Weddings these days are all about personal expression and comfort, more than ever before! Whether you’re planning a grand celebration or an intimate micro-wedding, looking and feeling your best is essential. We've gathered the best bridal shapewear secrets to ensure your wedding day look is flattering and fabulous. Follow our guide for essential wedding tips and tricks.
5 Tips To Look 10/10 On Your Wedding Day
Who doesn’t love some good styling hacks for a sleek appearance? And even more so on your wedding day. Take note of these easy-to-follow tips for a comfortable, flattering, and gorgeous wedding look.
- Color Match: Avoid having your bra and undies play peek-a-boo. Instead of dark colors, choose white or light beige hues that look invisible under clothes.
- Perfect Fit: Check if your bra fits well by sliding two fingers underneath the band on its loosest hook. If it slides through while still holding your bust in place, it’s the right fit.
- Sewn-In Comfort: For ultimate comfort and confidence, consider having your bra sewn into your gown. It’s a simple, quick job that most tailors can handle, and it can mean the difference between fussing with a bra all night and feeling carefree on the dance floor.
- Complete Dress Fitting: Bring your shoes and shapewear to your final dress fitting to ensure a perfect fit.
- Seamless Base Layers: Make sure everything you wear under your dress (undies, bras, shaping essentials) has a seamless design that reduces the appearance of lines under your dress.
Wedding Dress: Heavier vs Lighter Fabrics
When choosing your wedding dress, keep in mind that different fabrics offer varying levels of support and structure.
Heavier fabrics, such as silks and textured materials, add structure and often come with built-in corsets or slips for extra support.
In contrast, lighter fabrics like sheer and lightweight silks can be almost transparent, revealing every detail, including visible panty lines, making shapewear a must-have for these fabrics.
Benefits of Wearing Shapewear Under Your Wedding Dress
If you want to feel extra confident on your wedding day and showcase a flattering silhouette from the ceremony through the reception, shapewear is your answer.
Even if you prefer not to wear full-body shapewear, shaping bras, high-waisted panties, and shaping shorts can offer the perfect balance of comfort and shaping.
Here’s why you’ll love wearing shaping essentials:
- Enhances your shape, making your silhouette look streamlined.
- Helps smooth and control your tummy, hips, and thighs.
- Improves posture by supporting the back and torso.
- Minimizes visibility of underwear lines, creating a sleek look.
- Boosts your overall confidence for that special day!
When Should You Buy Wedding Shapewear?
Believe it or not, the right time to buy shapewear for your wedding gown is not right after choosing your dress. The best time is after your first or second dress fitting since that gives you the time to see what types of underlayers might look best taking style, fabric, and body type into consideration.
The Best Shapewear for Your Wedding Dress
Whether your dress is clingy and form-fitting or features a bonafide bodycon design, selecting the appropriate shapewear can enhance your comfort, confidence, and overall bridal look. Here's how to match your shapewear to your dress style for optimal support and smoothness.
1. If Your Dress is Clingy and Form-fitting
Does your dress hug your curves from the waist up? Follow these tips:
- A perfect choice is a super soft, seamless waist trainer for ultimate shaping and all-day comfort.
- As for your underwear, opt for high-waist seamless panties that feel like second skin and smooth lines.
- Shaper shorts with targeted tummy-compression are perfect for sheer, silky dresses.
- Avoid shapewear with seams or steel bones to prevent awkward lines.
2. If Your Dress Fits Snugly Around Your Upper Body
In this case, look for shapewear that is lightweight and flexible. It should be soft, breathable, and allow for freedom of movement. Take notes:
- Lightweight, flexible shapewear that moves with your body is key.
- For a streamlined figure from the back to your hips, go for the Shapermint Essentials Open Bust Bodysuit Shaper Panty.
- If you are looking for a shaping effect from your back to your tummy separate from your underwear, try the Shapermint Essentials Open Bust Shaper Cami.
3. If Your Dress is Extremely Form-fitting Around the Hips and Thighs
The key here is wearing shapewear that smooths your midsection as much as your lower section, providing an hourglass kind of silhouette that we know you love!
- The go-to shaping essential to achieve a 360° flattering shape from the upper tummy to mid-thighs is the Shapermint Essentials All Day Every Day High-Waisted Shaper Shorts. You just can’t go wrong with it!
- If you’re more into mesh fabrics or boyshort styles, you’ve come to the right place! We have a variety of shorts available in sizes S-4XL.
4. If Your Dress is a Bonafide Bodycon Dress
For this glamorous and trendy dress, shapewear plays a key role in accentuating your natural curves for an enhanced figure, while making it easier to slip into the dress.
- If you’re looking for a 10x more flattering silhouette, opt for the Shapermint Essentials Open Bust Bodysuit Shaper Short. It provides the ultimate smoothing, control, and comfort from the back to mid-thighs, making it an excellent choice if your dress has sleeves.
- If your dress has a strapless design or wide straps, you’ll love a high-waisted compression brief. With high compression, it’s your solution for a beautiful, enhanced silhouette under your bonafide bodycon dress.
5. If Your Dress Already Has a Corset Built-in
Good news! If you're wearing a corset dress, there's no need to double up with another corset. Keep these suggestions in mind:
- The TC® Shape Away® Strapless Bodybriefer is the perfect strapless shapewear choice for this type of dress, since it controls your back, bust, tummy, and butt, holding everything in place and providing a gorgeous shape.
- If you are looking for a little more lift in your chest area, a good option is to ask your tailor to add in some push-up, foamy cups into the dress.
- The wider lower part of the dress allows for some fun: wear a high-waist brief or a shaping thong for a more lifted look and feel.
The Shapewear Guide For Wedding Dresses
The Final Fitting Check
Ensure you bring more than just your dress to the final fitting. Take along your shoes and shapewear. Once you have all the pieces in place, you’ll be able to fully envision your wedding day attire. Don’t forget your accessories, including a veil if you plan to wear one, as they will help you see how everything balances together.
Your wedding day is one of the greatest and most important celebrations of your life, and you deserve to feel your absolute best. We’re 100% sure these tips help you find the perfect bridal shapewear to enhance your comfort and wear confidence in the dress of your dreams.
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