Dressing The Tall Bride

Women are getting taller every decade, which means brides are getting taller as well. Some brides are already there, as more of them are coming in taller than six feet. Some brides are as tall as the grooms, while others are taller. Does this cause a complication or just something different that a tall bride has to deal with?

Let’s start with the wedding dress. Height has no determination on what kind of wedding dress a tall bride can wear. Overall, the same issues that plague every other bride plagues tall brides, those being weight and body shape. Since the taller a bride is the longer her look, she could probably easily wear princess style silhouettes and, for the most part, probably wouldn’t have to wear ball gown silhouettes, since they’re already long waisted. Of course, ball gown silhouettes also enhance breasts and hips, so a tall bride without many curves might like what it can offer.

Let’s next look at the shoes. Tall women love to wear high heels for fashion just like shorter women, but they always risk being much taller than the men they’re with. On a bride’s wedding day, if possible, it’s much nicer if the bride and groom can strike a balance without the bride wearing a heel so high that she’s towering over the groom to be. However, if the groom doesn’t have an inferiority complex over looking shorter than his bride, then the skies the limit, although wearing a 5? heel might be a bit much.

Hair design is an interesting thing to think about with a tall bride. Having long, flowing hair is definitely an asset in this case, since tall brides can certainly pull it off. Although short hair styles can be cute, if a tall bride can have longer or fuller hair she could enhance the entire bridal look. Headpieces would look great on a tall bride as well, something to highlight the hair no matter the length.

Let’s talk about the bouquet. A tall bride holding a bouquet of short flowers just won’t look right, and she deserves better than that. Longer flowers, maybe lilies or even long stemmed roses with the thorns removed would be a great thing for a tall bride to hold onto during the ceremony.

Of course, all of these suggestions are based on the tall bride not trying to minimize how tall she is. We love maximizing everything a bride has to offer, including her height, and we’d rather a bride be proud and hold her head high. Go for the gusto!