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Wedding Dress Silhouettes! Ballgown, Mermaid, or Sheath?

Lynnie, on May 30, 2019 at 10:05 AM

Posted in Wedding Attire 204

What style is your wedding dress? Are you wearing a fit-n-flare or mermaid dress that shows off your shape? Were you drawn towards the drama of a ballgown? Are you into the simple sophistication of a sheath? Share your shape! Ballgown?Photo by Lacy Ferrell Photography in Sumter, SC Mermaid? Photo...

What style is your wedding dress? Are you wearing a fit-n-flare or mermaid dress that shows off your shape? Were you drawn towards the drama of a ballgown? Are you into the simple sophistication of a sheath? Share your shape!


Ballgown?cfb_1208669.jpgPhoto by Lacy Ferrell Photography in Sumter, SC

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Photo from Sweet Lilacs in Jamestown, CA


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Photo by Zenobia Photography Studios in Providence, RI

204 Comments

  • Emma
    Dedicated September 2020
    Emma ·
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    I haven't bought mine yet, but it's going to be a tea length dress. Not sure what the silhouette would be, but it looks like a short ballgown technically.
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  • Destiny
    Beginner May 2020
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    I’ll check them out!
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  • Molly
    Devoted October 2020
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    I bought a ball gown with a low back. it's sleeveless and has pockets!!! It's ivory and a long train- there are buttons all the way down. I am going to have it bustled and a little higher in the front so my converse shoes can be seen. I am so excited; March 28, 2020!

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  • J
    Beginner May 2020
    Jasmin ·
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    I used anomalie and am awaiting my dress!! I chose a sheath silhouette for the reception with an A-line overskirt for the ceremony!
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  • K
    Expert February 2020
    Kristina ·
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    I'm not sure what mine is, but I can wait for her to get here, estimating her to be here by mid July!!!

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  • Kimberly
    Beginner June 2022
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    My dress is an A line dress. It's getting made so I don't have any pictures
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  • Nona
    Expert November 2019
    Nona ·
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    Mine is a fit and flare
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  • Madison
    Beginner May 2020
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    Still love my dress but starting to feel that I should have tried more on before I bought it...

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  • Noodle
    Beginner October 2019
    Noodle ·
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    I feel the same, but every time I put it on, I love it again. It is so strange. It's like when it's not currently on me I dont like it but when it is on I feel like its perfect.
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  • Lauren
    Just Said Yes September 2020
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    The original dress I want!Wedding Dress Silhouettes! Ballgown, Mermaid, or Sheath? 5

    Dress #2 if #1 does not work out! But my mind could change by May 2020 comes!Wedding Dress Silhouettes! Ballgown, Mermaid, or Sheath? 6


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  • L
    Just Said Yes April 2020
    Laceyann ·
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    I got an a-line dress, I love how princess feeling it is without being over dramatic

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  • Renee'
    Just Said Yes October 2020
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    My dress is A-Line. I love it....
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  • Jessica
    Master September 2020
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    I definitely know how you feel. I haven’t bought a dress yet, but everyone loved the dress my 3yo picked out for me to try (only $1800 over my budget 🙄, she’s got taste I guess). When I looked at the pictures of me in it, it just didn’t impress me at all. One of the dresses that I liked but didn’t love I actually do love in pictures, which is strange to me. I hope when your whole bridal look comes together you’ll love it just as much as you did when you first tried it on!
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  • Heather
    Expert April 2020
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    Mine is ballgown, when I figured I would have gotten a-line or sheath.

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  • Brianna
    Beginner October 2019
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    Maybe I should just put mine on again to make sure it still has the same affect on me it did when I bought it.
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  • Heather
    Just Said Yes June 2021
    Heather ·
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    This is my dress

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  • Jessica
    Master September 2020
    Jessica ·
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    I love seeing all these dresses! I haven’t bought a dress yet, but I’ve gone to a couple places to look. Going into my first appointment I was pretty set on a fit and flare to show off my hourglass figure, but everyone kept pulling ballgowns (which I like, but don’t necessarily love). Next time I’m going to have to be more assertive, because my mom and co-MOHs would all be heartbroken to miss me picking “the one” so I feel bad excluding them from my appts.
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  • Kathy
    Beginner March 2021
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    I thought I was going to go with a long sleeve lace Sheath dress that I absolutely loved but looked so wrong on me, so I ended up getting a spaghetti strap Aline dress from the same designer. I was able to get the dress in NYC due to a family emergency forcing me to fly out & just fell in love with the style me. It wasn’t the most ideal experience because of the sense of rush but I couldn’t be happier with my dress. I can’t wait for my beach wedding 💚

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  • Emilee
    Dedicated September 2021
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    A-line!! I tried on probably 50 dresses all in different silhouettes. Every time I try my dress on I never want to take it off. It is so hard not to show FH, 16 months feels so far away 🤫

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  • Noodle
    Beginner October 2019
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    It's perfect. Might be a good idea. I have to periodically do that to remember that I love it.
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