On your wedding day you will be IN the gown — so someone else will need to bustle it for you. Have them come to your final dress fitting! That way, they can learn from the expert seamstress, ask questions, and have a very clear idea of how the bustle works and is supposed to look on that day.
Photo by Retrospect Images via Bridal Musings. Bustles can be super simple or very elaborate, so factor in an additional cost for how much bustle your gown may need. So what did I do with my own gown sans bustle? For more expert wedding dress shopping and fashion advice visit our Style Section.
Bridal Musings. A bustle is put up after the ceremony and before the reception primarily for your safely and the safety of the guest. The majority of your bridal photos are taken before the bustle is put up.
Most bustles are put up with buttons and loops or ties. Our expert team of alterations sewers use thread to create the loops and hand sew every button and tie. While we to try to securely sew all components of a bustle, it is difficult to guarantee they will not break during heavy use. So, with that, if you plan on busting a move on the dance floor until the early hours of the morning, consider a more secure bustle with more points, or loops and buttons that meet together to hold the train, as they provide more support and can hold more weight.
Using this technique, seamstresses gather the gown fabric centrally, down the middle of the gown through the back creating a vertical illusion similar to ruching. Another benefit of this style? It's particularly easy for bridesmaids to help get into place for you.
By sewing ribbons through the back seam of the gown, it can be pulled to secure both sides together, as an alternative to over or under. Good bustle style for gowns with intricate detailing. This style favors gowns that have a more natural waistline. This technique is the reverse of the American bustle, as hooks pick up the train of the gown as they tuck under the silhouette itself. Often, ribbons are attached to connect and secure the fabric and can have numerous pick-up points for extra flair.
Think Belle, from Beauty and the Beast. Good bustle style for A-line dresses or mermaid dresses. This bustle tends to transform the dress silhouette from the back, essentially making the train disappear. With a ballroom bustle, it doesn't even look like the dress has been bustled at all, but rather gives the illusion that it was a floor-length gown all along. To create a ballroom bustle, multiple bustle points are sewn around the bodice, and the fabric folds into itself delicately.
This style, however, is typically the most expensive given that more bustle points need to be sewn in. Like the ballroom bustle, this style gives the illusion of no bustle at all. In this style, though, the train of the dress flips under the fabric and is pinned into itself, once again giving the illusion of a floor-length gown with an even fuller bottom, thanks to the extra fabric attached underneath.
Now that you're familiar with the different wedding dress bustle types, you're ahead of the game. But we've still got a few more tips. Once you're in your wedding dress, you won't be able to put the bustle in place. Someone else will have to do it. Enlist the help of the maid of honor, a bridesmaid, your mom, or mother-in-law. Whoever you choose, they'll need to come with you to your final wedding dress fitting so that the seamstress can walk them through bustling up your dress.
Also known as an over-bustle, this look is made when the outside of the train is lifted and secured over the back of the gown to the wedding dress's waistline. It's a simple bustle for the seamstress to create and easy to attach on wedding day. This bustle adds drama to the back by creating a cascading feel as the fabric folds flow over the rest of the skirt.
Brides also have some flexibility with this bustle to decide if they want one statement pickup or to add multiple pickup points for extra flair depending on what they think complements the style of their gown best.
A traditional bustle is very similar to the American bustle—these styles may be used interchangeably. Like the American bustle, the fabric folds over instead of under but the difference is in in the pickup placements. For this wedding dress bustle, loops or hooks are added along the waistline and when the train is fastened across the multiple points, it creates the look of elegant pleats for the waist.
Don't let the name fool you, this style bustle isn't exclusive to sweeping gowns. Instead the ballroom style is one of the most flattering wedding dress bustle types on most silhouettes because it completely hides the train without changing the look of the dress. In order to create this seamless illusion, several points are added under the dress for the train to attach to.
This results in the look of an untouched, floor-length gown. This type of wedding dress bustle is easy to envision and is perfect for gowns that have a statement bow or sash in the back.
With a bow bustle, the fabric is folded above the gown and is secured with ties hidden under the bow. This allows the fabric to pick up and symmetrically flow from the elegant visual point of the bow.
Although this type of bustle can make some bridesmaids sweat, a French bustle is a stunning option and isn't overly complicated thanks to a handy trick from the seamstress. Also known as the under-bustle, this technique is the opposite of the American style as it has the train fold under itself instead of over. The end look is an understated, two layer hem that creates design in the back. With this type of bustle, the seamstress adds color-coordinated ribbons or numbers underneath the gown.
Then when it's time to be bustled, the train tucks up and under as each hook is easily matched with its pair, creating a streamline fold. This type of bustle can be simple or elaborate depending on the desired look. If the bride wants a singular pickup point, it only requires one hook and eyelet to lift the train. But for more detail, multiple pickup points can be added down and across the back.
This style is known as the royal or Victorian bustle because it ups the drama as the folds add more dimension to the silhouette. Watch the video below to see exactly how to bustle a wedding dress. Main Menu. Sign Up. Back to Main Menu.
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