Wedding Gowns

Corsette Wedding Gowns

The 14^th century is the period known to emphasize the most the wearing of corsets in the history of undergarments. These items were conceived to accentuate the waist and the wealthy privileged people were the ones to spread them to other countries. At the beginning to wear such an item was quite uncomfortable since a corset was made of different materials such as iron, wood, whalebone which in later centuries had become the main agent to provide the constricting tightness of the article. France by the end of the 17^th century had created an elaborate form of the corset to add the richly fabric-ed shirts the slim waist supported by a corset made also to push up the breasts showing an enticing décolletage for the women that attended social events of the time.




In the modern age, the creation of corsets was replaced by bodices, a kind of vest reinforced with elastic fabric. In order to confer the body a certain liberty both in motion and breathing, the bodices were made to resemble the feminine line of a corset but with easiness in wearing. Nowadays the old corset has made a certain comeback in fashion industry, mostly in the creation of women’s undergarments but also in the design of ball gowns or wedding dresses as an integral component of the whole look. The corset wedding gowns remind of the Victorian look of a dress, especially that they are made out of different colored fabric, embellished with various accessories (gemstones or sequins), dresses that are worn for weddings, too, even if they have other color than the traditional white.

The effect of these corset wedding gowns is quite amazing, the stretched form of the upper side of the dress emphasizing the lines of the waist in a feminine and sensual way, with the richness of the multi-petticoat skirt or cascading draped bustles of a skirt, bustles caught up with beads or various tiny bows. Other wedding dresses are preserving the original look of an old corset with the reinforcement bars to display the aspect of a holder supporting the breast in an enticing manner connected to a flouncing skirt that has stiffened underskirt presenting a modernistic style mixed with a nuance of melancholy.

The bridal gowns collections in this regard are usually designed in a strapless vision of dresses, the neckline having the form of a sweetheart and the skirt rich in fabric with or without ruffles, with or without train – these are common features a bride-to-be finds in the corset wedding gown, the choice of color is up to the bride’s decision, as long as the trend in the modern days is to organize wedding events in a variety of themes where white doesn’t have to be that mandatory for the aspect of a wedding celebration.

The form and the consistency of the corset itself is the one that requires a strapless design for the overall look of a dress, the way corset is embracing the bust and displays the shape of the shoulders and breast, makes it actually impossible the usage of straps.  So if you consider yourself endowed from the nature with a body to strike the eyes of your guests, then wearing a corset wedding gown would be a beautiful, sensual, stunning choice for the outfit that is meant to reveal the woman in you, the woman who is supposed to meet at the end of the aisle the man of her life in a celebration of the moment with the most elegant look of her life.