do ANY wedding dresses have straps thesedays?

[ocd]

saw starrys ( very nice) but almost all of them are strapless

is theis common allt he time

mine had straps, SIL's had removable straps as did my best mates. 3 weedings over 3 years

i had long sleeves and was married 4 years ago. bridesmaid all have long sleeves.all of us were into our 30s and didnt feel that our bodies were suitable for too muck exposure.

im going for strapless cos it suits me better. my sister in law had straps and dps sis had straps

wow - you've written my post ocd!!!!! my thoughts EXACTLY. Been noticing this lately as a friend is wedding dress shopping, and almost all are strapless, it's totally bizarre!

I think strapless suits almost nobody personally, you've got to be so trim in the shoulder/arm area. A friend recently got married in a strapless dress but wore a satiny, thick wrap down the aisle, tbh looked like she was draped in a tablecloth

I think if you are going to go strapless, GO strapless...if you want something on your arms get a dress with sleeves!

rant over.

is it done cos it's a hell of a lot easier to cut/sew a dress without sleeves? And the wedding dress companies can still charge hundreds of quid for less work?!

i dont mind it
if you are slender enough
but big fat biffas liek me woudl look dire
i liek starrys but yes they are all strappy.
mine was kind of on the hsoulder little sleevelets (!)

7 years ago mine had straps (inch wide like 'vest' straps).

I prefer straps or short sleeves to sleeveless myself although some people do look very nice in them. To me they are more like an evening dress than a wedding dress.

Maybe I'm just an old fart.

It's just become such a fashion that there seems so little choice of other styles really. It's a shame.

I've never been a fan of strapless dresses anyway tho, maybe that is cos I too am as ocd so charmingly puts it a big fat biffa!

I like the little sleevlet ones.

I have thought this myself tbh have large boobs and will be size 14 when I get married so think slinky strapless is not for me!! Oooh I can't WAIT to wedding dress shop.

rememebrwhenmy dad ifrst did a wedding of a straples gal
siad he didnt knwo where to look

like this

oh eys mine was princess line like that but the sleeves were on the hsoulder hting
had a bra strap holder hting that i threaded the strpas through.
it cost.................................. £125

ooo

god smurfy thats cheap and i love the waist thing.

go ot ht e us to get it

I need structure cos of fatness, don't suit slinky at all. Hmm. Can't look for ages yet though!

nice front, don't like the back

I got married in crimplene

(with sleeves)

Top of mine was very similar to your first link smurfy

have to resurrect this thread simply to say with the strapless dresses, has anyone noticed how high up they come when people sit down in them? my friend has a wedding mag and one of the 'real' weddings pictured has the girl sitting down with her strapless bodice up by her neck! wtf?

I had sleeves on my dress.

I was a size 8 with 34DD boobs.

it would be a feat of engineering for me to go strapless... unless is started at my waist.
My boobs do not submit to strapless under any circs...

I have huge norks but had a strapless bra under my strapless dress. Did worry that there wouldn't be enough support but TBH there was so much support in the corset bit I could have gone braless...

how rare - have just come back from being a bridesmaid at my best mate's wedding and had the same strapless conversation with someone there.
Have to say strapless suited the bride but there were some scandalised looks from elderly relatives when she walked in with her shoulders covered only by six feet of veil.

My wedding dress had sleeves but was off-the-shoulder, in a kind of elegant 50s Audrey Hepburn manner... [wistful sigh]

I got married in this dress and the price has gone up since then! [cheapo emoticon] I am a bit of a fatty but it didn't look too bad IMO!