In days gone by, women wouldn’t dare get married while pregnant. However nowadays, it’s not uncommon at all to see a pregnant bride or bridesmaid. If you are expecting and planning your wedding, here are few tips about what to wear on your wedding day.
The Gown
Most wedding gowns are obviously not designed with the pregnant bride in mind. However, one wedding dress style is very suitable for a pregnant bride - the empire waist dress. With these dresses, the waist is right under your bust. The bodice of the dress flows outward from there, draping loosely over your stomach and hips. The empire cut dress is very romantic and feminine.
If you want to flaunt your baby bump, you can be daring and choose a more clingy dress in stretch fabric. If you can’t find anything you like in bridal stores, consider buying a formal maternity dress rather than a bridal gown.
Here are a few online shops where you can find wonderful maternity wedding gowns and bridesmaids dresses.
- Maternity Bride
- Madeline Isaac-James
- Bridal Chalet
- Nicole Maternity
- David’s Bridal - Maternity Bridesmaid Collection
The Shoes
Feet swell during pregnancy, so don’t make yourself uncomfortable with pointed pumps or high heel sandals. Choose wedding sneakers or ballet flats instead. You don’t need to stick to white, metallics and pastels also work well for bridal shoes.
Here are a few cute options:
The dress pictured above is from Madeline Isaac-James’ collection at bridesnbumps.com.
Photo credit: © Madeline Isaac-James
December 22, 2007
This is a beautiful dress! Gorgeous, I think I would have worn something like that and I wasn’t pregnant.