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GUIDE
TO LINGERIE FOR YOUR WEDDING DRESS
BY
www.AphrodisiaUK.com
Getting
the bra, bustier, basque or corset correct under your wedding dress will
make a huge difference to how you look.
It is always important
to wear well-fitting lingerie if you want your outerwear to hang
properly and look your best. But on your wedding day, when you will be
the centre of attention in your beautiful, and probably very expensive
dress, it’s essential to get it right with what you’re wearing
underneath.
It comes down to making
sure the fit is correct and the style is right for your dress.
Typically, a bride will
need a strapless bra or bustier providing support and uplift. Sometimes
what the bride needs and wants are often two different things. She sees
herself in a pretty, lacy, perhaps beribboned garment while her dress
fitter is insisting on a smooth, unfussy garment with no lumps or bumps
that will show through the dress - in other words, something purely
functional.
This is where lingerie
shop Aphrodisia comes in. The staff, who are trained bra fitters, will
start by establishing the correct size. Too small a bra, and bulges will
appear in all the wrong places. Too large, and the bra won’t provide
enough support.
The next step is to
help the bride find the balance between practicality and prettiness. If
the dress is made of a heavy fabric, the bride might well be able to get
away with a pretty boned corset trimmed with lace, with a pull-in lace
up back. If it’s made of thin, silky, unforgiving fabric, she will
probably need to go for an absolutely plain bra or bustier.
Princess line corsets
– which mare made with vertical wire but no underwire – are ideal
for achieving push-up for larger busted ladies, while silicone pads are
available for women with smaller busts who want to maximise their
assets.
Aphrodisia’s made to
measure silk corsets are also popular with brides, as these give a four
inch pull in, creating a fantastic hourglass figure. When ordering one,
your over-bust, under-bust, waist and hip measurements are taken
together with your height, bra size and dress size. This ensures a
perfect fit.
These corsets, which
take four to six weeks to make, can be dyed another colour after the
wedding and worn as glorious tops teamed with skirts and trousers, or
even dressed down with jeans.
An increasing number of
brides sidestep the issue of buying bridal lingerie by having a made to
measure corset made in ivory or white silk, then getting their
dressmaker simply to make the skirt in a style of their choice to form
the wedding dress.
“Most brides end up
with a slightly more functional corset than they planned initially, for
reasons of practicality, but there are still some very pretty options at
the plainer end of the spectrum,” said owner of Aphrodisia, Ghislaine
Hubbard.
“What they can then
do is compensate by treating themselves to some really pretty silk or
lace lingerie and nightwear for the honeymoon – and there’s plenty
to choose from at Aphrodisia!”
Strapless bras start at
£22.00 and bustiers at £29.00. Made to measure corsets start at £230.00
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