So this is the third and final part of the Wedding Dress Style Guide, and personally my favourite. One reason I’m so drawn to weddings is just how soft and delicate everything is, from the flowers, to the decor, and of course the fabrics used for wedding dresses. This guide will help you sort through the sea of Lace and Satin, so you know exactly what you are looking at when visiting bridal shops
Silk Wedding Dress
Silk is the most luxurious wedding gown fabric. It’s quite versatile and often used to create other types of wedding dress fabrics including Satin, Chiffon, Organza and Tulle. Pure silk fabric is quite expensive, so it is usually mixed with other inexpensive synthetics (polyester), to give one of the above. Silk looks best in chic and elegant wedding dress shapes such as the sheath and empire silhouettes.
Satin Wedding Dress
Satin is the most common wedding gown fabric. The luxurious fabric is densely woven silk that is extremely shinny on one side and dull on the other. The rich glossy look makes an amazing impact and is great for structured dresses. A popular type of Satin know as Duchess Satin, is a hybrid between silk and polyester (or rayon). The inexpensive fabric is great for formal wedding dresses such ball gowns and a-line dresses, as it holds its shape very well.
Taffeta Wedding Dress
Taffeta is much more than an ankara-mixer for wedding Aso ebi. The crisp, scrunchy fabric is a very popular choice for wedding dresses. The textured light-weight material derived from either silk or synthetic fibers is often used in ball gowns and other structured big dresses with full skirts. It usually looks slightly sheen and shimmery. Satin and taffeta look very alike, abut you can tell them apart by touching. Taffeta feels more textured and coarser than satin.
Lace Wedding Dress
Lace wedding dresses have been a big hit since Kate Middleton got married in one. They are the easiest to identify. Chantilly Lace, the most common lace fabric, can be identified by its signature double scalloped edges and hexagonal mesh background.
Tulle Wedding Dress
Tulle fabric is made from silk and rayon. The delicate lightweight netting isn’t traditionally used as the main wedding dress fabric, but instead for veils and ball gown skirts, to create a dramatic but romantic look.
Chiffon Wedding Dress
Chiffon is a super light, soft and sheer fabric that is made from either silk or the less expensive rayon. The floaty fabric has a romantic appeal and is perfect for sheath and empire shaped wedding dresses.
Organza Wedding Dress
Organza is a floaty sheer fabric made from either silk or rayon. The crispy fabric is quite similar to chiffon but has a stiffer texture. It is also more flowing than tulle.
For more wedding dress inspiration, check out our photo gallery which has wedding pictures of brides wearing wedding dresses that come in different fabrics, shapes, and necklines.
So do you have a favorite wedding dress fabric? I’m not as concerned about the fabric as I am about the dress style, but if I had to choose, I’ll go with Lace…and you?
Photocredit – Photography by Obi // Libran Eye Photography // Alakija Studios
kellie harrington says
Chiffon Wedding Dress this is my favorite and would love some information on how to order this dress
mercy echeme says
The shots and dresses are wooow can’t wait to wear mine