Wedding dresses come in many styles, and it can be a challenge to know what style is best for your body type. A bride of a rectangle shape, sometimes called a banana or a straight body shape, will have equal proportions at the shoulders, waist, and hips. Consider a dress that will highlight your slim upper body and flow down. …
Finding the Perfect Lingerie For Curvy Bodies
Lingerie isn’t only for smaller women – it’s for all women. Sure, it may be more difficult for curvy women to find lingerie that feels good and looks sexy, but not impossible. Companies are beginning to feature fuller-figured women in undergarments. Advertising may have suggested in the past that lingerie is just for women with slim figures, but this is …
5 Wedding Dress Styles for the Hourglass Shape
Finding a wedding dress that suits your body type can be a challenge. With so many differing styles, then how do you select a style that is best for your body type? Here are five wedding dress styles for brides with an hourglass shape (generally meaning your hips and bust are nearly equal in size and you have a well-defined …
Representation In the Fashion Industry
Societal standards have placed unreal expectations for what bodies “should” look like. The truth is, we aren’t all thin with hourglass figures. Many of us have curves, cellulite, thick thighs, rolls. Plus-size women with these “imperfections” make up more than half of shoppers yet we’re only a small percentage of those who actually work in the fashion industry. There is …
5 Dress Style Options That Will Make You Rethink Plus Sized Wedding Dresses
When the phrase “plus size” is used, there tends to be certain stigmas that are attached, especially when it comes to clothing. We often think that plus sized means more to cover, less options, and more to alter. But just because your dress may need extra fabric, does not mean it needs to be any less fabulous! It’s just more …
5 Favorite Wedding Dress Styles for Apple-Shaped Brides
Finding a wedding dress that suits your body type can be challenging, especially with all the different dress styles and tailoring that can be done to make your dress unique. With these differing styles, how do you select a style that is best for your body type? Here are five wedding dress styles for brides with an apple shape (shoulders …
Marriage Advice From Real-Life Couples
We all know that marriage is something we want “till death do us part.” Here are five tips on marriage and relationships from people who have been married for years. Opposites Don’t Always Attract If you’re looking for a long-lasting marriage, try to find someone who shares some of your interest and values. Couples have said that a longer lasting …
10 Unique Wedding Photo Ideas
Photos capture a moment so that you can remember it for a lifetime. That’s why taking wedding pictures is one of the most important parts of your big day. You’ll want one of the moment you say “I do,” and kiss the groom. You’ll want to capture the moment of your husband seeing you for the first time in your …
Curvy Bride Wedding Dress Options From Our “Curvy Bride” Collection
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought extraordinary changes and challenges to our lives this year. From masks and social distancing to virtual schooling and limited gatherings, all of us are wondering when we can get back to ‘normal.’ It’s understandable, then, that one of the biggest questions on the minds of everyone is: When will we have an effective vaccine? The …
How to Pull Off a Multicultural Wedding
Weddings uniting a bride and groom from different cultures are occurring more frequently these days. Couples are finding love and trying to find a way to join their cultures for their wedding. Here are five tips on how to have a wedding combining your cultures: Different Kinds of Food The gateway to any culture is the food that makes that …