How To Bustle A Wedding Dress – What is a bustle?

welcome back to my channel my name is 
Nayri also known as Wedding Fashion Expert   this week we are talking about a highly requested   topic for me to create a video on which is 
wedding bustles how do they work what are   they why are they important i am answering 
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requests for me to do a tutorial on how to   bustle a wedding dress the reason why this video 
is not a tutorial on how to do a bustle is because   every single bustle that you see done on a dress 
is designed specifically for that gown i'm first   going to explain what a bustle is and then 
circle back to what i just said a bustle is   done in the alteration process where 
the train so wedding dresses have long   trains which is the word that we use for the 
fabric trailing behind you for your wedding dress   so the train of course it's not functional for 
you to be dancing the night away with this trail   of fabric following behind you and people stepping 
on it ripping it all that jazz it's not ideal so a   bustle is done specifically to gather that fabric 
all the way up and create a more balanced length   at your hem so you can move freely wedding dresses 
don't come with bustles pre-done it wouldn't make   sense so the reason why your bustle is custom done 
and i can't do a tutorial for you is because each   bustle on each gown is different number one for 
design and aesthetic purposes but number two the   bustle length so the length in which the fabric 
is getting gathered up to be shortened for you   to walk around freely on wedding day is determined 
by the length of your gown so this is why dresses   can't come with bustles done in the past i've 
had designers at lavella bridal create dresses   with bustles done it was such a waste of their 
efforts in production because the bustles were   never appropriate once the gown was hemmed to the 
bride's height and of course her heel height so   your height has a lot to do with it but also the 
heel height that you choose to wear on wedding day   so once your hem the front of your dress is hemmed 
properly to the proper length so we typically just   hem the front and a little bit of the side and 
then it'll gradually transition to your train   from there the train is then gathered and that 
is where the bustle gets created and of course a   bustle on a ball gown versus a fitted dress versus 
taffeta fabric versus tulle fabric they all gather   differently and functionally seamstresses do 
bustles differently so some bustles could be a   loop with a string that's met to it and you tie 
it or it could be a loop that loops to a button   and these are all designed by seamstresses or it's 
a hook and an eye every bustle is different that   being said because every bustle is different for 
each gown and for each individual i can't possibly   give you a tutorial of this is how you bustle 
a dress however the seamstress that is altering   your dress is able to give you that tutorial which 
i recommend videotaping that so that you are able   to show friends bridesmaids family members wedding 
planners anyone can know so that you could take   one video and disperse it to all the important 
people who are going to be helping you with   bustling your wedding dress this also takes 
the pressure off of having someone with you   physically at that appointment that you can take 
a video and show it to them after the fact a lot   of people always say oh no i don't want to take 
video of it i've got this we forced them to take a   video anyway because in our experience at Lovella 
Bridal we have found that so many people say oh   i've got it and then after a wedding day we'd hear 
we couldn't figure out the bustle on wedding day   it was such a pain so we never bustled the dress 
now it's time to discuss the look of bustles we   just covered functionality what it is what it 
means and why you do it it's all functional   let's go in to the design of the bustle and 
it being aesthetically appealing to you i have   so many brides tell me that they hate the bustle 
that they are not a fan of how it looks they feel   like the fabric's really heavy it's uncomfortable 
they don't enjoy it on and on and on and on   this is personal preference i'm okay with 
the bustles because at the point of when you   bustle your dress most of your photos are taken 
from the waist up or their full frontal photos   like no one's taking back photos of you at this 
point it's for pure function the only time the   bustle was really showing during the reception is 
when you're dancing and moving around and again   it's for function so it's not going to look 
unbelievable because bustles are constantly   moving your dress is moving it's an article of 
clothing it's not going to lay perfectly and   beautifully more so this is for comfort and 
function now if you have a super long train   sometimes if they're really really really long 
it's not even worth doing a bustle you need a   second dress and i'm talking like dramatically 
long okay like super super super duper long   you at that point you want to have a second dress 
to change into and that's what i suggest to brides   who don't like the way their bustle looks if you 
really don't like it then get a second dress that   you change into and don't even bother with a 
bustle there are some brides that feel really   really strongly and despise the way they look and 
then i have other brides that are so obsessed with   their bustles of course bustles look different 
on every single dress different fabrics drape   differently and they sit differently they lay 
differently they weigh a certain amount right   so if you have a super long train that fabric has 
to get gathered one way or another and sometimes   there's no beautifully aesthetic perfect way to 
do it sometimes it's just purely function and not   about the looks and other times you can find 
dresses or have dresses that look beautifully   aesthetically appealing and also functionally 
it moves functionally for the reception as well   i also recommend for you to have safety pins just 
in case i often hear feedback about bride saying   that someone stepped on their bustle they stepped 
on the train on the dance floor and it ripped the   bustle so they needed to either sew it or safety 
pin it so always have that prevention plan in   place and ready to go so that you can enjoy and 
dance the night away lastly it is not a horrible   idea to just have a simple dress on the side just 
waiting for you just in case a malfunction happens   during your reception you have a backup dress 
to change into not ideal i know when you want to   dance the night away in the same exact dress but 
it is a great thing to have just in case so highly   recommend a backup dress even if it's just super 
inexpensive simple white something to enjoy and   dance the night away just in case you get super 
uncomfortable and you want to take your dress off   i hope that this added clarity into what a bustle 
is functionality and just being realistic with   your expectations on how it's going to look as 
a finished product for more videos and tips like   this please be sure to tune in every wednesday 8 
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