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If you are a bride dead set on finding the perfect mermaid style wedding dress that makes your heart flutter, here are some tips and some inspiration for your perfect gown.
Who does this dress flatter most?
Average Height to Tall Girls. Those with an hour glass figure or average or thin frame. If you are heavy about the middle like an apple or pear shape, this will be a tougher fit because the way the dress is constructed, it tends to hug the areas the most that girls tend not to want to emphasize likes hips, rear, and tummy. If you go for a strapless version and you have boobs for days, make absolutely sure you have support built into the dress or an undergarment holding you in because you do not want to go bouncing out of there on your wedding day. Would definitely recommend straps for added security.
Fit
OMG, seriously, you should do this for any wedding dress, but particularly with a mermaid gown you need to make sure those measurements are right because of the way this dress is meant to hug the body as opposed to say a ball gown which has decidedly a bit more room for error with full skirts and such. Absolutely try your finished dress on and see if you can sit and move about reasonably well. If you have to sort of teeter and then drop yourself into a chair, it's much too tight. Also keep in mind that this will restrict your movement some with the skirts darting in at the knee or slightly above so don't expect do be doing cartwheels, but do expect that you can complete at least your first dance comfortably in this or else make adjustments. When you try it on, dance, shuffle, sit, walk, stand, make a circle, side step...all things you'll be doing during the big day.
Fabrics
If you are ready to show off that body, skip organza and chiffon and go for light as air silk, tulle, and satin. If you want the more dramatic stiff look, go for the former.
Undergarments
As I said with fit, make sure your undergarments are holding up your boobs and have them secure in the right place. You also want to make sure with this dress in particular, that your undergarments are seamless. Because of the tight nature of the dress, you can see every single line and crease which will ruin your lovely silhouette. You will need to wear a special petticoat to help add volume to the skirt which is straight cut from the waist to the hip or knees, and then flares out to help poof up your dress. You can get these in ruffles, stiff tulle, layered, etc. If you hate itchy fabric, go for the cotton ones vs. the tulle ones or a less stiff tulle. Just make absolutely sure, you try on your underskirt with the dress at your fittings so adjustments can be made if need be or you can see how they sit underneath the dress and ensure that they do not show at your hem.
Veil
Definitely a personal choice. Veil or no veil? Long or short? Lace? Tulle? Color? Really and truly your body is the star of this dress and can stand alone without the veil, but you can create an absolutely breathtaking look with long sheer cathedral veils, or lovely fingertip length lace veils. Try a couple on, and see what works for you.
What Girls Said
That's the type of a dress I absolutely can't stand... The true problem with it is - HOW are you supposed to actually move in that?
It's useless... if you plan to feel comfortable as well...
Well most wedding dresses are this way. Full skirts, crinolin, corsets, boning, veils, trains. They aren't designed for you to really be super comfortable and have an exceptional range of motion. Explains why a lot of brides have the "picture dress" and the "party dress," for the reception where they can move and use the bathroom without issue. I mean, a lot of women suffer everyday practically with this or that uncomfortable fashion or beauty choice, so not surprisingly, the wedding day is rarely any different.
Mermaid Dresses are one of the most beautiful and flattering types out there
After some searching , I realized that even though I can pull it off, A lines prob would fit me the best.
Did you know that people get confused with Mermaid, Fit and Flare and Trumphet? Not a lot of people know a true mermaid dress.
I don't think to the gen. pop, there is such a vast difference in their minds between the three that it matters to differentiate. A bride just knows, she wants the cut of the skirt higher or lower on the leg, whichever flatters her silhouette more. There are of course technical differences, but if one doesn't often wear evening or pageant gowns or any gowns for that matter, it's simpler for designers just to say "mermaid dress" and let them sort it out.
Yes that's true. The true mermaid is very difficult to move in. Even after lots of training , you would still feel some discomfort.