Wedding Dress: The Bustle.

I actually did not know what a bustle was until I bought a wedding dress. A bustle constitutes the way in which the train of your wedding dress is gathered, elevated off of the floor, and distributed across the back of your dress. Many women opt to have their wedding dress bustled in order to facilitate movement after the wedding ceremony is over. After all, it can be uncomfortable and tiresome to deal with a long train while casually walking around, greeting wedding guests or dancing. There are many different ways to bustle a wedding dress according to types of fabric, types of dress patterns and dress colors.  

There are four main types of bustle used in the USA:

 French bustle: Think big, pouffy derriere. The train of the dress is essentially folded and gathered to shorten its length.

Ballroom bustle: This type is very similar to the French bustle, only less pouffy. 

Australian bustle: I think it is very pretty and it works especially well with chiffon trains. Ribbons are sewn into the dress and when they are pulled the dress train is picked up and gathered.

 American bustle: this type is usually used with shorter trains and it consists of a single, or several, hooks that hook up the train to the back of your dress. Usually the hooks are disguised using jewels or ornaments.