Expert: Nafeesah Abdullah - 9/18/2008

Question
My fiance is a typical asian lady very petite and I am trying to help her by finding her body type etcetera she is extremely skinny but perfectly proportioned I don't know what style of wedding dress's there are for a lady with a rectangle or a h figure or "asian" body can someone help me out by listing some different style names so I can look them up on the net

Answer
The best place I can think of that has a pretty good way of getting a bride fitted for a dress is David's Bridal. They go from the smallest up to a size 24. Plus you want to make sure that she goes for several fittings before finalizing since it's hard to correct a mistake once the dress has been made or tailored. Go for at least 3 fittings to make sure that she's comfortable in what she's about to wear and get all the corrections made at that point before finalizing for the permanent fitting. Asian women wear cheongsams which are traditionally fitted for their body type and usually they fit better than most traditional gowns. There's this site called Chinabridal.com and they should have something that can be bought or custom made to fit your fiancee's body size since Asian brides tend to be on the thin and short side and need their clothes to fit their body type comfortably.