My Wedding Hero welcomes a guest writer today, event planner, Shafonne Myers, President of Making Your Event Special in Richmond, VA. Making Your Event Special is described as “a company to consider as your professional solution to common wedding day anticipations and the some times overwhelming concerns that often arise in planning weddings or other special events.”

Shafonne has some great pointers for choosing the right dress style for your body type. Here’s an excerpt from her blog:

There are so many types and styles of dresses: A-Line, Mermaid or Empire to name a few. You have to find out which one is best for you and your body type. You want a dress that is going to complement you. A dress that looks good on one girl may not look good on another.

Once you figure out your body style you will then be able to decide on a style of dress that will define your figure.

A little rule of thumb: Pear shaped figures are enhanced by A-Line dresses to take away the wider hips. Hourglass figures are enhanced by two piece or corsets. Both of these type of dresses will draw attention to the waist. Taller figures have an advantage because they are able to wear just about any type of dress but the empire waist dresses. Since they are taller the empire waist dresses tend not to fall on them correctly and will look like maternity dresses.

If you’d like to read more, head over to Shafonne’s site and blog and catch up on the previous posts in her wedding planning series.

Thanks Shafonne & Making Your Event Special for the great pointers!