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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Top tips for strapless gowns

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Si­mone Sant-Ghu­ran

Strap­less gowns first made their ap­pear­ance in the 1930s and 1940s and was a style of choice by fa­mous de­sign hous­es such as Hal­ston and Dior.

One of the most fa­mous ear­ly strap­less gowns was a black stun­ner worn by Ri­ta Hay­worth in the 1946 movie, Gil­da.

Since the 1990s though, strap­less gowns have been the gown of choice for an over­whelm­ing num­ber of brides. In fact, in 2012 Kate Berry, style di­rec­tor for Martha Stew­art Wed­dings, es­ti­mat­ed that "75 per cent of all the wed­ding dress­es out there nowa­days are of the strap­less va­ri­ety."

There are two schools of thought on strap­less–with some de­sign­ers say­ing that strap­less gowns tend to be flat­ter­ing on most women, while oth­er de­sign­ers are say­ing that it is one of the more dif­fi­cult sil­hou­ettes to wear.

How­ev­er, most would agree that the rea­son why some women have prob­lems with strap­less gowns is large­ly to do with the fit, size, and the fact that the bodices don't have the req­ui­site bon­ing and in­ner struc­ture such as a built-in bra or a waist stay (this is a piece of gros­grain or pe­ter­sham rib­bon at­tached to the bon­ing in­side the gown to pre­vent the bodice from slid­ing down).

Here are somecom­mon fit is­sues:

Pulling up–We've all seen it (and per­haps done it too)–pulling up strap­less dress­es by our thumbs and fin­gers dur­ing the course of an evening.

Spillage–This hap­pens when the strap­less bodice is too tight or too low-cut, caus­ing the chest area to puff or pop out over the top of the bodice. Some women al­so get pock­ets of flab ap­pear­ing just un­der the col­lar­bones.

Armpit or back flab–These are pock­ets or folds of skin that bunch up in the un­der­arm or back area as a re­sult of an im­prop­er fit.

Uni-boob–This hap­pens when an ill-fit­ting bodice cre­ates a squashed to­geth­er chest, which has no de­f­i­n­i­tion.

Wear­ing the strap­less gown too high–The cut of the neck­line should be flat­ter­ing but it won't ap­pear that way if the neck­line is hoist­ed too far up the chest.

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