wedding dresses : How to Take Right Measurements for a Perfectly Fitted Wedding Gown

Nowadays brides are increasingly prefering the online platform for purchasing affordable wedding dresses. Well the reason for this is simple. By purchasing bridal gowns online you save valuable time that can be used for planning other important things for the wedding. Moreover, the online shops have a huge collection of elaborate and discounted wedding gowns for all types of figures and in different styles.

But for purchasing the right bridal gowns online, it is very important to provide the proper measurements before ordering a gown. As far as bridal gowns are concerned it must fit the body perfectly and enhance the figure of the bride. An ill-fitted wedding gown can make you feel uncomfortable and spoil your mood. Here are some tips to help you come up with the right measurement.

1) Firstly, ask your friend or family member to take your measurements. At any cost, avoid taking the measurements yourself as it is not possible to take the right measurements on your own. Also remember that wedding dress sizes are different from normal size charts.

2) While taking the measurements you must be dressed in a well-fitted bra and underwear. Preferably, wear the undergarments you plan to wear with your bridal gown.

3) Use a cloth tape measure to take the measurements. And in case you don’t have one use a string to measure around the body and a ruler to measure the string.

4) To take the measurement of your busts, stand straight with your heels together. Now measure the bust line with the help of measuring tape by covering the widest part of your back and the fullest part of your chest. Keep a thumb in the inner side of the tape and note down the measurement in a piece of paper.

5) For taking the waist measurement stand with your stomach at its natural position. Put the tape at the waistline from where you usually wear your jeans or trousers and measure the size by keeping a thumb on the inner side of the tape. Or to find your waist, bend to one side and the deepest wrinkle you find is your waist. Keep the tape loose for getting the right measurement.

6) For taking the measurements of your hips, stand in a relaxed posture with your heels together. For a sheath dress, position the tape around the fullest part of your bottom and for an A-line dress, around the fullest part of your hip.

7) The measurement for the length of the bridal dress must be taken from the hollow of the neck just above the collarbone to the length that you would like the hem of the dress to fall. If you are planning to wear heels with the wedding dress add 5’’ extra to the length of the dress.

Once the measurements have been taken, check them with the size chart provided by the online shops selling discounted wedding gowns. These size charts would tell how measurements are mapped to the designer sizes.

And don’t panic if the measurements taken by you are not there in the chart. Bridal gowns available online usually are not custom made to exact measurements and can be easily altered to your size before the gown is delivered to you.