BRIDAL & FORMAL DRESS SIZING

Bridal and formal dress sizing is often not the same as regular clothing sizes and greatly varies depending on the designer and the style of the gown. With bridal especially, you may have to size up 1-3 sizes. It is easier if you come in aware of this. And please don’t feel bad if you do have to go up a couple of sizes in a bridal or formal dress, it is not you, it is the dress companies, for whatever reason.

Also, dresses with corset backs have a bit more give as they can be tightened or loosened up or down a size.

Here is a size chart from one of the formal companies we carry which gives you an idea of basic sizing.

Some companies use numbered sizes while others go by small, medium, large, etc. Here is a basic idea of size comparison.

XS - sizes 0-2

Small - sizes 4-6

Medium - sizes 8-10

Large - sizes 12-14

XL - sizes 16-18

2X - sizes 20-22

3X - sizes 24-26

4X - sizes 28 - 30