Saturday, April 24, 2010

Weddings Dresses - Mermaid Style


The Mermaid wedding dress clings to your body from bust to the knee, then flares out to the hem. This very sexy look highlights all your curves. This dramatic style requires some amount of confidence and poise. The flamenco dress is the best known mermaid style with gathers in the front of the lower part of the dress.

Just about all necklines and sleeve lengths can be worn with the mermaid wedding dress so you can reveal or cover as much skin as you wish. With this style even a high neck and long sleeves will create an alluring look but without being too sexy. If you want to show off your shoulders, you can opt for a strapless style, a halterneck with a plunging v-neck has an especially striking effect.

Various skirt styles are suited to the mermaid style. The skirt can flare out at different heights to give slightly different silhouettes. Both the skirt and the hem can be any of a number of shapes. A round skirt will give you a totally different look to a trumpet shape or a train.

The mermaid dress can either be soft and flowing or more tailored, depending on the fabric used.. A slip style dress will lightly hug the body, so light-weight silks and satin are the best choices. To emphasise a more dramatic shape of the dress, stiffer fabric such as brocade are needed. Either way, the mermaid style is sophisticated and sexy, whether it is worn at a casual beach wedding, or a formal evening affair.

By Wanda Arnold

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