Wedding gown bustle

SSteph903 Posted: Feb 17, 2011 06:37 PM

Wedding gown bustle

What is an English bustle vs. a French Bustle?

spdy540 Posted: Feb 17, 2011 10:03 PM

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I'm assuming the English bustle is the same as the American bustle also called an over bustle which usual has hook and eye or buttons that lift the train up on the outside of your dress. The French bustle or an under bustle tends to use ribbons and lifts the train up in almost a reverse pick up fashion. HTH

SSteph903 Posted: Feb 17, 2011 10:57 PM

Re: Wedding gown bustle

Thank you!

imthing1 Posted: Feb 18, 2011 09:32 AM

Re: Wedding gown bustle

Just wanted to insert another one here. If your dress has a lot of straight-line detail on the back you may want a ballroom bustle. This it what I'm doing with my dress (Maggie sottero, dion). The train is actually flipped under so that you. Can still see the beautiful details on the back and it stays stream lined instead of bustled outward. It definitely looks better on certain dresses :).

SSteph903 Posted: Feb 18, 2011 12:30 PM

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Posted by imthing1

Just wanted to insert another one here. If your dress has a lot of straight-line detail on the back you may want a ballroom bustle. This it what I'm doing with my dress (Maggie sottero, dion). The train is actually flipped under so that you. Can still see the beautiful details on the back and it stays stream lined instead of bustled outward. It definitely looks better on certain dresses :).

wow the back of your dress is so nice!

All of the detail is on the top of my dress (lace) the bottom is very flowly tulle.