The Basics in Flower Girl Dresses
Shopping for a flower girl dress is the ultimate in playing dolls, except your doll isn't a toy its a real live little girl. It floods us "grown" girls with the nostalgic memories of playing with the eye candy dresses of our childhood while allowing a bonding experience with our daughters that they will carry with them forever. Its important to keep this experience as simple and easy as possible so we can spend our energy on the quality of the event and not worry about the confusing little details.
We will take you step by step and explain some of the basic dress terms to help make reading your descriptions easy so that you know exactly what you are ordering when its time to make your selection.
The Fabrics
Flower Girl Dresses come in a few specialty fabrics. The most common fabrics are rich in shimmer, sparkle, and luster. Organza is a popular wedding fabric. Organza is a sheer, usually white, smooth shimmer fabric. It is often the top layer of an organza style dress. It allows for a shimmer over the top layers in the gown. Organza is a rather expensive material. These days it is even less expensive to buy an organza dress online than it is to but organza fabric retail. Satin is the most common flower girl and bridesmaid dress fabric. Satin, in fact, is not a type of fabric. Satin is a type of weave described as being smooth and shiny on one side an and dull on the reverse. Satin can be made of polyester, silk, poplin, or dozens of other fabric. ' Wedding Satin' is a term used for the common heavy matte satin from which most matte satin flower girl dresses are made. It is a great fabric for a bright popping crisp white dress. Silk is often misunderstood. True silk is beautiful all in its own, but has a stiffer crisper feel. To soften silk, and to make it stronger and machine washable, it is often blended with synthetic fibers. Pure silk is expensive and may not be the best selection for a child. Most flower girl dresses made of silk are blended fabrics to make them more comfortable while still allowing the silk look to come out. Taffeta, commonly known as 'party taffeta' has the most lustrous color of all fabrics. Pick-up dresses and crushed taffeta dresses give the contour for the light to reflect this magnificent fabric and give the same material two different colors under the light. Tulle is most common for the little ones. Tulle is a fine sheer netting over lay for the fluffy tutu feel. It is sometimes double layered and filled with rose petals to make the popular style of petal dresses.
The Styles
A tea-length dress is shorter than a full length gown. Tea-length are dresses that are meant to come anywhere below the knee and above the ankle. A full length gown is either a few inches above the ankle to the floor. Often a full length gown is just an inch or two to long for the child. In this case it is easier to match the gown with a pair of patent leather shoes with an inch heel rather than take up the hem. A sweetheart dress is a neckline cut in the shape of a heart. They are a wonderful way to add a little decoration into a simple style. An empire waist is common in little girl dresses. An empire waist is common in little girl dresses. It is a high waist line just a few inches under the bust line. It is wonderful way for a curvy figure to look smooth and put together.
Remember when choosing a style to keep it age appropriate for a flower girl. Smaller girls should wear simpler cut dresses to make them look like the little angels they are. Older flower girls should be mindful to wear the proper size and pick something that could be worn again, perhaps to a home coming dance.
The Manufacturers
Popular designer wear manufacturers change every season. Currently the US has the best girls dress manufacturers in the world. The quality in workmanship is superior to any imported dress company at this time. Many times the same manufacturer will sell dresses under three or four different name brands. When shopping for a flower girl dress, check the tag to see if its made in america. If it is, chances are you have one of the top designers in your hand. All of the dresses found at flowergirlprincess.com come from american manufacturers. We spend a lot of time looking for small family manufacturing companies in america. Small companies often have to work harder to be competitive in their market in order to stay in business. They do this by producing a higher quality product so they will be chosen over the high volume manufacturers. This also allows us to find unique styles you cant find anywhere else
