perfect for the plus-size bride. 

2. Sensual Curves: Got a bust that you’re confident with? Empire waist dresses, the kind that fall in a straight line from just below the bust , will play up the curves you’re most proud of and make the rest seem unimportant. 

The wedding dress of your dreams is out there, but if you're a plus-size bride, you will often run into the problem that most traditional bridal shops don't even carry your size.