Empire waist wedding dress with short sleeves






The empire waist style makes a gorgeous option for brides who are looking for a more comfy, light weight, simple and yet dainty, chic and feminine type of wedding dress.




This style has a lot of advantages, especially for full figure or for corpulent brides with large hip lines and waists. In general, the empire waist wedding dress is recommended for brides who don’t have a defined waist line or for those who have a petite allure.

Inverted pear shaped body type of brides can also opt for this lovely and adorable type of dress. The only type of bride who shouldn’t play around an empire style wedding dress is the hourglass slender bride.


Brides who are not interested in wearing a strapless wedding dress on the big day can always choose to go with a sleeved wedding dress. Keeping the empire style, the dress can feature short sleeves for a more elegant, classy, stylish and chic appearance. Choosing long sleeves for an empire waist wedding dress would not be a very inspired idea, especially because this type of waist line is more suitable for hot summer wedding days.

There are many reasons why a bride would want to wear a short sleeved wedding dress for a summer wedding. Firstly, the bride might want to cover her shoulders and her arms, just a little bit, because she is not pleased with the way her skin looks in that area, or because the church religious ceremony is a bit too rigorous and not that permissive with a wedding dress that is revealing the bride’s skin too much.

Among the most beautiful types of short sleeves that a bride can choose for an empire waist wedding dress are the cap sleeves, the petal sleeves, the T-shirt sleeves or the ¾ sleeves. Unfortunately not all the modern brides are familiar with these adorable types of short sleeves that can be attached to any casual wedding dress and still maintain the elegance, the style and the class of the dress.

In fact, a pair of sleeves can make a wedding dress appear even more coquette, stylized, dainty and chic. In order to convince yourself of the splendor and unique beauty of an empire waist wedding dress with short sleeves you should take a look at these pictures. Browse for more on the internet in order to see all the popular styles available for this type of dress.


The neckline of an empire waist wedding dress with short sleeves can be deep V-neck designed, sweetheart, jewel or round, square, scoop, bateau or off the shoulders.

The bodice can be beaded or beautified with all kind of lace, flower or bow appliqués. One can also use a colored waist band, sash or ribbon to accentuate the bust line and to add a more vibrant and unique modern colorful accent.

Written by , date Aug 06, 2010 in Casual style
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One Response to Empire waist wedding dress with short sleeves

  1. Sol says:

    My body figure doesn’t allow me to wear too many types of lines, but this one is among the one I could wear. And I believe it is a very nice line for a bride to wear on her wedding day. And now that I am looking for a dress that I like, I had to know what I am looking for before going online. And I knew I want an empire waist dress but no sleeves attached. However, my searches were not very fruitful and so I decided to look at this article as well. And you know what? I found the dress that would be exactly me: the first one, so darling and cute. With the right veil and hairdo it will be perfect for my casual wedding.

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