Be­cause there is a wide ar­ray of colours and de­signs avail­able on the mar­ket, many per­sons may choose a wed­ding dress that might not flat­ter their fig­ure. You don't have to make find­ing the right wed­ding dress frus­trat­ing task. Rather it is as sim­ple as choos­ing the right dress that suits and flat­ters your body shape. Be­cause all women have unique body shapes and sizes, 'You and Your Wed­ding' web­site has of­fered some ad­vice for you to de­ter­mine which gown will have you look­ing spec­tac­u­lar.

Hour­glass fig­ure

An hour­glass fig­ure is one where your top and bot­tom halves are per­fect­ly bal­anced, with a very de­fined waist. This means you have a big chest, big hips, and a thin waist (that is, curves in all the right places).

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

An A-line wed­ding dress with a dropped waist will show off your fig­ure; pair it with a sweet­heart neck­line to show off your chest. Or for some­thing a lit­tle more cur­va­ceous, try a fit-and-flare gown like a mer­maid or trum­pet style

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

As your chest and hips are al­ready bal­anced it's best not to add weight to ei­ther half. Avoid em­pire-line sil­hou­ettes and ball gowns; they may make you look dis­pro­por­tioned.

Tri­an­gle shape

If you are a tri­an­gle shape, you are wider on the top of your body, with hips nar­row­er than your shoul­ders.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

A V-neck dress works well to cov­er up wider shoul­ders.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Add in­ter­est­ing de­tails, such as em­broi­dery and bows, around the mid­dle and bot­tom of your dress, as these de­tails force the eye down­wards.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

Puffed sleeves will draw at­ten­tion to your shoul­ders, as will hal­ter and off-the-shoul­der neck­lines. If you want to avoid draw­ing at­ten­tion to an am­ble bo­som, steer clear of em­broi­dery and lapels around the neck­line.

Ap­ple shape

More volup­tuous than most, ap­ple shapes have full breasts, a bit of a tum­my and a rounder bum and hips.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

An em­pire-line dress will de-em­pha­sise your waist, giv­ing you a lean­er look.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

Princess-line and Basque dress­es draw too much at­ten­tion to your mid­dle, and a sheath will make you look heav­ier. Avoid spaghet­ti straps, which can cut in­to your shoul­ders.

Pear shapes

Just like the fruit, you're small­er on top than the bot­tom, with hips wider than your shoul­ders.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Princess style dress­es dis­guise fuller hips and put the fo­cus on your bet­ter half, bal­anc­ing your tor­so and bust.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Strap­less ball gowns work like princess dress­es, em­pha­sis­ing all your best bits.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts::

Avoid tiered, trum­pet and mer­maid style dress­es, which draw at­ten­tion to your bot­tom. Sheaths are al­so un­flat­ter­ing.

Slim brides

Short or tall, you have a bal­le­ri­na's fig­ure, with an un­de­fined waist.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Slim is one of the few shapes that get away with a fit­ted dress with a high neck­line.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

A ball gown with a fit­ted bodice and full skirt will cre­ate the il­lu­sion of curves.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

Avoid por­trait, off-the-shoul­der or

hal­ter neck­lines if your col­lar­bone is too bony.

Pe­tite

5'1" and un­der - you've got a tiny frame.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Sim­ple is best. Clean, un­bro­ken con­tours with­out too much fab­ric will elon­gate your fig­ure. A sheath, as seen here at Claire Pet­ti­bone, is per­fect.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Nar­row A-line dress­es al­so work well for pe­tite brides.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

Most sil­hou­ettes flat­ter your fig­ure, but ball gowns and mer­maid dress tend to over­whelm. A big, elab­o­rate dress can look as if it's wear­ing you.

Tall brides

The height of a cat­walk mod­el, you tow­er above your friends.

Wed­ding Dress Do's:

Tall brides can car­ry off al­most any dress style; mer­maid dress­es and A-line dress­es are an­oth­er great look for tall girls.

Wed­ding Dress Don'ts:

Stay away from em­pire line dress­es, which risk look­ing al­most tent-like on wil­lowy frames.