When you think of wedding dresses, you typically think of long, flowing trains and lengths that require teams of helpers to help the bride make it down the aisle. You don’t think of cute, short lengths. However, this day in age, short wedding dresses are becoming more and more popular, and are showing up in trends faster now than ever. If you like to follow trends and are thinking of considering making this trend part of your wedding, have you thought about the right ways to pull these off so that you look chic and stylish?

Short wedding dresses to require special considerations to pull them off properly. First of all, consider your age. Shorter hem lines typically belong on younger women; however, if you’re older but have a really great pair of legs, you may be able to stretch this age limit a little further. Nothing is worse than an older woman wearing junior style clothing just because she happens to be the right size to fit them. If you’re older, toning your body, making sure your skin looks youthful, and dressing the short hemline in a classy way will help. One classy way to dress a hemline is to wear streamlined, tasteful heels that aren’t too high and have a timeless look about them.

If you’re younger and thinking about a shorter hemline, make sure you have the right legs for it. You don’t have to be thin to wear a shorter shirt, but you do have to have toned and shapely legs. Any legs with good muscle tone on them look good bare. Pair the short length with a high, stylish set of heels (at any age actually, as stated above) to help hide any imperfections in your legs. Tanning may also help (fake tanning is better than real tanning by the way, and easy to do right before your wedding day).
If you’re not used to wearing heels and don’t have shapely legs, wearing a short wedding dress may not be the option for you. Short wedding dresses can be worn on any body type and with almost any age, as long as it’s done right and not forced. The key is in the shoes and in how you present your body. Short wedding dresses are really cute and fresh, and are trendy this season. If you think you can make it work, do it!