Dropped Waist Wedding Dress Inspiration

I love the dropped waist wedding dress style!

Most closely associated with vintage styling, like the low slung hip bands reminiscent of the 1920’s flapper style dresses, or the drop waist dresses of the 1950’s which flare into poodle skirts.

Todays trends for drop waist wedding dresses are totally modernised with ultra low drop waists, minimalist necklines and styling, and giving a super cinched waist in spite of the drop waist style.
Adapt the drop waist style to best suit your figure by manipulating the proportions, curving the skirt seam, and maybe adding a waist seam to to create a wedding dress that has all the best features of the drop waist style that will look amazing on any body.

Drop Waist Illusion

The illusion of a drop waist can be achieved by creating side panels that have a seam lower on the hip, which may have some volume - but it doesn’t have to. It lengthens the front visual, but adds dramatic detail from the side profile. Best of both!

Drop Waist Dresses for petite brides

If you’re a petite bride who things that they won’t suit a drop waist wedding dress style - I’m here to tell you - you totally can! I apply my bespoke theory to every style and silhouette - if the proportions are tailored to you there is always a way to make it work! We can play with the shape of the seam, will it be straight, or maybe curve the line, try different depths, or might add a waist seam - but also add a hip panel too for a drop waist effect while keeping the visual of the natural waist